Downsizing 0
The local rag discusses the stealth downsizing of groceries:
“You’re seeing it across the board,” said Ann Gurkin, a food, beverage and tobacco analyst for Davenport & Co. in Richmond.
“It’s one way to raise prices” that consumers don’t notice as much, she said. “You’ve seen both package changes and you’ve seen prices going up. I think it’s both.”
The article goes into grreat detail and is worth the five minutes if you haven’t caught on to this already.
Meanwhile, when shopping, read the labels, while admiring our corporate betters’ skill at packaging three-card monte in packaging.
