A Mixed Grill of Items

by John Russell
Several weeks ago various media, including CJ’s Column, reported the fact that several food and snack manufacturers were “downsizing” their portions, product count and package sizes to help with the obesity problem facing North Americans. This sounded wonderful and made for great sound bites and articles for the press to capitalize upon during the evening news and makes one feel all warm and fuzzy inside that “Big Business” cares about our health doesn’t it. Well, I read several articles, talked to a few friends and family members, and comparison shopped several product sizes, packaging changes and related issues and discovered that indeed many Companies had downsized their package sizes, product count etc. just as the press articles stated. What wasn’t stated in any article or “sound bite’ was the fact that the Prices didn’t shrink with the smaller portion/package size. Surprised? You shouldn’t be. Companies are in business for profit, bottom line
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