The one that really pisses me off, was once I saw a jug of generic vinegar that was “cheaper” than the regular. Both were a full gallon, but the “cheap” stuff was diluted to 4% instead of the standard 5%, and if you took that into account, it was actually more expensive. This is especially bad since recipes are designed for the standard strength, and vinegar is one of those ingredients where if you’re 20% low, it really can screw things up.
Peanut butter that does this has really pissed me off. It isn’t the size reduction per se, but how they did it. To make the jars look like they are the same amount, the put a huge dimple in the bottom of the jar. Makes mixing natural peanut butter and getting it all out at the end a major pain.
This kind of marketing is a huge problem for people who struggle with weight/eating issues and rely on portions (although this doesn’t typically apply to ice cream – but yogurt has the same issues). If you could eat “X” amount that matched the container size, now you either have to eat less (which can cause problems with hunger and nutrition), or try to figure out how to eat 1.2 containers of something without eating the rest. It is extremely frustrating.
I am currently working a system of transferring yogurt from the current smaller containers into old saved containers that I have to wash after each use. It is very frustrating.
What about buying some correctly sized (read: a bit bigger) disposable* containers and a big container of yogurt and portioning it out yourself?
*disposable meaning anything from regular tupperware that you wash and reuse to those ziplock containers that you can reuse a few times to going to a restaurant supply store and picking up some deli containers that you use once (or more) and toss.
A good suggestion, but unfortunately the yogurt I eat doesn’t come in larger containers (just ones that keep getting smaller). Also, the particular size and shape of the container has a psychological impact – I feel like I am eating an appropriate, satisfying amount of yogurt. I tried just eating the correct amount out of a bowl, but didn’t feel satisfied. You can tell how frustrated I am by the number of times I mentioned it in my last post. :smack:
I don’t know much about dieting so I didn’t want to make suggestions, but what about adding something filling to it? Fiber (is that filling), chia seeds, chase it with a glass of water?
I checked out the Hagen Dazs at the grocery store…it’s 14 oz (14 liquid oz, so it’s a volume, not a weight), and I didn’t see it listed as a pint anywhere on the package. In the nutrition info, it gave the serving size as 1/2 cup, and 3.5 servings/package.
I expended my meagre research budget on B+J, and on Bart’s - both still 16 oz.
The problem with B&J is that they put too much crap in their ice cream. The kind with the potato chips in it represents a new low. At least with Haagen Daaz, they have simpler flavors that aren’t overloaded with stupid stuff.
I have a bunch of old family recipes that I haven’t tried yet because they call for canned or packaged ingredients in sizes that don’t seem to exist any longer. You’d think that the manufacturers would recognize that their products are in recipes that rely on a certain size container.
So far I haven’t gotten around to calculating the adjusted amounts of the bulk ingredients necessary to retain the original ratios. I’ll probably have to invest in a kitchen scale (which I ought to have, anyway).
Gross.
And yeah, overrated. I still don’t get the hoopla. I think some people got into it because it was “cool.”
I’ll stick with Breyers, thanks. Tastes great, moderately priced, and just a few simple ingredients.
Ah, to be in college again … days of endless drinking, eating, and, of course, cannibalism.
A 2x4 is not 2x4 either !!!
Buyer, beware!
Four ounces is about one average scoop. I think folks are likely to eat more when it’s in a bowl.
Tangential question: Did B & J invent Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream? I am pretty sure they did but not positive.
Yes, at least Wikipedia claims so.
Be careful! Breyers was always my favorite “non-premium” brand too, but just recently they’ve started abandoning their whole all-natural, 4-5 ingredient philosophy. I was HORRIFIED recently when I came home with a carton of cherry vanilla, only to literally spit out the first spoonful I put in my mouth. I checked the carton, and sure enough, many of their flavors are now so full of shitty ingredients that they’re not allowed to be marketed as ice cream, but rather are “Frozen Dairy Deserts.” Some of their flavors are still the old formula, however. Buyer beware.
I take my ice cream very seriously, I make my own quite often and consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur. What really pissed me off is how they always touted the fact that they made quality ice cream with only natural ingredients, and now they’ve strayed so far from the philosophy that made them great that they can’t even sell it as ice cream anymore! It’d be like if Ford started manufacturing all their vehicles in China.
Eh, I’ve found that I’m likely to eat less if I measure out snacks onto a plate or bowl and then PUT THE CONTAINER AWAY. That is, I don’t eat potato chips out of the big bag. I put a measured quantity into a bowl, and put the bag away before I start eating the chips. A lot of problem eating is just mindless eating, because it’s there.
So, by buying Blue Bell, we encourage honest commerce! (Nope, the flavors have nothing to do with it.)
I buy pints for myself–after a certain age, you are not supposed to keep growing out of your clothes! According to the packaging, each pint contains 4 servings…
Yes, I read a book about B&J. They started offering it in their main Vermont Scoop Shop, and realized they had a hit when people went to other shops that didn’t have it, so drove to the main shop to get some.
When they put it in pints, it became their most popular seller in only three months, soon was copied by everybody, and got a prize foe being one of the most successful commercial products of the decade.
Fat people. Sometimes.
ETA: Starbucks ice cream is still a 16 oz. pint.