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Posted by Candide on May 8, 2008, 10:13 pm
>
news:alas->
> Yes, it was my sense, as well, that his concern was about *hiding* the
> > price increase--- not about the increase per se. I'm still irked
with
> > Hellman's (Best Foods) for hiding their price increase by reducing
the
> > jar size from 32 to 30 ounces. It just seems so insulting to the
> > consumer... you know, like we're so stupid we won't notice.
>
>
> These last two weeks my local grocery store has had a certain brand of
ice
> cream 2/$6 which is very good. A few days ago I figured out why. The
> company has reduced the size of its product from 1.75Qt to 1.5 Qt. I
don't
> know the new price yet because it is still on sale. Very common
tactic.
> Then the execs pat themselves on the back and give themselves fat
bonuses
> for increasing the profit margin.
>
> I think we should kick them in the pants and go back to eating
everything
> home made. No packaged potatoes, spaghetti/sauce,ice cream etc., you
get
> the picture. Just the basics: fruit, vegetables, flour, sugar, meat,
milk,
> cream, block cheese, eggs, legumes, rice(not instant), what did I
forget.
> Yes, I know this is hard on some of us, like me with the FMS, MPS,
CFS. But
> how else to hit those living it up to the max while we who support
their
> arses are in big time trouble.
>
> AK in PA
>
Well you are preaching to the choir on that last point, however doubt
many young women today have the required skills in "domestic sciences"
to cook and bake from scratch.
Bake our own breads, tough do knead the dough in either my Kenwood or
Bosch mixers. Yoghurt is made in my vintage Salton unit. Cakes, cookies
and such are also baked at home, etc.
Really shocks one how little today's young women know about cooking. If
the meals do not come out wholly or partially out of a packet, or aren't
take away, they would probably all starve! *LOL*
Only thing one will not make at home is kippers. Just can't get rid of
the smell! *LOL*
Candide
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