# "Odd sized food containers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sized-food-containers/966777>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 24, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sized-food-containers/966777 "2022-06-24T18:29:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sized-food-containers/966777/21 "2022-06-25T22:01:43Z")

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I just went to the store, coincidentally. I saw a six sleeve box marked for snacking next to the regular three sleeve box. They were priced the same but the six sleeve was lighter.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sized-food-containers/966777/22 "2022-06-25T22:19:44Z")

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The price you pay for not having a sleeve go stale, like that was ever going to happen.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sized-food-containers/966777/23 "2022-06-25T22:50:37Z")

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I keep hoping that one day things will change and we’ll get expanding chocolate bars.

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sized-food-containers/966777/24 "2022-06-26T00:49:40Z")

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If for whatever reason I don’t finish a sleeve of Ritz crackers I put the unused crackers (usually still wrapped in the sleeve) into a ziplock bag to keep them from going stale. I see no point in paying extra for smaller sleeves.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sized-food-containers/966777/25 "2022-06-26T00:57:39Z")

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The part I find annoying is when there isn’t an evenly divisible number of servings. I don’t care if the number on the front is a round number, but, now that I actually look at the nutrition information, I notice how often the number of servings is “about X.” When you have to count the fat, fiber, and calories, it makes things quite annoying. I mostly wind up calculating the amount in the whole package and then use division.

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