Re: : What gives?!
I've noticed this with lots of items but it seems snacks are the ones where this tactic is stretched to its limits. For example, not long ago I recall that the $1 size of potato chips was 8 oz or 9 oz. This wasn't all that long ago, certainly no more than 3 or 4 years. Last I checked, the $1 size is down to 3 or 3.5 oz. Sorry, but this is well above the general inflation rate which might have dropped the bag weight by no more than 1 oz. This is a case of manufacturers taking advantage of people, pure and simple. Even worse is with many other food items besides snacks lately it seems every time I go in the store either the price went up or the size went down.
Another thing I've noticed is manufacturers favoring products which make them more profit but appear the same to the consumer. Case in point is the sudden popularity of "gummy" candy. I was wondering why and then I noticed that bags full of gummy candy weigh about half as much as bags of non-gummy candy, but sell for about the same price. I guess most people buy by volume and not weight.