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Default 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.)
> >>
> >>
> >> 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.

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> 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?


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