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Skriven 2014-02-14 14:27:30 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 9772 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: dishonesty 190
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 11 Feb 14  03:34:00 <=-

 NB>> circular back when it was weekly.. there was a column by Mary Ellen
 NB>> Burris, the consumer rep...  Apparently the machines put in by the
 NB>> major operators (who also package for the smaller brands) wouldn't
 NB>> allow for keeping the full half-gallon cartons
 ML> And why is that, I wonder.
 
No explication, just the statement, as I recall... perhaps an apology,
though it was beyond their control...

 NB>> I tend to believe that the responsibility does lie up the line,
 NB>> not with some of the lesser players... What I was never quite
 NB>> clear on was why the new equipment in the first place... and why
 ML> New equipment has to happen now and again. What I don't get
 ML> is the resizing in the equipment manufacturing factories -
 ML> at not insignificant cost - and who had that dire in the
 ML> first place. Did the Kraft guys go to the tool-and-die
 ML> guys and say, look, we want to cheat the public by 12.5%,
 ML> so you go do what you have to do, we'll pay you back
 ML> eventually?

Somehow, I doubt they were even that upfront about it... probably only
gave the machine makers the desired specs...  The usual explanation of
why the slightly smaller size usually has to do with "so we didn't have
to raise the price per package"... also, of course, a copout...  

 NB>> the shrinking size...  Progress, I suppose... of the usual regressive
 NB>> sort...  ;0 

 ML> And I suppose we should all have said no back when the
 ML> saying was good, the same way we should have to meat glue,
 ML> fake crab, unripenable peaches, 59 oz half gallons of
 ML> juice, any number of things.

WAS there ever a time when the consumers really had a say... could have
said no and had it have any effect...?  At least in this day and age...?

 ML> Title: Clarence's Krabdip
 ML> 16 oz Sour Cream                    2 ts Horseradish (or 2" piece"
 ML> 16 oz Philadelphia Cream Cheese     1    Half bottle chives
 ML> 2    Onions, small, chop fine       8 oz Louis Rich Krab (or more)
 ML> 3 ts Garlic (Polaner/Fiesta)        2 ts Lemon & Herb Seasoning
 ML> 2 ts White Pepper                   1/2 cn Mushrooms
 ML> 1 ts Red Pepper
 ML> Source unknown, looks like Kraft, doesn't it

You think...?   (G)

ttyl        neb

... Sure. You start with stealing "only" tag lines, then...
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