The incredible shrinking ice cream container

[MillauFr]

One of the reasons I shop at Costco. They aren't shrinking anything.

 

[Praying Colonel]

The shrinking OJ container really gets me. The last time I went to the store for juice, I picked up 3 different containers that looked the same size and they all had different ounces. I'm one of those weirdos who likes to look at price per ounce and I felt like I was having to do higher level algebra or something.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Well - in our forced time together my kid and I have been talking a lot about ice cream and perhaps consuming too much of it. But the question my kid had was "What's a half gallon?" We're thinking of making a special trip to get something special at Fenton's in Oakland, and they still have half gallons. This used to be the standard although there are a few that still have half gallons (Tillamook and some regional dairies come to mind) . However, the big brands have nearly all gone to 1.5 quarts, which is 75% of a half gallon. I remember when 1.75 quarts was the first step.

The other thing was that we found Haagen-Daz on sale. But then I looked at the label and it said "14 oz." I mean - for the price we're paying why not a full pint?

Head on across the bridge and score you some $47 a half gallon Ice cream..... If it came in half gallons.

 

[bcla]

Head on across the bridge and score you some $47 a half gallon Ice cream..... If it came in half gallons.

Already went to Fentons. I was reading up on hand packing, and apparently it squeezes out a lot of the compressed air compared to just pouring before freezing. $14.95 per half gallon.