Yeah, and while they are focused on 'herding', look how they are getting ripped off & don't even know it:
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From Matt Insley, Associate Editor @ Resource Trader, Jan 5:
"Sometimes, we get inflation that you don’t see. It just sneaks up on you when you aren’t looking and just trying to start your day with the usual bowl of oat wheat sugar flakes cereal and, “Hey, either my hands have grown larger or this box is thinner than just a few weeks ago!”
This downsizing of packages is one way for food manufacturers to avoid raising prices. At first, it was to offset higher fuel and commodity prices, but now it has turned into profit growth -- with 10 less potato/potatoe chips in my bag.
The indented bottom of a Skippy peanut butter jar got more indented, turning an 18-ounce jar into a 16.3-ounce one. Ice cream containers shrank by one-quarter of a quart. And for breakfast, a jug of Tropicana orange juice got 7 ounces lighter, while that box of Froot Loops lost more than 2 ounces.
According to recent analysis by Nielsen Co., about 30% of all packaged goods have lost content over the past year. This at a time when U.S. grocery bills are rising -- up 7.5% in October versus a year ago -- at the fastest rate in 18 years. "
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I think I'll go "herd"... maybe this will all go away
