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Retail products (food, consumables) qty shrinking, price THE SAME! (no surprise)
SerieZ:
Maybe we should return to the times where the Baker was flogged in public when he used less flour in his bread.
Just sayin... ::)
Yansi:
I'm no old-timer by any means, but sure I can see some interesting concepts that have worked in the past.
At least if you don't want to go with the stream to those multi-über-extra-market places with goods of questionable quality, you can still visit your local butcher, bakery, hardware store, etc... Luckily these shops still exist round here, even in small cities.
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: SerieZ on November 21, 2019, 12:22:27 pm ---Maybe we should return to the times where the Baker was flogged in public when he used less flour in his bread.
Just sayin... ::)
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Consider semi-skimmed and skimmed milk. My father always said they would have been illegal when he was young :)
vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: ataradov on November 21, 2019, 03:33:42 am ---Also, here is a picture of 9-egg carton, as opposed to a more traditional 10 egg pack.
This was ridiculed so hard, that they actually quickly stopped doing that. But you can see their thinking here.
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Nescafe' instant coffee originally came in 500g cans.
They got clever & started using 400g cans, which the retailers sold for a little bit less, so it looked like a price reduction.
It went over like a wrought iron hanglider, customers started buying other brands, so the 500g cans were restored.
This stuff is quite expensive in Oz, at around $A20 a 500g can, normally, but is fairly regularly discounted to $A14, so people try to find a chain with a sale price.
I was walking through Aldi, something I rarely do, & I saw cans of Nescafe' for $A14.95, which was "near enough".
When I picked up a can, it seemed a bit small, & sure enough, it was one of the 400g ones, which I thought were defunct!
That didn't improve my opinion of Nestle's or of Aldi .
I already knew the other retailers were scumbags!
SerieZ:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on November 21, 2019, 01:27:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: SerieZ on November 21, 2019, 12:22:27 pm ---Maybe we should return to the times where the Baker was flogged in public when he used less flour in his bread.
Just sayin... ::)
--- End quote ---
Consider semi-skimmed and skimmed milk. My father always said they would have been illegal when he was young :)
--- End quote ---
Even uttering the word skimmed Milk might land you a Death sentence (or at least stare) here in Switzerland. ;D
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