We have long noted the tendency of packaged goods sellers to shrink packages in order to hide inflation.
Our friend Negocios Loucos points us to another possible instance.
When Haagen-Dazs shrunk their "pints" to 14 ounces a few years ago thanks to food cost inflation, Ben & Jerry's responded by labeling their ice cream "Still a Pint!"
... until now. A package recently purchased in the Northeast:
8.31.2014
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