Grocers They Think Us Stupid Perhaps

[Conservative Libertarian]

And none of these idiots stop for one minute and consider that this is a direct result of policies of their hero and his administration.

Of course not. To do so would require that they possess a brain.

[Conservative Libertarian]

I hope they do. They'd be more effective if they boycotted oxygen though...

As stupid as they are, they may forget how to breathe.

[Karin]

FrodosPet (801 posts)
139. What about nationalizing the food industry?

If the food industry (agriculture, distribution, and retail) was nationalized, perhaps then prices and quantities produced can be based on scientifically determined human needs for healthy and environmentally sound food production instead of a need for profit.

Perhaps under socialism, the government can even eliminate cash sales for food. EVERYONE gets a WIC style card detailing how much rice, beans, fruits and vegetables that people can purchase every month. All the garbage food, all the nutritionally empty junk food, bleached flour deserts, etc. gone from the shelves, replaced by healthy whole grain snacks. Bye bye Little Debbie and Domino sugar, hello organic oat bran muffins.

This would also make it easier to eliminate meat and non-local-sourced products, thereby cutting down on greenhouse emissions.

As for farm workers, launch a WPA / CCC program to staff the farms and start eliminating all the fossil fuel powered farm equipment. Think how many jobs that can be created by eliminating one tractor or mechanized harvester.

   There's no Cheetos in his plan!!!

This DUmmie has the solution to the smaller sizes problem!

Response to DJ13 (Reply #3)
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 09:41 AM
 Sekhmets Daughter (2,972 posts)
53. If you can document that,

you should send it to Obama or perhaps Biden...or both. 

 

And then somewhere along the way, it turned into a fat fight, which is when I bailed. 

[Wineslob]

I blame the Keebler Elves.

[DefiantSix]

Grocers aren't the only ones.

I do think the Grocers are on to something, though...

[Conservative Libertarian]

BAck in the early-mid 80's, I worked in a grocery store while going to college. Decreasing the amount of a food product while keeping the price relatively flat was really starting to be more widely employed at that time. Most people never noticed it. I remember canned veggies that were 12 oz. would start being 11.5 oz. I believe that it eventually got down to 11 oz. in a couple of years.

This is nothing new at all. The supplier knows that a small decrease in amount while not raising price is much less noticeable and will be less likely to have an impact on future sales.