hob wrote:
> I was walking through the store yesterday, and I noticed that the "5 pound"
> bags of sugar (of all producers) were now all 4 pounds.. (and the price PER
> BAG was also up from last year, fwiw).
> Since I almost always buy by the "unit", e.g., can, bag, box, etc. rather
> than by the weight, I don't really pay close attention to the "unit's"
> weight
>
> I realize there has been a lot of "downsizing" of the quantity without
> any commensurate lowering of price (a lot of candy bars put out in new
> displays in the past few weeks, e.g., ), but when did the "old standards"
> like sugar make that change?
>
> (FWIW 2 - It also looks like the price per pound of sugar is up almost 100%
> over last year.)
>
>

They try it with everything. My buddy did some design work for a local
plant that cans stuff for Wally. He said they set up a line at Wallys
request to package 4 packs instead of 6 packs. The stated intent was
that if it had the usual plastic ring carrier no one would notice they
just bought a 4 pack for the 6 pack price.