Hi,

Just found this site after grocery shopping earlier and so glad there's a place to come and 'vent' but I doubt it will do any good because now that I'm an older gal, I see things for what they really are and that is true corporate greed. When I was young I really believed that there were some good and ethical companies in the US but not anymore. I think any of them would sell their mama to make a fast buck and probably have!

When I went grocery shopping a couple hours ago, I was in the grocery aisle looking at yogurt and was looking at the size and now just about all brands of yogurt have gone from 6 oz to 5.3 oz. This has been very recent. I remember a few years back when most yogurt brands made 8 oz containers whereas Yoplait was at 6 oz. It wasn't long before the other brands fell in line and also started putting their yogurt in 6 oz containers. Well, now there's more down-sizing and it's now at 5.3 ozs. However, don't think that the cost has decreased as it hasn't. There's still a couple of brands that are hanging on to 6 ozs but I'm sure it won't be long before they're also at 5.3 ozs.

All I know is that we have to vote with our wallets and either cut way back on items we used to enjoy or not buy at all. There will be some items that will be necessary but just buy in bulk when any of those types of items are on sale. I've cut back on eating out and now trying to cut back on only getting necessities but I hope that if we all get together and collectively just stop buying things that aren't absolute necessities that at least some of those companies that are affected will start to see that the consumer still has voting power.

Anyway, I wish you all well and now I'm going to go drink some calming tea to help alleviate this angst.(This tea is a necessity btw!). LOL