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Default Bizarre new packaging concept

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:20:59 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

> On Feb 25, 5:53*pm, sf > wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:22:24 -0500, George >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Is this the start of a trend?

> >
> > This has been around a long time, but people are only noticing now
> > because money is tight. *A pound of bacon became 12 oz over 30 years
> > ago.

>
> Not for every brand. Nueske's is still a pound.
>

Not every brand and that's what's the most annoying. You think you're
picking up a pound package and you grab a 12 oz instead.

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