Arm & Hammer dryer sheets.....the box touted "25% more"

Ummmm they didn't mention that the sheets are a full inch less in width than others I use, AND that left a 1 inch space in the box. This isn't a product that needs space for fragile contents. So when you look at the box on the shelf, it looks the same as others - stinkers.

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I noticed the box of Cheese-Its I bought at Kroger were tiny !

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I was just talking with my husband about something similar, in regards to Halloween candy.

I think of all the things that have been reduced in size - not in amount, in SIZE - and wonder how that can be cost effective. Don't most mass produced items - snack size candy bars, dryer sheets, etc - get pumped out by a machine? As far as I know, this is the first time that I've ever known where companies are reducing items by size. How does the machinery make things smaller? My thought was Holy Moly! How much do new molds cost for a particular item?

Unless the machinery is adjustable to make smaller units, I just don't see how this is up front cost effective for companies - nor can I see them ever switching back to the way things were. Why should they? They can charge the same for a smaller product. It's depressing thinking about all the goods and food products that have already been reduced.

I mean, those little itty bitty twix snack bars? Even with a small child that's a one-biter!

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The drink pouches that my kids take in their school lunches went from 6.75 oz. down to 6. The box and pouch still look about the same size, but it is definately lighter. They were the Capri Sun brand.

Dh noticed a week or so ago that the rolls of Quilted Northern toilet paper are not as wide, same number of sheets but about an inch slimmer. (he help up an old roll next to a new one.) Same price of course.

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Yes, tp is another, the rolls aren't as wide. Shampoo bottles used to be a standard 16 ounces. Now it's all different amounts, none 16.

m&m's used to be 16 ounces, then went to 14 quietly. They came out later with a big ad campaign for the "pounder" which was really back to 16, and now they are back to 14.

A recent frozen pizza was another disappointment .... I laid it on top of the box to see a full 1 1/2 inches clearance all the way around, another waste of packaging.

The obvious downsize was Pepsi products going from 12 to 8 cans. That's 1/3 less and yet basically, the price stayed the same. Pepsico defended it as consumers "wanting" smaller packages - yeah right !

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Seems to me, the most cost effective cut back that would be beneficial all the way around...even the environment, would be to cut packaging costs. So much goes into a product's package to make it appealing. I personally do not care what my package looks like as long as it protects the item and keeps it fresh if need be. Toys often are packaged in huge boxes with much fillers to be thrown away...all for the sake of making it more eye appealing and a false sense of getting much more. If the manufacturers cut back on the frills and pyshcological lures, they could sell us the same amount and size without today's current trickery of short changing us.