Shrinking food

[Tina]

Originally Posted by Michael Phelps

Lol, well, maybe not my fault, but I was definitely involved in the first program to "reduce stated weight" on Pop Tarts and cereal.

It's actually an attempt to keep the packages the same price.

Someone has already stated it well - it's either raise the price, or lower the volume. And 99 out of 100 people will not notice the lower volume, but I guarantee you that 100 out of 100 will notice the higher price!

I notice both.

They need to lower the price...or at least issue some coupons so that I can afford to buy the name brands.

I can get the Walmart brand of pop tarts for 74 cents cheaper a box than Kelloggs. So that's what I buy. (Sorry, MP-- I'm not helping your job security... LOL)

My Michael doesn't care about the name. To him, a pop tart is a pop tart-- as long as it's the frosted kind. Now if I'm going to eat a pop tart (which I very rarely do) it has to be Kelloggs, because the walmart brand doesn't even compare in taste to me. I'm sure that's probably all in my head, because most generics are simply name brand products made in the same place and sold under a different label.