Comments on: Grocery Shopping: The Importance of Checking the Price Per Unit http://queercents.com/2008/07/28/grocery-shopping-the-importance-of-checking-the-price-per-unit/ We're here, We're queer, and We're not going Shopping without Coupons Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:42:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Gary http://queercents.com/2008/07/28/grocery-shopping-the-importance-of-checking-the-price-per-unit/comment-page-1/#comment-146564 Gary Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:40:11 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2008/07/28/grocery-shopping-the-importance-of-checking-the-price-per-unit/#comment-146564 Just last night I noticed that the yogurts I buy just got 25% smaller, for the same price of course. They were 8 oz. before, but now they're 6 oz.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-146564">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Just last night I noticed that the yogurts I buy just got 25% smaller, for the same price of course. They were 8 oz. before, but now they’re 6 oz.

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]]> By: ~Dawn http://queercents.com/2008/07/28/grocery-shopping-the-importance-of-checking-the-price-per-unit/comment-page-1/#comment-146518 ~Dawn Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:10:48 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2008/07/28/grocery-shopping-the-importance-of-checking-the-price-per-unit/#comment-146518 GL - I said, <i>"Downsizing the item, but not downsizing the price isn’t anything new and it seems to be a popular trend with the weight of Americans going up and up"</i> This has to do with the snack size packs that are common on the store shelf, such as 100 calorie packs ( http://www.nabiscoworld.com/100caloriepacks/#/varieties/ ), that really end up costing more when priced out per unit.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-146518">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> GL -
I said, “Downsizing the item, but not downsizing the price isn’t anything new and it seems to be a popular trend with the weight of Americans going up and up”

This has to do with the snack size packs that are common on the store shelf, such as 100 calorie packs ( http://www.nabiscoworld.com/100caloriepacks/#/varieties/ ), that really end up costing more when priced out per unit.

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]]> By: Nina http://queercents.com/2008/07/28/grocery-shopping-the-importance-of-checking-the-price-per-unit/comment-page-1/#comment-146490 Nina Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:03:43 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2008/07/28/grocery-shopping-the-importance-of-checking-the-price-per-unit/#comment-146490 Dawn: Thanks for the post. This topic has been getting a lot of play lately. Here are some more examples from a <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/06/17/2008-06-17_food_packages_shrinking_but_prices_remai.html" rel="nofollow">New York Daily News</a> article: <blockquote>"Edy's [ice cream] got smaller!" said Alison Koeppel, 58, as she picked up a cold container in a Brooklyn Heights Key Food supermarket. "They're ripping us off once again." Edy's officials said the 1.75 quart-size container was reduced to 1.5 quarts to make up for a 30% to 60% rise in the cost of gas, cocoa and dairy products over the past several years. The downsizing phenomenon ranges across brands and products, from cereals to mayonnaise, margarine and toilet paper, consumer advocates say. Restaurants and bars are cutting portions, too, serving draft beers in 14-ounce glasses instead of 16-ounce, for example. Some shoppers were disgusted. Others shrugged it off.</blockquote><p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-146490">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Dawn: Thanks for the post. This topic has been getting a lot of play lately. Here are some more examples from a New York Daily News article:

“Edy’s [ice cream] got smaller!” said Alison Koeppel, 58, as she picked up a cold container in a Brooklyn Heights Key Food supermarket. “They’re ripping us off once again.”

Edy’s officials said the 1.75 quart-size container was reduced to 1.5 quarts to make up for a 30% to 60% rise in the cost of gas, cocoa and dairy products over the past several years.

The downsizing phenomenon ranges across brands and products, from cereals to mayonnaise, margarine and toilet paper, consumer advocates say.

Restaurants and bars are cutting portions, too, serving draft beers in 14-ounce glasses instead of 16-ounce, for example. Some shoppers were disgusted. Others shrugged it off.

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]]> By: DivaJean http://queercents.com/2008/07/28/grocery-shopping-the-importance-of-checking-the-price-per-unit/comment-page-1/#comment-146485 DivaJean Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:51:08 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2008/07/28/grocery-shopping-the-importance-of-checking-the-price-per-unit/#comment-146485 GL- I think she meant that companies are trying to get away with downsizing the size of the product and then claiming to do so for the health of the purchaser. I haven't seen this- but then again I could care less about what corporations think is healthy or unhealthy for me.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-146485">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> GL- I think she meant that companies are trying to get away with downsizing the size of the product and then claiming to do so for the health of the purchaser. I haven’t seen this- but then again I could care less about what corporations think is healthy or unhealthy for me.

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]]> By: GL http://queercents.com/2008/07/28/grocery-shopping-the-importance-of-checking-the-price-per-unit/comment-page-1/#comment-146406 GL Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:46:57 +0000 http://www.queercents.com/2008/07/28/grocery-shopping-the-importance-of-checking-the-price-per-unit/#comment-146406 Good advice, but what does the rising (as has occurred throughout history) average (which doesn't mean median) weight of Americans (who have also changed in ethnic composition and age over the years) have to do with the price of tea in China? And are you really that unfamiliar with the growing critique of queers scapegoating fatness (a quality that, like queerness, is denigrated with justifications of "but it's a choice!" and "but it's unhealthy!!)?<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-146406">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Good advice, but what does the rising (as has occurred throughout history) average (which doesn’t mean median) weight of Americans (who have also changed in ethnic composition and age over the years) have to do with the price of tea in China? And are you really that unfamiliar with the growing critique of queers scapegoating fatness (a quality that, like queerness, is denigrated with justifications of “but it’s a choice!” and “but it’s unhealthy!!)?

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