# I noticed powerade comes in 28oz bottles now instead of 32oz bottles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128 "2020-01-28T21:07:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/1 "2020-01-28T21:07:27Z")
Rest assured, I was on the internet within minutes, registering my disgust throughout the world. Guess I’ll switch to gatorade. It costs a little more but it is still 32oz and tastes better anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/2 "2020-01-28T22:17:06Z")
Maybe nobody can be trusted with too much power. You’d have to add more responsibility. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/3 "2020-01-28T23:32:26Z")
Also if you overload on electrolytes too late in the day, your glowing body can make sleep difficult for yourself and/or your partner. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/4 "2020-01-28T23:35:16Z")
I still get my Gatorade in 32 ounce bottles, but now it’s missing either half or all of the calories. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/5 "2020-01-29T00:21:01Z")
What the hell is happening. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/6 "2020-01-29T00:37:20Z")
Lame rant, should be moved to MPSIMS. ETA: When the new posting rules are adopted, Wesley Clark would have lost his posting privileges for 10 days. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/7 "2020-01-29T00:53:29Z")
The esteemed Mr. Clark’s greatest error was in reporting how he registered his extreme dissatisfaction with the volume of Powerade beverages, and not presenting such vitriol here directly. In so doing this thread is not Pit-worthy. I declare that we need a great deal more profanity and other offensive hyperbole regarding this subject in order to bring this endeavor to proper fruition. Proceed with the proper ranting forthwith! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/8 "2020-01-29T01:14:06Z")
Moved to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/9 "2020-01-29T01:16:28Z")
Damn. I’m the vanilla ice cream of rants. Too bland. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/10 "2020-01-29T01:53:55Z")
that’s an old trick to avoid raising the price. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/11 "2020-01-29T02:00:35Z")
Is it in an interestingly-shaped bottle with a tiny neck? That’s another old trick to make it look like the volume isn’t any less ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/12 "2020-01-29T02:23:36Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Maybe nobody can be trusted with too much power. You’d have to add more responsibility. Yeah, but only dorks drink Responsibilityade. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/13 "2020-01-29T14:05:35Z")
I use Powerade powder mix. But the stores around here don’t sell it anymore. I have to get it online in bags. Bags? How barbaric. And Gatorade just plains tastes awful in all forms and flavors. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/14 "2020-01-29T14:55:19Z")
At least it still got what plants crave. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/15 "2020-01-29T17:02:42Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Damn. I’m the vanilla ice cream of rants. Too bland. [Codger]I wish to voice my displeasure at your ice cream section containing such over the top flavors such as “chocolate” and “fudge”. And do not get me started on the abomination that is “Neapolitan” God must be spinning in his grave over such foreign flavors in our country’s freezers…[/Codger] ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/16 "2020-01-29T17:46:43Z")
Meh, as long as it still has [electrons](https://notalwaysright.com/when-matter-doesnt-matter/)… ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/17 "2020-01-29T21:05:42Z")
In case you didn’t know, this is shrinkflation. > **[Shrinkflation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation)** > > Heterodox > In economics, shrinkflation, also known as the grocery shrink ray, deflation, or package downsizing, is the process of items shrinking in size or quantity, or even sometimes reformulating or reducing quality, while their prices remain the same or increase. The word is a portmanteau of the words shrink and inflation. First usage of the term "shrinkflation" with its current meaning has been attributed to the economist Pippa Malmgren, though the same term had been used earlier by histori ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/18 "2020-01-29T21:53:40Z")
Powerade is what the sports teams at Florida State drink. The original name was Seminole Fluid, but it didn’t sell very well before the name change. I accept nothing but pure, genuine Gatorade. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/19 "2020-01-30T00:49:51Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Powerade is what the sports teams at Florida State drink. The original name was Seminole Fluid, but it didn’t sell very well before the name change. I accept nothing but pure, genuine Gatorade. Yeah but gatorade is the official drink of skeet shooting, and when someone wins a contest it is tradition to pour it over the winner while yelling ‘skeet skeet skeet’ ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128/20 "2020-01-30T12:05:46Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > that’s an old trick to avoid raising the price. Nah, I’m sure they’ve done it for our convenience. mmm [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-noticed-powerade-comes-in-28oz-bottles-now-instead-of-32oz-bottles/847128.md?page=2)