Short sizing - Your incredible shrinking groceries


	Short sizing - Your incredible shrinking groceries

egsnyder

1-15-2009 8:32 AM

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greed, fraud, frugal

egsnyder says:

It should be criminal to deceive the public like this.

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1-15-2009 10:04 AM

BartendingBear

Half-gallon ice-cream packaging has become 1 1/2 quarts.

1-15-2009 10:34 AM

boniface

Yogurt drinks that come in the convenient "thimble size."

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