So I’ve been buying 220g bags of Ruffles potato chips for $4.79 at No Frills (a value-based franchise banner under Loblaws that operates in Ontario). This is one of many products that seems to be towing the line of not going over the $5 threshold.
Now the bags of Ruffles sold in the same store are 200g (almost a 10% reduction in volume) for the same price. I suspect the same applies to other Frito-Lay products. (I noticed the Flammin’ BBQ flavour of Ruffles was weighing in at 190g.)
As we’ve seen with other products, I think the choice of going to 200g from 220g is an intentional number choice that they believe people are less likely to notice than 199g for example.
Shame on Frito-Lay, Shame on Loblaws. I’m in my 30s, and I’ve never experienced @#%! relentlessly getting incrementally more expensive like things have the last few years. It’s wild and it unsettles me, as I know it’s just about unchecked greed, and wouldn’t bet on it slowing down any time soon.
Never seen that flavor before in the US, now I want to try some. I just checked the grocery and the standard bag here is still 8oz (around 225g). We are getting screwed on price here though, name brand chips have basically doubled in price the past few years. We now buy whatever happens to be on sale rather than what we want.
From what I know, all dressed and ketchup chips are (2) popular Canadian flavours that are rare in the US. I hear you about feeling screwed by the prices!
Yeah I got ketchup Lays in Toronto for the first time and regret not bringing more home.
All dressed is better than Ketchup and Ketchup is really good so thats saying a lot
Thanks for the tip, we are visiting Montreal and Quebec City this summer so I will keep an eye out.
I don’t eat those any more but I miss the red. Red is a satisfying colour to have on a potato chip :P
Uncle Ray’s caries all dressed now. Still hard to find, but they are in the US and sell farther south than the other brands.