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Retail products (food, consumables) qty shrinking, price THE SAME! (no surprise)
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Bud:

--- 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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The packaging box seems to be better to handle though. I am always extra careful with those regular long and skinny egg crates.
tggzzz:

--- Quote from: vk6zgo on November 21, 2019, 01:33:29 pm ---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 .

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Aldi started after WW2, buy buying and reselling anything they could get their hands on this week. It is in their DNA :)

And Nestle is just ... Nestle. 'Nuff said.
I wanted a rude username:

--- Quote from: Yansi on November 21, 2019, 12:22:12 pm ---Isn't it the exact opposite?

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No idea about 3roomlab's location, but if you mean the opposite side of the globe, there are certainly similar conditions in parts of South America. Also the problem of a poorly developed refrigerated supply chain, as you move inland.
SL4P:

--- Quote from: I wanted a rude username on November 21, 2019, 07:11:44 am ---Yes, the cycle culminates with the introduction of a "new, larger size!". It's the opposite of cars, which tend to grow with every generation, forcing manufacturers to introduce smaller ones at the bottom end.

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I saw a documentary many years ago, about the Toyota Corolla...
Selling primarily as a drivers ‘first car.’, or the second car in a larger family.
They grew the car with each generation to track the original buyers personal growth as they aged, married and had kids... the car/model was familiar - so the customers just bought another Corolla, until they became more affluent, then bumped up to a Corona or Crown(at the time)..!
You can still see that today when new entry level models are launched by manufacturers.
james_s:
I hate this. I completely understand the need to increase prices, but when they try to hide the price increases by making the product smaller I notice and I feel like I'm being cheated. It makes me less inclined to buy more of the product in the future.
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