product packaging changes and recipes!!
#1
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product packaging changes and recipes!!
Have you noticed a 5 pound bag of sugar is now 4 pounds? And a pound of cranberries is not in a bag - it's only 12 ounces!! And a recipe I have use for years, has flopped twice this year for me. It's a real moist brownie and then you pour a mix of cream cheese, egg, sugar and vanilla on top and cut it into the chocolate. It's like a cheesecake with a brownie. But both times the cheese/egg/sugar just did not 'cream" well. I thought maybe at first the cheese was too cold so the next batch I got the cheese out real early to come to room temperature. Must be the way cream cheese is being made. I have a friend that makes delicious peanut brittle. She threw away 3 batches because it wasn't right. She thinks it was the Karo syrup. If products are being changed, it should be mentioned on the package! How many people really go to a website before using an item to see if there are changes?
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I've learned to put weights and/or measures on my favorite recipes now!
I have an old recipe that calls for "a 5 cent Hershey bar" - - - -
Now I would say "approximately four ounces of a milk chocolate Hershey bar"
The weights and volume are changing on just about everything.
I have an old recipe that calls for "a 5 cent Hershey bar" - - - -
Now I would say "approximately four ounces of a milk chocolate Hershey bar"
The weights and volume are changing on just about everything.
#3
It has been a LONG time since you got a pound of coffee in a can. I have seen it as low as 10.5 ounces.
Some cream cheese you get is not real cream cheese but cream cheese spread. Something added to make it more spreadable.
Some cream cheese you get is not real cream cheese but cream cheese spread. Something added to make it more spreadable.
#4
The recipe didn't come out.
Next time I need cream cheese for a recipe, I'll buy the real thing at Costco.
#6
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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It's even more annoying when they change the package size and raise the price. Green Giant Peas were $2.29 for 1 Kg (a little more than 2 lbs) for ages. All of a sudden the package was 750 gms (3/4 of the size) and the price was raised to $3. 69. That's one huge increase. There's a lot of concern with fruit and vegetable growers in Canada right now as the government is trying to do away with standard containers. Packages could be any weight or size making it almost impossible for consumers to compare prices if this is changed. We are potato growers and it has been suggested that we run a test trial of 8 lb bags instead of the more common 10 lb size. We don't have the bags and the machinery and scales are not set up to do this. We can't see the advantage and it will cost everyone more to do this.
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Location: Barnesville GA
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I have known for sometime about the sugar, coffee, etc. We use a lot of paper plates in this house so I buy the large package of Dixie. Use to be 100 plates, when I went about 2 months ago there was a big 95 on the front of the package like it was giving you more or something. Well the price sure didn't go down. I use a calculator when I go shopping and figure out per piece,ounce etc how much each thing is. Its saved me money in some cases because I would have automaticlly bought the larger size thinking it was cheaper and it wasn't
#10
I have a 5 cent Hershey bar pie recipe that uses 5 bars, it is never the same twice. I can understand why they do it so that the price does not go up but it sure drives me nuts readjusting the the new sizes. I like the idea of calculating the price per whatever and I guess I will have to do more of that. I do use that on Kuerig k-cups to see what is the best price but not on most products. I never noticed the paper plates will have to pay more attention.
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