Very informative. Thank you

Why am I such a sucker for free stuff?! ...Gotta go and get my FAR butter!! Pathetic isn't it?

I cant believe its not butter.

Get a thousand friends together and make one of these...

Darth Vader and Yoda

~miser

Isn't that cheese?
migv1 said:dateach said:Free is good...especially for butter! When do we ever get butter for free? Thanks!
I believe there are programs to get gobs of it free from the govt. (of course it's always free just before they F you in the A).

FrugalFreak said:my only question is is the 8 sticks equal in weight to the 4 stick package?? or is this change a clever way for LOL to reduce total weight?

green for the freebie though

4 stick package is one pound, just as the 8 stick package is. Butter sticks are 1/4 pound each, making these eight 1/8 pounds.

mpkb said:michaelkenyon said:jaburg said:That whole "less for more" idea is a real ugly trend. I think it all started with the bacon guys cutting you back to 12 oz. from a pound. Then the cereal guys with less weight in the same box. I honestly wish they would be up front and just keep things the same size and raise the damn price honestly. I feel like they think we're stupid and won't notice or something.
It's really bad with candy, too. Reeses Peanut Butter cups are like half the size they used to be. Worst of all is those damn tasty Peppridge Farm cookies. They shrink every 6 months it seems.
I just bought the club size pack of Zest bar soap. It is now sculpted into a funky shape, but there is clearly less soap. I'd say 1/3 less soap. IMO, the funky shape is to try and disguise the shrink, and make it fit inside the regular size boxes.

I think this trend started with ice cream several years ago. It used to be 1/2 gallon, now it is less.

sonny8360 said:mpkb said:michaelkenyon said:jaburg said:That whole "less for more" idea is a real ugly trend. I think it all started with the bacon guys cutting you back to 12 oz. from a pound. Then the cereal guys with less weight in the same box. I honestly wish they would be up front and just keep things the same size and raise the damn price honestly. I feel like they think we're stupid and won't notice or something.
It's really bad with candy, too. Reeses Peanut Butter cups are like half the size they used to be. Worst of all is those damn tasty Peppridge Farm cookies. They shrink every 6 months it seems.
I just bought the club size pack of Zest bar soap. It is now sculpted into a funky shape, but there is clearly less soap. I'd say 1/3 less soap. IMO, the funky shape is to try and disguise the shrink, and make it fit inside the regular size boxes.

I think this trend started with ice cream several years ago. It used to be 1/2 gallon, now it is less.

I think it goes back farther than that. I'm old enough to remember when a standard size can of coffee was a full pound (16 oz). Then it went to 13 oz. Now its 11 oz. but the can is still about the same size.

deshwasi said:wasben said:Half sticks, ha. Everybody is so spoiled these days. When I was a child butter came in a single one-pound block. Imagine that. We actually had to cut it into quarter pound sticks ourselves and that was after walking 4 miles to the market and back, uphill both ways.

man, it was all good until... uphill both ways? last time i checked if something goes up, it comes down. you probably could have used a garmin gps back then

/me stares @ deshwasi for a second before giving him a "Moe" slap aside the head.

Or is this an attempt at humor?

Did anyone know where I can buy this item in Los angeles or hollywood area. I went to Ralphs near my place and they carry only 4 half sticks. I cannot find 8 half sticks. Let me know which grocery in So.Cal carry it. Thanks.