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Justin Cox is a twenty-something youth minister who dabbles in web design. This site is his window on the world where he mindlessly chatters about his various interests. He's going to stop talking in third person now.
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The Case of the Shrinking Yogurt
This might make me sound really old, but whatever. Just about every night before I go to bed I eat a thing of yogurt. I read something somewhere that said one thing to help give you a good night sleep is to eat around 200 to 250 calories right before bed. The idea being that this gives your body something to burn while you’re sleeping rather then burning nothing and making you really hungry when you wake up. Who knows if it’s true or not. Anyway, I eat a thing of delicious Publix Fruit on the Bottom yogurt every night. I’m partial to mixed berries, tropical blend, the occasional banana, and the classic strawberry and banana.
Not to long ago Publix decided to make a packaging change on their yogurt containers. They got rid of the useless plastic lid, opting for the single foil cover. This is good, more environmentally friendly. Though they decided to also shrink the size from 8oz down to 6oz. This is crap. Granted, all the other yogurt manufacturers on the planet do so in 6oz packages but I liked my 8oz size. It offered more deliciousness. Ok, that sounds dumb. In fact what’s crap about the size change is not the size change at all.
Pre- and post- yogurt shrinkage. Photo taken by Listener42
You see Publix changed the size but they kept the same price. Oh yes, they didn’t change the price. Way to pull a fast one there Publix. One day I’m paying $5.50 for 80 oz of delicious fruit on the bottom yogurt and the next day I’m paying $5.50 for only 60 oz. That’s a 25% decrease in product for the same price. Foul! Foul! I’m crying foul! Of course it’s not like I’m going to boycott or anything, I like the yogurt too much.
Amy I overreacting or right on? Let me know in the comments.
8/6/08 at 11:12 am
I felt the same with my Spicy Nacho Doritos.
Although they are certainly nowhere as healthy as your yogurt, it was when Frito Lays began to gradually reduce the 300 g (they had already discontinued the 170g bag, which had at one point 200g), and yet still charged the same price that I began to feel annoyed.
It’s not just happening with chips and yogurt though. Take a look at some the products you buy and you’ll see.
A can of Coke used to be 355 ml, now it’s 345ml. Chocolates. Cereal. All being reduced.
This has been going on for a while, so there’s no way it can stem from the current gas crisis.
8/8/08 at 6:57 am
I love how you call it a “thing” of yogurt.
8/8/08 at 7:01 am
Also, $5.50 for 60 oz. of yogurt is pretty good.
8/9/08 at 12:28 am
What else are you supposed to call it? A tub? Cup?
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