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thomas712
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Well the wife and I went shopping tonight and decided to purchase our stock of Halloween candy for the trick or treaters that will be coming to our door this year.
Let me tell you guys something. I used to be a garden shop/seasonal manager at a department store, so I used to lug tons of this candy out and setup shelves and displays of it.
I picked up a some bags of simple fun size candy bars, popular styles like snickers, baby ruth and milky way. They were mighty light or so my brain told me. I began looking at the weights of the bags. 10.5 to 13 ounces. I thought what the heck? These bags used to be 13 to 14 ounces or so. My wife also picked up a bag or so and had the same strange look on her face as though something were not right. She agreed that the were less in weight. We looked and looked and really didn't find any 13 ounce bags in the display in front of us either.
All I can figure is that corporate America is ripping us off again. Every bag of candy I picked up that we usually picked up every year was lighter. How's that for a kick in the teeth America, get less ~ pay more. Why am I surprised?
Perhaps I'll go to handing out nickles like some of those older folks used to do when I was a kid.
My rant is over, but this is my experience here in Michigan this year, perhaps its different where you are.......Whats yours?
Let me tell you guys something. I used to be a garden shop/seasonal manager at a department store, so I used to lug tons of this candy out and setup shelves and displays of it.
I picked up a some bags of simple fun size candy bars, popular styles like snickers, baby ruth and milky way. They were mighty light or so my brain told me. I began looking at the weights of the bags. 10.5 to 13 ounces. I thought what the heck? These bags used to be 13 to 14 ounces or so. My wife also picked up a bag or so and had the same strange look on her face as though something were not right. She agreed that the were less in weight. We looked and looked and really didn't find any 13 ounce bags in the display in front of us either.
All I can figure is that corporate America is ripping us off again. Every bag of candy I picked up that we usually picked up every year was lighter. How's that for a kick in the teeth America, get less ~ pay more. Why am I surprised?
Perhaps I'll go to handing out nickles like some of those older folks used to do when I was a kid.
My rant is over, but this is my experience here in Michigan this year, perhaps its different where you are.......Whats yours?
