Why your toilet paper is shrinking

Fortune/CNN ^ | 11/9/10 | Beth Kowitt

[dockkiller]

This used to be a 12 ounce soda:

[shempy]

It seems another clever way they reduce quantities is by pumping air in products like margarine, yogurt, and ice cream.

[nomad]

WOW, I`m.. speechless.

[1rudeboy]

What’s your point? Mine is that shrinking package sizes are reflected in the inflation figures. If you thought you were responding to someone who doesn’t recognize that packages are shrinking, then you directed your comment to the wrong person.

[LibLieSlayer]

I reckon that is exactly what I did. Sorry.

LLS

[TruthConquers]

“...Charmin, Northern... major brands? They are all 1.25 inches narrower.”

Not only are the toilet paper rolls less wide, the are also shorter, or not as long as they have been before.

I had stocked up on both Charmin and Northern last summer, and I have bought some recently. Both brands were shorter, and the Charmin was less wide. I noticed that the whole package was at least 3 inches shorter than the older packages. I tend to buy the 30 normal rolls per package.

And I haven’t seen any brands on sale for 50 cents a roll for awhile now.

[LibLieSlayer]

I know it... John Stossel needs to rip industry wide open for this. I want to buy what I want to buy... the FREE MARKET should decide what the consumer wants... the government is behind this... through threats and subversive actions... they did it to the industry that I am working with... obama and his minions are worse than hitler... at least hitler admitted that he was supreme leader and ran everything. They cannot allow any evidence of the truth of the Depression that we are in... slight of hand to cover inflation... such evil lives in the Whitehouse... there will be an exorcism needed to cleanse it.

LLS