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[Fred78]

Thanks to eckrich they have evidently changed the Ind bureau of measures for the lb. to 13 ounces check your smoked sausage package

 

[hoosierdoc]

Hold on while I find the Biting Pear of Salamanca...

Found it!

 

[Caleb]

huh?

 

[public servant]

Yeah. My package doesn't quite weigh a pound either.

 

[dans4420]

Thanks to eckrich they have evidently changed the Ind bureau of measures for the lb. to 13 ounces check your smoked sausage package[/QUOT

Polish rant coming in 3.2.1

Thats what you get for buying garbage sausages. find yourself a local meat market that makes fresh sausage or even a large grocery store that makes there own they will be much better and usually sold in 4 or 5 links around 3-7 dollars depending on the type.

 

[bobbittle]

Does it say 1# and you weighed it at 13oz? Or you assumed since it used to be 1# it still was, and the package actually says 13oz?

 

[firehawk1]

I'll bet the package says 13 oz. In the food industry if the package says X it had better have X in it. Manufacturers know they will get in MAJOR trouble if they don't put in a package what it says on it weight wise.

I worked at Mike Sells Potato Chips a few years ago and we gave a farmer 40 skids of product simply because someone screwed up the weight printed on the packaging film. You can put more in if you like (packaging machines compute the weight pretty damn close though, within grams) but NOT less.

BTW, look at a pack of bacon, while they used to be a pound they are not any longer. What used to be a half gallon of ice cream isn't either.

 

[LeeStreet]

I will check that the next time I buy their ring bologna for fried bologna & onions. Hopefully that will stay the same.

 

[bobbittle]

I'll bet the package says 13 oz. In the food industry if the package says X it had better have X in it. Manufacturers know they will get in MAJOR trouble if they don't put in a package what it says on it weight wise.

I worked at Mike Sells Potato Chips a few years ago and we gave a farmer 40 skids of product simply because someone screwed up the weight printed on the packaging film. You can put more in if you like (packaging machines compute the weight pretty damn close though, within grams) but NOT less.

BTW, look at a pack of bacon, while they used to be a pound they are not any longer. What used to be a half gallon of ice cream isn't either.

Yup.

When manufacturers need to increase pricing, they have 2 options.

1) Raise the price of the item. People tend to notice this more.

2) Decrease the quantity given of the item for the same price. People don't notice this as much as a straight price increase.

There is also 3) Decrease the quality of the ingredients.

Restaurants do the same thing.

 

[SSGSAD]

YES, this has been happening for a while now .....

 

[jason867]

Yup.

When manufacturers need to increase pricing, they have 2 options.

1) Raise the price of the item. People tend to notice this more.

2) Decrease the quantity given of the item for the same price. People don't notice this as much as a straight price increase.

There is also 3) Decrease the quality of the ingredients.

Restaurants do the same thing.

I've noticed this recently with my favorite fast food sandwiches...

Burger Kings Croisantwich used to be big and awesome, now it's what I'd expect from the deli counter at a gas station...

Arby's regular size Beef n' Chedder sandwich used to have a lot of beef, now they've reduced it a bunch and sell a 'medium' and 'large' size. At least I have the option of paying more for what I want.

I'm sure there are other, better examples, but this is just what I've noticed in my short time here on Earth...

"Where's the beef?"

 

[hornadylnl]

Most large drink cups seem smaller as well. Maybe it's a Bloomberg conspiracy.

 

[red46239]

Thanks to eckrich they have evidently changed the Ind bureau of measures for the lb. to 13 ounces check your smoked sausage package[/QUOT

Polish rant coming in 3.2.1

Thats what you get for buying garbage sausages. find yourself a local meat market that makes fresh sausage or even a large grocery store that makes there own they will be much better and usually sold in 4 or 5 links around 3-7 dollars depending on the type.

Go here:
Claus' German Sausage and Meat Market

 

[amboran]

I just call it the old cereal-box trick. Cereal companies have been doing it for years-less product-same price. I've been a meat cutter for years-the price increases always out-pace my raises

 

[boogieman]

Smoked sausage has been doing this for awhile. They used to all be a pound but now most are 14oz

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

Yeah. My package doesn't quite weigh a pound either.

Neither does mine (14oz) but my package has two links .

 

[CathyInBlue]

Most large drink cups seem smaller as well. Maybe it's a Bloomberg conspiracy.

Strange. I've noticed the exact opposite. What used to be medium is now called small, and what used to be large is now called medium. What used to be extra-large (32 oz.) is now called large. The 44 oz. and up never used to exist and the child's size has ceased to exist, while what used to be small is now called child-sized.

 

[bobbittle]

I've noticed this recently with my favorite fast food sandwiches...

Burger Kings Croisantwich used to be big and awesome, now it's what I'd expect from the deli counter at a gas station...

Arby's regular size Beef n' Chedder sandwich used to have a lot of beef, now they've reduced it a bunch and sell a 'medium' and 'large' size. At least I have the option of paying more for what I want.

I'm sure there are other, better examples, but this is just what I've noticed in my short time here on Earth...

"Where's the beef?"

Off topic but the new Arby's Kings Hawaiian roast beef and Swiss is awesome.

 

[jason867]

Off topic but the new Arby's Kings Hawaiian roast beef and Swiss is awesome.

Thanks for the tip, I've been gorging myself on their new market fresh turkey florentine sandwich.

 

[public servant]

Neither does mine (14oz) but my package has two links .

That only makes them 7 ounces each.