Less for More
When I am shopping I continue to notice the food we buy keeps shrinking, the package size and the amount in it keeps getting lighter and smaller. There is more air in the package and less food, especially in a bag of chips or a box of cereal. I was so upset a couple years ago when the package of Oreos shrunk to 3/4 the size, but the price didn't change. Then they came back with the original size and labeled it "family size" and charged more. My kids love Oreos, but I refused to buy them for about a year. It is happening to everything on the store shelves. As the amount continues to skimp, the price continues to rise. So if we keep spending the same amount and yet get less, where is the extra money going. It most certainly is not going back to the producers and farmers. It just doesn't make a bit of sense. Farmers are some of the hardest workers, put in the craziest hours, produce the highest quality, yet they are the least appreciated and least paid. They feed the world, and the world relies on them. I think farmers should be the highest paid and most respected. People could not survive without food, or the basics that farmers provide. Someday the farmers will be noticed, unfortunately it will take a serious shortage of food before that happens.
When I am shopping I continue to notice the food we buy keeps shrinking, the package size and the amount in it keeps getting lighter and smaller. There is more air in the package and less food, especially in a bag of chips or a box of cereal. I was so upset a couple years ago when the package of Oreos shrunk to 3/4 the size, but the price didn't change. Then they came back with the original size and labeled it "family size" and charged more. My kids love Oreos, but I refused to buy them for about a year. It is happening to everything on the store shelves. As the amount continues to skimp, the price continues to rise. So if we keep spending the same amount and yet get less, where is the extra money going. It most certainly is not going back to the producers and farmers. It just doesn't make a bit of sense. Farmers are some of the hardest workers, put in the craziest hours, produce the highest quality, yet they are the least appreciated and least paid. They feed the world, and the world relies on them. I think farmers should be the highest paid and most respected. People could not survive without food, or the basics that farmers provide. Someday the farmers will be noticed, unfortunately it will take a serious shortage of food before that happens.
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