Downsizing, or Why I Buy Ben & Jerry’s, Where a Pint is a Pint is a Pint

A 14-ounce container of Haagen-Dazs ice cream with the weight circled in marker.

Downsizing always makes me mad. This ice cream should be 16 ounces — a pint!!!!

Why don’t manufacturers take a little hit to their own bottom lines in order to benefit the consumer? I guess in today’s world greed reigns supreme.

Downsizing is why I now rarely buy Hellmann’s/Best Foods mayo. I buy Kirkland brand, which is excellent, and believe me when I say that I was always a Hellmann’s girl. I’m from New York City, for crying out loud.

The Kirkland version is a little salty, but it’s great, and is a full 64 ounces!

I am simply tired of being given less. I understand that prices need to go up now and then. I get that. This game of downsizing, though, I don’t get, and I try to opt out of participation whenever possible.

 

 

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *