I meant to post this after the fourth of july weekend and forgot until recent.

I bought bags of potato chips for that weekend and upon opening them, I find that the bags were half-filled with chips and half-filled with air. After the fact, I remembered grabbing the bags when I bought them and they felt full, like they were inflated with air. I noticed the same with cereal boxes as well, You get less and you pay more.

Is it me or is it corporations is only out to make a profit!?

LOL I'm pretty sure it's not just you. Don't you just hate the little bags in vending machines? The air inside weighs more than the actual chips -_-

....You just noticed this?

Contents measured by weight and not volume - or something like that. Doesn't it say that on most bags? You are supposedly getting the correct weight of food, but they inflate the packaging to make it seem like you are getting more.

They also inflate the bags so the contents don,t get crushed into powder,but i still think you should get more for the prices you pay!

Yeeeah! Theres hardly anything that you can call a snack in those little bags!


More than noticeable to me at that time, I mean it was the fourth of the july weekend and they had a whole bunch of large bags at the end of the aisles for $2.00 each.


Sometimes I wonder if the corporations try to get away with it every now and then. Next time I'll try to research the wieght of it.

Yes that makes some sense to my madness.

I'm actually an avid deal shopper (I'm no cheap though, I just don't like being cheated).

One of my favorite "deals" I see at the grocery store has to do with soda. Soda comes in packs of 6, 12, 24 or 48.

My favorite campaign is on the 12 packs... "Sale! Two 12 packs for $8.99!". 24 soda's... twice the cardboard packaging all for $8.99.

Then when you go look at the single 24 soda pack, you'll see that it's $9.00. I always buy the $9 24 pack rather than the two-fer ... There's NO price savings and MORE waste in the two-fer. Yet people fall for this hook line and sinker every time. I see people grabbing those 12 packs off the shelf like they're goin' to run out. I've even had people say to me "oh did you see the 12 packs are on sale?" I usually laugh and just say "ya, I saw that, but I'll stick with the 24 pack for the same price." They usually look confused for a spilt second until the realization hits them that there is no sale.

Marketing is POWERFUL. Always read the weight on teh containers and compare them with other sizes... dividing the weight into the price can tell you what you're really paying per oz.

I have noticed this more and more, especially with potato chips...The bags are pressurized so they feel full. And lately the chips are getting less and less...Anyone have a recipe how to make our own...

Yeah- thats probably me, bulk is better and I'll soon jump on that band wagon real soon.

Marketing is POWERFUL. - Tell me about it! I worked at a maketing research firm once. They will do whatever to make you buy thier products. For instance 'Lite or light? light in color?, lighter than air? not lighter in calories. They keep you guessing, don't they.



exactly what I'm saying... sizes are getting smaller and smaller yet the price goes higher and higher.

Anyone have a recipe how to make our own... Tried once but it turned out chewy rather than crunchy and so I stuck with french fries.

Super hot oil - super thin slices of potato - like paper thin.

It's not hard to make chips/crisps.

Another thing I've noticed is with old recipes. It will read to use a 16 oz. can of something, but now the cans are 14 oz. and they cost more.