Post by jeffolie on Jan 22, 2011 16:48:52 GMT -6
CHEATING: Your Favorite Products - Now Smaller
smaller sizes=Cheating corps raise prices
One corporate tradition is to CHEAT & TRICK consumers by packaging less at the same price. You pay more per ounce, pound, unit but they hope you will not notice. One pound boxes of raisins common sold 10 years ago and now are often just 4 or 6 ounces boxes.
2011 jeffolie predictions included SCREWFLATION: everything the ‘average American family’ buys goes up in price ....
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Not content to squeeze every ounce of productivity from rank-and-file employees for little extra compensation in return, many large companies also appear willing to cheat their customers and undermine brand values to please Wall Street and line the pockets of senior executives. In "Your Favorite Products - Now 20% Smaller," CNNMoney.com highlights data from Consumer Reports detailing the sleazy and misguidedly short-term-oriented marketing strategy being employed by many "leading" consumer product companies
From hand soap to hot dogs, these staples have gotten smaller over the past few years, according to Consumer Reports. The magazine found "packages reduced in size by as much as 20%."
www.financialarmageddon.com/
9 very recent Examples:
Ivory dish detergentOld: 30 oz.
New: 24 oz.
It may still be 100% pure, but there's also 20% less soap in these new bottles.
Tropicana orange juice
Old: 64 oz.
New: 59 oz.
Last winter's freeze in Florida is now causing a chilly reception to Tropicana's 7.8% reduction in juice.
Haagen-Dazs ice cream
Old: 16 oz.
New: 14 oz.
When a pint is no longer a pint: Haagen-Dazs is now 2 ounces shy of its former size.
Kraft American cheeseOld: 24 slices
New: 22 slices
There are two fewer singles in Kraft's new packs of American cheese.
Kirkland (Costco) paper towelsOld: 96.2 sq. ft.
New: 85 sq. ft.
Buying in bulk is less bulky now: There are 10 fewer sheets in Kirkland brand paper towels.
Scott toilet tissueOld roll: 115.2 sq. ft.
New roll: 104.8 sq. ft.
Another bum-mer: 9% less toilet paper in Scott's new roles
Lanacane first aid sprayOld: 113 grams
New: 99 grams
Ouch! There's now 12.4% less Lanacane in the same size can.
Chicken of the Sea salmonOld: 3 oz.
New: 2.6 oz.
There's something fishy about 13.3% less salmon in Chicken of the Sea's new packaging.
Classico pestoOld: 10 oz.
New: 8.1 oz.
The company blamed rising gas prices for reducing the amount of pesto by 19%
smaller sizes=Cheating corps raise prices
One corporate tradition is to CHEAT & TRICK consumers by packaging less at the same price. You pay more per ounce, pound, unit but they hope you will not notice. One pound boxes of raisins common sold 10 years ago and now are often just 4 or 6 ounces boxes.
2011 jeffolie predictions included SCREWFLATION: everything the ‘average American family’ buys goes up in price ....
Read more: unlawflcombatnt.proboards.com/in ... z1Bo4pAW6m
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Not content to squeeze every ounce of productivity from rank-and-file employees for little extra compensation in return, many large companies also appear willing to cheat their customers and undermine brand values to please Wall Street and line the pockets of senior executives. In "Your Favorite Products - Now 20% Smaller," CNNMoney.com highlights data from Consumer Reports detailing the sleazy and misguidedly short-term-oriented marketing strategy being employed by many "leading" consumer product companies
From hand soap to hot dogs, these staples have gotten smaller over the past few years, according to Consumer Reports. The magazine found "packages reduced in size by as much as 20%."
www.financialarmageddon.com/
9 very recent Examples:
Ivory dish detergentOld: 30 oz.
New: 24 oz.
It may still be 100% pure, but there's also 20% less soap in these new bottles.
Tropicana orange juice
Old: 64 oz.
New: 59 oz.
Last winter's freeze in Florida is now causing a chilly reception to Tropicana's 7.8% reduction in juice.
Haagen-Dazs ice cream
Old: 16 oz.
New: 14 oz.
When a pint is no longer a pint: Haagen-Dazs is now 2 ounces shy of its former size.
Kraft American cheeseOld: 24 slices
New: 22 slices
There are two fewer singles in Kraft's new packs of American cheese.
Kirkland (Costco) paper towelsOld: 96.2 sq. ft.
New: 85 sq. ft.
Buying in bulk is less bulky now: There are 10 fewer sheets in Kirkland brand paper towels.
Scott toilet tissueOld roll: 115.2 sq. ft.
New roll: 104.8 sq. ft.
Another bum-mer: 9% less toilet paper in Scott's new roles
Lanacane first aid sprayOld: 113 grams
New: 99 grams
Ouch! There's now 12.4% less Lanacane in the same size can.
Chicken of the Sea salmonOld: 3 oz.
New: 2.6 oz.
There's something fishy about 13.3% less salmon in Chicken of the Sea's new packaging.
Classico pestoOld: 10 oz.
New: 8.1 oz.
The company blamed rising gas prices for reducing the amount of pesto by 19%