Ugh. I remember when this happened to the ice cream. I was working frozen foods at the grocery store and all at once every fucking manufacturer was like "hahah fuck y'all we goin small!"
Grocery manager here. A lot of items tend to do this (chips in particular) every other year, alternating with a price increase in non-size changing years. Oftentimes they will come out with a "New, Larger Size!!" which is the size it used to be or close to it, when the packages get to be too small. Pringles, particularly, have jumped around in size a lot of the last 5 years. Every time they do we have to adjust shelf heights. They're a pain in the ass.
mcflannelman on April 5th, 2017 at 15:04 UTC »
Ugh. I remember when this happened to the ice cream. I was working frozen foods at the grocery store and all at once every fucking manufacturer was like "hahah fuck y'all we goin small!"
CliffCutter on April 5th, 2017 at 15:33 UTC »
Bad news, they also have less flavor dust and are thinner.
Cripnite on April 5th, 2017 at 18:11 UTC »
Grocery manager here. A lot of items tend to do this (chips in particular) every other year, alternating with a price increase in non-size changing years. Oftentimes they will come out with a "New, Larger Size!!" which is the size it used to be or close to it, when the packages get to be too small. Pringles, particularly, have jumped around in size a lot of the last 5 years. Every time they do we have to adjust shelf heights. They're a pain in the ass.