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Default Best Foods - Hellmans Mayo

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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>> > 18 and 24 for decades. Judging from the shelf space allotted, and for
>> > all
>> > three sizes, it was a viable product. People were buying the large
>> > size.
>> > Meanwhile, the large size of Muffets, which is has almost the same
>> > taste
>> > and texture, was IIRC always 18, but sells for a little less than the
>> > old
>> > Shredded Wheat 18 size, and still does. Meanwhile, Nabisco sold out to
>> > Post, which is owned by Kraft, which is notorious for buying out the
>> > competition and dumbing down the products.

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>> When you wrote to the manufacturer about this, what did they tell you?

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> I didn't bother writing the manufacturer. I told the people in the grocery
> store.



Oh. I thought you were actually concerned and bothered by the package
change. Never mind.