Four is the new Five

[datbeme]

Somewhere in the last few years, the milk at my grocery store changed so that the skim has a dark blue cap and the 2% has a light blue cap. Used to be the other way around. I know pink is common for skim too, but why such a confusing change?

[Black]

I few weeks ago I opened a peanut in the shell and noticed a writhing caterpillar inside before I could pop the contents in my mouth.
When did it become necessary to eat peanuts in a well-lit room?

[gabester]

Damn you kids - get off my lawn!

Seriously, I think someone should take up this downsizing to the FTC as an unfair trade practice. Deceiving consumers is an offense punishable by law!
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gabester wrote:
Damn you kids - get off my lawn!

Seriously, I think someone should take up this downsizing to the FTC as an unfair trade practice. Deceiving consumers is an offense punishable by law!
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but they are labeled properly, right?

[Jimmypoo]

It all started with the move from 60sq ft paper towel rolls - to those being considered "giant size."

Coffee was always a 3lb can. Still available at Sam's, etc., but considered BULK!

The ice cream I recently complained of - as well as the peanut butter is going from 18.2 to 16oz.
Tuna went from 6oz to 5oz to 4.5oz, same size can, just slightly less tall.

[JoeH]

I thought it started with spaghetti sauce. The "quart" jar used to be 32 oz, and has gone down in size in increments over the last couple decades. I can still find some brands with a "quart" of 26 oz, but many have dropped to only 24 oz net weight. Even the large "48 oz" jar is down to under 40 in some brands, give it a few more years and it will reach a "quart". It is getting ridiculous, just recently noticed "quart" jars of mayo are now 30 oz instead of 32.

P.S. I recall the standard tuna can being 7 oz, or was it 7.5 oz once upon a time?

[Jimmypoo]

JoeH wrote:
P.S. I recall the standard tuna can being 7 oz, or was it 7.5 oz once upon a time?

It may have been, but it has been 6oz since at least 1979 - when I went on my first tuna diet.
That's also the same year BumbleBee was introduced, and they mislabeled cat food as tuna, &
I've never bought a can of their crap in the 32 years since.