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5 lb bag of sugar is 4 lbs...
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> 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.)
That's odd - the Shaw's branded sugar is still in a 5lb. bag.
But I have noticed the downsizing in ice cream of all things.
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