I found an old box of Tuna Helper buried in the back of the cabinet. The expiration date on it is from 2008. I'd just bought a ton of * Helper, and this box seemed unusually heavy. I checked the weight and it said it contained 8.4 ounces. I checked the other * Helper boxes, and they were all 4 to 6 ounces!
The instructions also call for a 7 ounce can of tuna. Good luck with that, since almost all tuna comes in 5 ounce cans now.
Nothing like a little time capsule to show just how much the manufacturers have been shrinking their products.
The instructions also call for a 7 ounce can of tuna. Good luck with that, since almost all tuna comes in 5 ounce cans now.
Nothing like a little time capsule to show just how much the manufacturers have been shrinking their products.
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Another thing along those lines that always bothered me was renaming sizes. I've been to several pizza places that cycled all their sizes down. Large is now "Family", Medium is now Large, and Small is now Medium. It break the rules, since "Medium" is defined as "around the middle of a scale of evaluation". So by definition, medium =/= small!
Grrr. I hate it when retailers and/or advertisers insult my intelligence.
Portion sizes here in Australia are more reasonable (though no less expensive) ;-)
Portion sizes in the grocery stores have to go down to offset the increase in portion size in FAsT-Food restaurants. With the exception of the pizza-places that twigmouse mentioned, I've seen the sizes on a constant increase. Using McDonalds as an example, What used to be Large is now Medium, what used to be Super-Sized is now just Large, the former Medium is now a Small, and I think the previous Small is now the Kiddie-Sized drink that comes in a Happy Meal. The size of their burgers hasn't changed that I've noticed, but the prices has sure gone up. :\
A co-worker brought Suzy-Q's in for break the other day and I couldn't believe how small those had gotten to!