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Why do we get much less for so much more
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its not a new thought about how much more you pay for goods, but get so much less. I bought some free range eggs, and they were supposed to be medium, the price is enough to make you keel over, out of the box they look tiny, i did look at them in shop, does anyone find the same. Crisps, i know you are not supposed to eat them but empty a packet out and you wouldn't feed a bird, not that i would do that, i think we are being conned.
Contents on packets, and what's actually in them varies so much. Just stop eating, perhaps that's the answer.
Contents on packets, and what's actually in them varies so much. Just stop eating, perhaps that's the answer.
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Just stop eating? If only I could !! But it has driven me away from the supermarkets and I use them as little as possible now as they are tooooo greedy for words. I bought eggs from the grocers on the market last week and they were large and tasty. I grow most of our own veg and salad stuff for the summer and stay local for bread and dairy.
There are only two of us so its not too difficult but I realise its a challenge for large families when everything is so costly.
There are only two of us so its not too difficult but I realise its a challenge for large families when everything is so costly.
that isn't what i was referring to, the contents are so much less, i bought a box of washing powder, opened it, contents about half what you would expect, going on the size of the box, it tells you on side of box the weight, but who is going to tip it out to make sure, and this has nothing to do with who is in power. I now pay £2.00 more than three months ago for same product, but for less content, i think the supermarkets are the ones to blame.
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i'm on a diet, well trying, i have some crisps, and i'm tempted, but feel i will spontaneously combust if i open a packet, little crisp bits, and shards that stick in your gullet. That's the big problem, you cannot see what you are buying, go into supermarket, buy kellogs, any cereal, take out of box, where's the damn cereal, i'm not going to lose weight that quick going on those contents. btw i hate cereals, and how anyone eats muesli, is beyond me.
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johnnyboy, i didn't say i couldn't but im not, at least until worked out a game plan with the person who's helping. Almost every product is small in size, who remembers smiths crisps, back to that again, but with little salt bags, they had lots of crisps, probably give you a heart attack now, but at least they were a decent size. Think we are being royally shafted, and i do shop at markets, and can see what im buying, but everything just seems less quantity and more money.
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It's a well known fact that manufacturers-not supermarkets-are reducing the contents of a lot of products in an effort to keep prices down (or fool the consumer....take your pick).
This US article describes it - http://www.discovergo...ckage-sizes-are-down/
This US article describes it - http://www.discovergo...ckage-sizes-are-down/
Yes em these producers & supermarkets have been getting away with murder for years & who do we turn to who wil actually do something about it NOBODY because the customer is always rightly screwed.
Look at ciggies a packet from a machine costs over £7 & the packet only contains 14, easy touch aren`t we
Look at ciggies a packet from a machine costs over £7 & the packet only contains 14, easy touch aren`t we
Today I went to Hollands & Barretts to buy Triple Strength Cranberry fruit concentrate capsules which I been taking for the past two years. The H&B Triple strength (840mg cranberry concentrate) has now been replaced by "High Strength" (240mg cranberry concentrate) at the same price. On enquiring about this change I was informed that they now use better cranberries!
