food companies selling fewer calories
Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 21:32:13 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:58:41 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle wrote:
>>>
>>>> barbie gee wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'll bet they used the Amazing Supermarket Shrink Ray to accomplish this,
>>>>> all the while charging the same price, and selling less "calories".
>>>>>
>>>>> Smoke and mirrors.
>>>>> I'm finding boxes of pasta that are not 16 oz anymore, and remember when
>>>>> yogurts came in a full 8oz cup?
>>>>
>>>> I remember when candy bars were a quarter, and they were bigger then too
>>>
>>> Most major "standard size" candy bars are bigger than they were in the
>>> 50's and 60's. Even through most of the 80's. After the 80's they
>>> started to shrink again, but they are still generally bigger than
>>> their 60's and 70's counterparts.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> no, they were definitely bigger then
>
> Then when? They were most certainly not bigger in the 60's and 70's.
> I suppose you also think sodas sizes have shrunk, too?
>
> -sw
you are a very clever, humorless boy
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