Wheaties box shrinking?
Okay, we have all established there are some winners and some losers in this struggling economy. But, here is an interesting one for you…. did you notice your food items are shrinking? Yes, your food items like your cereal, your ice cream, and a lot of other food items you eat and getting smaller.
According to MSNBC today, food manufactures are feeling the heat of these tough times, however they did not want to raise their prices. So, instead of raising prices on their food products, they did it in a “sneakier” way- same product, same price, but different amount of it. That same box of cereal for instance has not changed, except there is slightly less of it in the box. Therefore, consumers don’t necessarily notice this, but still get their food items they normally would want to buy.
Is this wrong? 
You could look at it as something that they have a right to do, because we are all experiencing a change with the economy. The “tough” will learn to survive, and that is what these companies are trying to do. Or do you look at it as misleading?
No matter how you look at it, times are changing and so are our boxes of cereal. We all need to deal with it the best way we can! Car companies, hair dressers, dentist, lead exchanges, advertisers, and all other companies are some how being affected by this change in economy. Time to adjust.