I do a fair share of baking, so I ran out of sugar. Off to the store. While I was there, I noticed Domino Sugar has sugar packaged in a convenient plastic container (short and squat, low center of gravity to avoid spilling).
A 4 lb. container of sugar! What’s wrong with this picture? :mad:
Now, the next time I buy a 5 lb. bag of sugar in the usual paper bag, the fucking sugar won’t fit in the container.
But wait! I have foiled the evil overlords at Domino Sugar! See, I’ve got a large container that I keep confectioner’s sugar in, and which is large enough for a 5 lb. bag of sugar. So, I put the granulated sugar in the larger container and the confectioner’s sugar in the Domino’s container. Confectioner’s sugar is normally sold in quantities of 1 or 2 lbs., so there’s no problem. But what about other people not blessed with such a container? Why oh why must they torment them so…
It’s weird, but I have noticed a lot of sugar is now packaged in 4-pound bags instead of 5-pound…even in the traditional paper-bag style packages. I think it’s a way of jacking up the price without people realizing it (how many people are really going to notice that the bag is now 4 pounds instead of 5? When you eyeball it, it looks about the same.)
I noticed this in the mid 80’s when I was the Coupon Queen. A local grocer was advertising an insanely good price on sugar. I get to the store only to find it was a 4 lb. bag. Annoyance ensued.
Now I use that phrase to describe anything that falls short of the mark. “Oh, your case of pop is only 20 cans now…well that’s just a 4 lb. bag of sugar.”
We’ve only had 4 lb bags available for some time. I suppose you can get 5 lb bags, if you hunt for them.
it’s called downsizing (or something); I call it corporate rip off-candy bars, tampons, and now flour and sugar.
Can’t wait until a “pound” of butter isn’t…
Tupperware, man. You get a canister set. The flour goes in the big one, then the sugar, and the smaller ones take confectioner’s sugar or brown sugar or cornmeal or whatever.
Because they believe that most folks will have that container, buy a 5 lb bag, * pour out some of that five pounds to bake something with* and then need to store the rest in their moisture-proof container.
It isn’t made to hold five pounds because it rarely is used to hold a full five pounds. The sugar ( and flour as well ) starts to cake up from moisture only after the bag is torn open.
I just walked over and checked, since it’s the season to be buying more of this stuff. Both my Shop Rite bags of flour and sugar are 5 pounds.
That’s not the issue, bub. People object to having stuff automatically put on their computer without their permission no matter what it is, because it’s their bloody computer. I don’t care if it’s a video of puppies and kittens playing with babies, I want to choose whether or not I watch it personally.
I thought you were going to rant about that incredibly tough plastic that all electronics stuff come in these days. I got a nice cut on my thumb from opening the package that our new USB printer cable came in, once I wrestled with the scissors to hack my way in. There’s no good method to get these packages open, either - just get the scissors and start cutting. And if the package is large enough, you’ll reach a point where the scissors are getting stuck inside the tough plastic that won’t bend enough for you to continue moving the handles of the scissors…
I think you’ve hit upon the reason behind their four-pound container. They’re hoping that you’ll be forced to buy their brand in the future, since their brand is sold in a quantity that will fit in their container. You’ll be locked in.
I disagree, a hawkbill knife makes short work of those insipid clamshell and ultrasonicly welded packages, hook the tip into the packaging and just unzip, the point of the knife faces away from the product inside the packaging and away from you when you cut away from yourself…
It’s a direct link to the movie. You “give permission” and “personally” choose to watch by clicking on the link. It’s just like a link to a PDF or an image.
Anyway, I second the vote for electronics packaging. Just do what thieves do (you don’t think the packaging actually stops them, do you?) and keep a razor handy to slice open the front of the packaging.
I also argue that memory cards (packaging for data, as it were) are fiendishly inconvenient. There are at least five types in general use, with a number of variants for several, and no sign of unification. Dominos is doing to dry goods what the computer industry has been doing with its products since the beginning.
See, I’ve got a large container that I keep confectioner’s sugar in, and which is large enough for a 5 lb. bag of sugar. So, I put the granulated sugar in the larger container and the confectioner’s sugar in the Domino’s container. Confectioner’s sugar is normally sold in quantities of 1 or 2 lbs., so there’s no problem. But what about other people not blessed with such a container? Why oh why must they torment them so… 