Strike 1 / First off, portion sizes/tin sizes etc. You know the thing, chocolate bars smaller in size yet the same price, washing powder boxes same price smaller amount in them, all the things you see on the likes of watchdog.
I'm sure Heinz soups used to be 450 or 485 fl oz but they're 415 now but the same size tin, and so it goes, there are loads. do you have any?
Strike 2/ But I'm also of the opinion that not only has the portion sizes gone down but so has the quality of some of the items gone, example are McVities Biscuits, they used to be moist, tasty, dunkable, now they're almost tasteless, less in a packet and brittle, yuk!
Strike 3/ So far we've been had over twice, less for your money, reduction on ingredients ... then there are the subtle price increases to boot (and some not so subtle)
Then there is the profit thing, I don't quite understand it when a company issues a 'profit warning' and contained in the profit warning the company (not one specifically) say that their profits are going to show a 5% or 10% reduction, down from 230 million to 210 million (or therabouts) and all of a sudden their shareholders are clamouring for the exit gates.
Surely, if a company makes a profit it makes a profit, in the current challenging economic climate profit of any description is good, but the likes of British Gas, bt, Microsoft are not content unless they're making billions of profit per quarter? Why is it not acceptable to make smaller amounts of profit without having to issue 'profit warnings'
greed, all round is what I think and as usual it's at the expense of the woman/man in the street. I just wish less money was being made (sure their is reinvestment etc) without companies streamlining their staff, reducing the sizes of their product (food stuff), ducking out on quality and putting up the prices at the same time, just seems they want more money for less input and they wonder why we're fecked.
Sorry, this stems from my what was my Sunday art'noon cup o char and dunkable biscuits being
spoiled by a naf taste and less of , how very dare they.
Thats it, I've had my new year rant, no need to reply.
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Portion sizes, quality, concept of profit, I don't get it.
Victor Meldrew? I do not believe it! 
I know what you mean though. It seems they're all out to get us. :shock:
The profit thing - in my limited experience - is probably tied into the growth potential of a company. If they make less profit, their growth forecast will have to be adjusted down accordingly, making them a less attractive investment, and that's when they start letting people go - another contra-growth indicator.
At the end of the day, it's all tied into greed.
I know what you mean though. It seems they're all out to get us. :shock:
The profit thing - in my limited experience - is probably tied into the growth potential of a company. If they make less profit, their growth forecast will have to be adjusted down accordingly, making them a less attractive investment, and that's when they start letting people go - another contra-growth indicator.
At the end of the day, it's all tied into greed.
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Life's a bitch....... like inflations goin'down? so is it goin' down? or is it inflation, if it's going down how can it be inflation? Companies pay people loadsa dosh to tell us what they think will be well received.
This has been going on for years as the makers of such products think we are all thick as shite. Instead of doing something that we would all notice and put the price up, they keep the price the same but reduce what is in the package.
I would have thought that consumer rights would have put a stop to this underhanded tactic of fooling the public. Actually as this practice is done underhandedly, that it would have been made illegal to do????
Well I think it is about time this was made an illegal practice. :thumbup:
I would have thought that consumer rights would have put a stop to this underhanded tactic of fooling the public. Actually as this practice is done underhandedly, that it would have been made illegal to do????
Well I think it is about time this was made an illegal practice. :thumbup:
Sex God
I'd just like to confirm that when I give a portion it'll be the same size as it was 40 years ago.......mind you it was never the largest portion.
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Sorry to spoil the fun, but it was always thus.
In management speak it is called 'boiling the frog' The idea is that if you put a frog in to a pan of cold water it will sit there being a frog. Slowly heat the water it will still sit there, but in due course will end up as a cooked frog. If however you try to drop a frog in to a pan of hot water, it will immediately register its unhappiness by jumping out.
So a company will launch a product, maybe less profitably than they would like, and have a multiyear plan to increase the margin on it by either reducing costs or increasing prices to the consumer, or both, once they have a strong position in the marketplace.
The simple answer to this, called 'natural wastage' by the marketing departments,is for the punter to stop buying it, because this type of strategy is only applicable to iems where there is lots of consumer choice, I believe.
In management speak it is called 'boiling the frog' The idea is that if you put a frog in to a pan of cold water it will sit there being a frog. Slowly heat the water it will still sit there, but in due course will end up as a cooked frog. If however you try to drop a frog in to a pan of hot water, it will immediately register its unhappiness by jumping out.
So a company will launch a product, maybe less profitably than they would like, and have a multiyear plan to increase the margin on it by either reducing costs or increasing prices to the consumer, or both, once they have a strong position in the marketplace.
The simple answer to this, called 'natural wastage' by the marketing departments,is for the punter to stop buying it, because this type of strategy is only applicable to iems where there is lots of consumer choice, I believe.
I checked with Admin. A few years ago they disabled GIF format avatars in favour of automatically resizing them to fit. I'm afraid that means we're stuck with avatars that refuse to wiggle. 
Anyway... back to the matter in hand:
Fecking supermarkets are crooks! Always make sure you check the prices of the smaller packs of things you buy. For example, the brand of mouthwash we use is actually a third cheaper if you get the little half sized bottles rather than the bigger 'economy' packs. It's not the first time they've tried that little con! I'm wise to you now Mr Walmart... I'll be watching you!!
Anyway... back to the matter in hand:
Fecking supermarkets are crooks! Always make sure you check the prices of the smaller packs of things you buy. For example, the brand of mouthwash we use is actually a third cheaper if you get the little half sized bottles rather than the bigger 'economy' packs. It's not the first time they've tried that little con! I'm wise to you now Mr Walmart... I'll be watching you!!
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The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation. Lenin
It has always been this way.
It has always been this way.
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I checked with Admin. A few years ago they disabled GIF format avatars in favour of automatically resizing them to fit. I'm afraid that means we're stuck with avatars that refuse to wiggle.
Anyway... back to the matter in hand:
Fecking supermarkets are crooks! Always make sure you check the prices of the smaller packs of things you buy. For example, the brand of mouthwash we use is actually a third cheaper if you get the little half sized bottles rather than the bigger 'economy' packs. It's not the first time they've tried that little con! I'm wise to you now Mr Walmart... I'll be watching you!!
So how does will get his to animate?
Sex God
most middle age people still don't understand grams and litres so really dont know that the sizes have changed
thus i now have the length of my member in cm :giggle:
thus i now have the length of my member in cm :giggle:
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So how does will get his to animate?
By never changing his avatar since he originally uploaded it. ;)
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most middle age people still don't understand grams and litres so really dont know that the sizes have changed
thus i now have the length of my member in cm :giggle:
I resemble that remark! :lol2:
Actually, I'm one of the lucky ones who was brought up during the conversion from imperial to metric, so I can work with both quite easily. :thumbup:
I've got 30cm but I don't use it as a rule. :giggle:
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