![]() Wish I had some funding to do a study on this theory.TILLAMOOK, Ore.-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Tillamook County Creamery Association is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of family-size 1.5qt cartons of Tillamook Waffle Cone Swirl ice cream mistakenly packaged in a Tillamook Chocolate Peanut Butter ice cream carton, lot TL-41-80, BB041324, due to undeclared wheat and soy. Those ingredients have unknown effects on our bodies and I suspect they cause all sorts of health problems, which only helps the drug industry rip us off even more. We really need to review our entire consumer market since “bad” products are supposed to go away but that’s not always the case.Īs for ice cream, it really bugs me that most of them put horrible preservatives in there instead of quality products so they can save money. Then the companies go crying to the government to bail them out of their crisis of nobody buying their products and we end up paying for it in our income taxes. When they go on sale for a decent price, I’ll get some, but I just don’t buy them the same way anymore.Īt some point, you look at the products being offered and find it’s either cheaper to make it yourself or you simply don’t need the product. Eventually my salary caught up to the price increase (it took several years of no pay raises!) and then I came to realize that I don’t really need potato chips. Years ago when the price of potato chips skyrocketed (actually, the bags shrank AND the prices went up), I decided it was far cheaper to make them myself at home, which I did for a while…enough to satisfy my cravings. When I asked why they don’t call attention to the fact that the package now contains a cup less of ice cream, the company representative said the quantity is clearly marked on the product and there was no intent to deceive.īoth manufacturers kept the price the same, it appears, and the UPCs on the products did not change either.Īs we have said many times, downsizing is sneaky way to pass on a price increase because the change is often not obvious, but you are getting less for your money. Like Breyer’s, Edy’s said they continue to experience increases in costs for energy, dairy, etc., and wanted to continue to offer their product at a “familiar price”. Only during the time of transition are you likely to see both in the freezer case together. The new container is shorter, but that is only obvious when you see them side by side. *MOUSE PRINT: The original half gallon became 56 ounces, and now it is down again to 48 ounces - a full two cups less than the original size. Because of these economic conditions and in order to remain competitive, Breyers® made the difficult decision to reduce the size of our basic pack to 48 ounces.”Įdy’s ice cream is also in the middle of downsizing their products as well. Manufacturing and transportation costs also have increased significantly with the surge in fuel oil prices. ![]() Recently, the price of all of our ingredients, most of all the fresh cream we use in our products, has gone up dramatically. “Breyers has always taken great pride in offering the highest quality products at reasonable and fair prices. When asked why the company downsized their product again, Breyer’s said: The new one is tapered more along the sides, but is the same height. You will notice the change in package is very subtle. *MOUSE PRINT: Some manufacturers like Breyer’s are introducing containers that are 48 ounces, down a full eight ounces, and the price has remained the same. Check your grocer’s freezer case, and you are likely to find both the current 56 ounce container of ice cream along side the new size. Now we are right in the middle of another downsizing by the ice cream industry. It took a while for many consumers to catch on to the change, and once they did, shoppers were not happy. A few years ago, the major ice cream makers downsized their half gallon containers to 56 ounces.
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