Comments on: Our Incredible, Edible Shrinking Food Packages

By: SG

SG — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:53:34 +0000

Super info. I’ve become more aware of food packaging since reading this article and will definitely be paying more attention to labels when grocery shopping.

By: scroogerocks

scroogerocks — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:50:53 +0000

excellant!! and oh so true

By: CM

CM — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:49:54 +0000

Great article! I recently went to the store to buy peanut butter for a cookie recipe that calls for an 18-ounce jar of peanut butter. I’m not sure what made me look at the size (since the jars have *always* been 18 ounces) but I’m glad I did. The jars were smaller which would have messed up the recipe. I searched around and one brand still offers 18 full ounces. The manufacturers are trying to keep this quiet but we need to know!

By: VertigoSFX

VertigoSFX — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:18:59 +0000

Nice article…never thought of this before! Will definitely think about this more often.

By: JakeFL

JakeFL — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:56:16 +0000

I’d rather they charge me more than make the packages smaller. I want to know I’m getting everything I paid for. Maybe Obama will fix this too.

By: FatNSassy

FatNSassy — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:44:33 +0000

Ya know, I realized that stuff was shrinking when I was able to stash more boxes on my shelf. My shelf wasn’t getting any bigger, so I guessed the boxes were getting smaller. I wrote to Edy ’s and complained that they were gypping me out of ice cream while charging me the same price. Ya know what they did? They sent me some coupons for 25 cents off. I switched to the store brand and it’s just as good. We should all do that in protest. Loved the article. Keep `em coming. Can’t wait to see what’s shrinking next.

By: mama mary

mama mary — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:46:12 +0000

Great info in this article-I should have known all this new packaging was just another clever marketing ploy designed to dupe the consumer. I read labels all the time, but will now be more conscious of my bang for the buck. Thanks!

By: ZinkDude

ZinkDude — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:41:33 +0000

The thing that is very curious here is that commodity prices have TUMBLED, yet the prices are still going up (or sizes going down). And, its very curious how all ice cream manufacturers do this at Exactly the same time.

By: KB

KB — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:36:13 +0000

This is a great article! Very informative. I will be more aware of the sizes and prices now. Thanks to the writer for this information.

By: OutOnnaLimb

OutOnnaLimb — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:28:40 +0000

Gave up on buying Dannon Yogurt, they got so small.