Good morning! 
today i'll be continuing work on the list for my next grocery shopping. i've got my lunch and breakfast meals to plan, then add anything i need for those, to my list. and i've got a change, of which store i'll be buying one item.
so with these thoughts on my mind......
Do you notice when grocery store item packages shrink in size, but the price remains the same? Does this bother you, or annoy you?
i'll start!
i definitely notice when package sizes at the grocery store shrink, and the price remains the same. it makes me feel that the manufacturer of the item is being sneaky, underhanded, and the grocery store is complicit in this......game.
this used to be a 'pet peeve' of mine, but not any longer. these days, i simply make adjustments and move forward. for example, the last time i went shopping i had margarine on my list. i had been buying the country crock brand, in the 80 ounce container -- the price was lower per pound than the margarine Aldi's sells. but this last shopping trip, the country crock 80 ounce containers had shrunk by 16 ounces(!!), while the price remained the same. my reaction was, 'nope, not going to be buying that'
, and will switch to buying my margarine from Aldi's. 
and i've been thinking about that on and off, since that shopping trip. i think it's a...'vicious cycle' for the grocery stores. i don't know how many people do as i do, refuse to buy items that have experienced the 'shrink and (price) gouge' treatment. but the more items that undergo that 'treatment', the fewer items i buy from that store. i've read that many grocery stores are having a hard time competing with the lower prices available in stores such as Aldi's, and even (to some extent) Walmart. and that's what i mean by a vicious cycle. these grocery stores are (to some extent) struggling to compete, but allowing items that have undergone the 'shrink and (price) gouge' treatment to be sold in their store can actually result in losing business, driving away customers.
the other thing is, that if the price of margarine were to get what i would consider overly high for what it is, i'd simply buy butter instead. i'd even feel comfortable buying a high quality butter and spending more for it -- like Kerrygold, or some Amish roll butter
, and just soften a bit as needed then use like margarine. i'd feel that i was getting my money's worth, buying a high quality butter -- as opposed to an overpriced margarine.
hmmm...it seems that i've actually been thinking about the margarine thing, more than i'd realized.
so, do you notice, and how do you feel about it?
today i'll be continuing work on the list for my next grocery shopping. i've got my lunch and breakfast meals to plan, then add anything i need for those, to my list. and i've got a change, of which store i'll be buying one item.
so with these thoughts on my mind......
Do you notice when grocery store item packages shrink in size, but the price remains the same? Does this bother you, or annoy you?
i'll start!
i definitely notice when package sizes at the grocery store shrink, and the price remains the same. it makes me feel that the manufacturer of the item is being sneaky, underhanded, and the grocery store is complicit in this......game.
this used to be a 'pet peeve' of mine, but not any longer. these days, i simply make adjustments and move forward. for example, the last time i went shopping i had margarine on my list. i had been buying the country crock brand, in the 80 ounce container -- the price was lower per pound than the margarine Aldi's sells. but this last shopping trip, the country crock 80 ounce containers had shrunk by 16 ounces(!!), while the price remained the same. my reaction was, 'nope, not going to be buying that'
, and will switch to buying my margarine from Aldi's. and i've been thinking about that on and off, since that shopping trip. i think it's a...'vicious cycle' for the grocery stores. i don't know how many people do as i do, refuse to buy items that have experienced the 'shrink and (price) gouge' treatment. but the more items that undergo that 'treatment', the fewer items i buy from that store. i've read that many grocery stores are having a hard time competing with the lower prices available in stores such as Aldi's, and even (to some extent) Walmart. and that's what i mean by a vicious cycle. these grocery stores are (to some extent) struggling to compete, but allowing items that have undergone the 'shrink and (price) gouge' treatment to be sold in their store can actually result in losing business, driving away customers.
the other thing is, that if the price of margarine were to get what i would consider overly high for what it is, i'd simply buy butter instead. i'd even feel comfortable buying a high quality butter and spending more for it -- like Kerrygold, or some Amish roll butter
, and just soften a bit as needed then use like margarine. i'd feel that i was getting my money's worth, buying a high quality butter -- as opposed to an overpriced margarine.hmmm...it seems that i've actually been thinking about the margarine thing, more than i'd realized.
so, do you notice, and how do you feel about it?
I try to support the local midwest stores as opposed to the big chains. But at the end of the day like 
very nice!! 
i can totally understand that!! 
