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On your original Brillo story -- my brother-in-law refers to this as "the silent inflation".
Andy Rooney has done stories on this for years -- how a #8 (or whatever it is) can of coffee is smaller than what it used to be, but is claimed to make the same amount of coffee. Laundry detergent manufacturers did the same thing -- smaller bottle, but "yields same number of washes". Girl Scout cookies this year were noticeably downsided (and fewer cookies per box).
TP According to my roller , it either became longer or the roll is shorter. I'd take a guess & say about 20% less paper for the manufacture to put on the roll. All profit !!!
I like when they inject all of that air to puff it up, and the roll disappears almost before you start to use it... sure feels soft when you squeeze the roll, though... almost like air.
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Andy Rooney has done stories on this for years -- how a #8 (or whatever it is) can of coffee is smaller than what it used to be, but is claimed to make the same amount of coffee. Laundry detergent manufacturers did the same thing -- smaller bottle, but "yields same number of washes". Girl Scout cookies this year were noticeably downsided (and fewer cookies per box).
http://culturegarage.com/article/oscar_mayers_weiner_much_smaller_than_before/
So what did my local (Cub Foods) supermarket do? They raised the prices on the shrunken pints.
As Chester A. Reily used to say, "What a revoltin' development this is!"
So what did my local (Cub Foods) supermarket do? They raised the prices on the shrunken pints.
As Chester A. Reily used to say, "What a revoltin' development this is!"