"hob" > wrote in message
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>
> "Doug Kanter" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "hob" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >I was walking through the store yesterday, and I noticed that the "5
> pound"
>> > bags of sugar (of all producers) were now all 4 pounds.. (and the price
>> > PER
>> > BAG was also up from last year, fwiw).
>> > Since I almost always buy by the "unit", e.g., can, bag, box, etc.
>> > rather
>> > than by the weight, I don't really pay close attention to the "unit's"
>> > weight
>> >
>> > I realize there has been a lot of "downsizing" of the quantity
>> > without
>> > any commensurate lowering of price (a lot of candy bars put out in new
>> > displays in the past few weeks, e.g., ), but when did the "old
> standards"
>> > like sugar make that change?
>> >
>> > (FWIW 2 - It also looks like the price per pound of sugar is up almost
>> > 100%
>> > over last year.)
>>
>>
>> It hasn't been downsized. They make 3 sizes currently:
>>
>> 4-lb. bag
>> 4-lb. New Plastic Canister
>> 5-lb. bag
>
> The 5 lb bags from C&H and Crystal, offered for an eternity at the local
> upscale bigmart, have been replaced on the shelf by 4 lb bags of C&H and
> Crystal.
>
> No 5 lb bags offered.

C&H makes 4, 5 & 10 lb bags. Nothing has been downsized. The decision to
carry only the 4 lb bag was made by your supermarket's buying department,
for any of a number of reasons. What store do you shop at?