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The Invisible 2#

September 17th, 2009 at 07:41 pm

I noticed something in the grocery store today. Potatoes were on sale $2.59 a bag, whites or bakers. So I picked up a bag of white potatoes, and it felt a little lite. The white potatoes were only 8# to a bag, and the bakers were 10#. Now they usually come in standard sizes, 5#, 10# sometimes you can find 20# bags. I wonder how many shoppers didn't realize until later, if ever, that the whites were a smaller bag. They were both in the same display, although I did notice that someone had crossed off the line on the sale tag that gave the weight. I know that many other products have downsized the amount of product, while still keeping the same packaging and price, but these are locally grown potatoes, so they had to have come right from the grower like that. Good Grief!

1 Responses to “The Invisible 2#”

  1. Jerry Says:
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    Hmm. I wonder who was jerking the consumer around, the grower or the retailer? That leads to a lot of questions, and I probably would ask at the store. Unless people speak up there is no insurance that things like that will stop!
    Jerry

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