Less for More

Anyone else notice how you are getting the same product, paying the same price but if you look at the label, you are getting less of the product?

I realize that people need to be paid, overhead needs to be taken care of, and shipping costs all add into the product price. Also, if you use coupons, that is built in too as "advertising costs" for print ads and TV/Radio.

The dog food that I buy went from 16 oz cans to 12 oz cans and now costs 40 cents more.

The dry food went from $12. a bag to $17. -- They seem to be the same size.

Some granola bars (store brand) sells for $1.99 had 12 in a pack, went to 10 and now is only 8 for the same price.

Yogurt drinks -- were 12 oz, went to 10 oz, and now are 7 oz, basically still costs 10 cents an ounce. I like to get one while shopping and drink it after I load the car up.

Sunny D -- at the discount store -- use to be $2.00 a gallon but now is $3.00 a gallon. No discount there. Other places around here, it sells for more.

Tuna fish, the cans seem the same size but they are only about 6 oz now for more money.

Even some pasta -- no longer in 16 oz boxes!

I had to laugh at the reasoning behind why baby food now is sold in smaller portions, the company said because "babies prefered less". I laughed so hard, how did they figure that out?

Even the newspaper has less pages (and much less news) but still basically costs the same.