"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 unit price *has* gone up some, but that's due to freight more than any
other factor.