On Mon, 21 May 2007 14:02:48 -0500, Emma Thackery >
wrote:

>In article > ,
> "Dimitri" > wrote:
>
>> Subtle price change.
>>
>> The new quart jar is 30 ounces.
>>
>> 6.25% price increase.
>>
>> Rat *******s
>>
>> That's like the 11 ounce pound of coffee.
>
>
>I posted about the smaller jar recently. The other terrible thing is
>that they changed the formulations on the Hellman's low/less fat mayos
>too. It does not taste nearly as good IMO. I don't know about the
>regular mayo, however, as I've not tried it yet. Damn! I am giving
>serious thought to making my own. And btw, Cook's Illustrated no longer
>rates Hellman's as the best of the common brands either.
>
>Thai Kitchens little noodle boxes have also been recently changed for
>the hugely worse (GAK!!!). It seems like most of these kinds of changes
>to good products consist of supplanting quality ingredients with lesser
>quality crap thinking that the customers will never notice the
>difference.

I remember a commercial(?), where an employee had a great idea to
save the company money. They put one less olive in each jar that they
sold. Now, that does not sound like much, except when you realize how
many jars of olives they must sell per year. The savings to them
could easily be in the millions, and the customer will never notice
one olive less in the jar.

My preference is Hellman's. Unfortunately, here in Germany, it is
REALLY expensive. What did Cook's Illustrated rate as the #1 mayo? By
the way, making your own mayonaisse is extremely simple and you can
vary it up quite a bit--use rosemary, basil, etc..., to make a great
sandwhich spread.

David