/ck/ - Food & Cooking

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>>12270394
,

Woken daaz

soul vs soulless

>>12270394
one on the right looks bigger though

>>12270394
Adding air to ice cream is an old trick to increase profit margin or maintain it when costs go up.

>>12270394
When you've reached market saturation and your growth has stagnated, but your shareholders still expect you to post revenue growth over last quarter, you must raise prices. Cut portion sizes so your customers won't notice.
You can be assured they're also doing aggressive cost cutting with their ingredient list.

>>12270394
price goes up 8%, nobody bats an eye
volume goes down 8%, OP loses his shit

>>12270470
That makes sense but I don't get why businesses think they have to last forever. Go for 50 years if you can then dissolve everything and fucking retire.

>>12270488
Private companies don't have this problem.

>>12270394
>((((they))))
you know why

>>12270488
everybody wants more money

cunts

Funny how when drug dealers do this they get fucking shot lmao

>>12270394
i wanted to try this brand for the first time so i bought the salted caramel and it was amazing. however my store barely have any variants at all.

is it worth it just for vanila?

it's the god damn kikes man

>>12270460
No doubt intentional. It's a trick of package design. By tapering container so it's upwards facing average unassuming consumer will see what you see and not the decreased amount of ice cream they are paying for.

>>12270812
Truth

Makes me sad that The Consumerist is dead so that I can't link dozens of 12 year old articles about this exact practice.

>>12271060
every single one is unbelievably good. hands down the best ice cream on the market. that one in OP is 11/10

can I order it online?

>>12270394
>what are they doing this
Something something rising gas prices probably

Inflation

>>12270394
lmao poorfags and fatfucks btfo

>>12270470
>Cut portion sizes so your customers won't notice.
This, I manage a Starbucks store and they always bitch about same-store growth which is impossible at the level they want when they've got 14k stores in North America. So they just started cutting costs on everything and now force you to have 4 ounces of whipped cream at the bottom of your limited time offer Frappuccino while charging 50 cents extra because they're LTO.

>>12270394
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_inflation

>>12270394
Best haagen dazs flavors? I always get the Ben&Jerrys pistaccho but I wanna try some new flavors.

>>12272380
>Inflation
>the size gets smaller
ok buddy

Talenti is better

>>12274282
>Being retarded
>The current year of our Lord, moot

>>12274315
Who the hell is moot

>>12270470
Which is why companies fail.
Why can't we just have nice earnings with a bit of dividends?

>>12274315
moot?

Because they probably calculated the costs and decided that decreasing the volume could make them maintain the same price, you fat fuck
They're not in it to lose money, and if they go too far they lose the clientele (wich also means the money)

>>12273817

/thread

>>12270394
because inflation is a thing, you dunce
to make the same profits they need to either decrease portion size OR charge more
one of them will be obvious and make them lose sales, the other will largely go unnoticed and be begrudgingly accepted by the consumers that DO notice, and I'll let you guess which is which

>>12270470

What a fucking lie you retarded n*gger. Stakeholders like consistency.

>>12274580
>Stakeholders like consistency.
consistency in growth

>>12274315
Whats moot?

>>12274268
Banana peanut butter chip is their single greatest flavor but I think it's getting phased out. At least that new irish cream brownie one is super good

>>12270470
It's really unfortunate that you're right.
All the good icecreams here keep getting smaller. They all used to be 2L now I think they're down to 1.25L or less
Only the cheap brands still do 2L

>>12274268
desu ben&jerrs tastes like shit compared to HD

>>12274523
hey retard if inflation is a thing why is it getting smaller and not bigger?

>>12270394
>europoos need corperations to put them on diets and pay for the privelage
Sad.

>>12274282
>inflation
>ice cream
>add air
>ice cream gets bigger

>>12274580
>I never studied economics but I have very strong opinions about the subject!

>>12270394
shrinkflation
welcome to capitalism, slave bitch

>>12270394
this happened in Rome too; loaves of bread were always the same price, just the size varied. Varied from month to month season to season

>>12275120
Look up the 5 cent hersey bar.

>>12270394
They want to hide Inflation. At least they hope nobody reads the label.

>>12274320
>>12274505
>>12274866
Newfags

>>12275120
Cool

>>12274320

>>12270394
?

>>12270812
It's almost like drug dealists are bad people or something

>>12270394
It even looks bigger. Wow.

>>12275964

If they did, they wouldn't be eating fucking ice cream.

>>12270470
The world is under the thumb of an industry of people effectively playing clicker games with investments.
>WHY NUMBER NOT GO UP
>MAKE NUMBER GO UP

>>12270394

What are you going to do about it? Nothing. Shut up and eat it or don't. When you're a consumer, you have a choice. Buy the larger size and save money that way. Just don't empty the container like a fat fuck.

>>12276045
>you have a choice. Buy the larger size and save money that way
what

>>12276044
All these stupid conspiracy theories about how it's evil cultural marxist jew commies bringing in muslims and blacks to erase whites when it's just old billionaires wanting more customers so they can keep telling their shareholders they are making growth.

>>12276109
Surely none of those old billionaires are jews.

The new containers are photographed with the camera much closer.
This says a lot about our society.

>>12274320
He's the guy that started myspace

>6€ for half a kilo
y i k e s
Meanwhile in Texas we get dozens of flavors in high quality for $10 a gallon.

>>12270488
Technological innovations either push the production prices down, the purchasing power of the markets increases, competition forces back'and'forth with smaller/larger packaging sizes, markets become more comfortable with price hikes, new products on markets, old brand can die etc.

460 grams is still a relatively large portion for an indulgent snack at 1250 calories. Most ice cream pints in Nordic Countries at least are around 500 to 800.

>>12276717
>capitalist ass kisser
>shRiNkfLatIOn is liTeraLLy FinE

>>12270394
I like their new design more

NESTLE

My favourite example of this is when Toblerone spaced out the triangles on their chocolate bar so far, a judge decided they'd failed to maintain the trademark distinctive shape, and other manufacturers got to move in with copycat bars.

You retards who already consume it will still buy it anyway despite your complaints. Kill yourselves.

>>12270464
It also makes it smoother, lighter
but that's not always something people want in ice cream

>>12270812
>everyone who gets shot is a bad person
behold, a glimpse into the mind of an American soldier battling on the frontline of /ck/

>>12270394
why care about that overpriced icecream? its targeted only for rich people that dont care about the price.
you can get plain vanilla/straberry/chocolate icecream 2L for 2€, or a with multiple flavors and some extras for 2.5€ each 1L

>>12270394
6 months later it will be 6.49

>why are they selling me less of the thing for the same amount of money?

do you just not understand market-based economies in general or

Fuck this shit. I'm making my own icecream. I'm not paying $5-$8 for a few spoonfuls of icecream. I'm broke enough as it is.

>>12277440
Fuck you you bootlicking faggot

>>12277445
making smoother lighter icecream could only be the point if the packagingn changed to hold the same amount for the same price.

instead the packaging changed to obfuscate this, and the price remained the same.

because it's not about providing a new smoother lighter icecream it's about making money and pretending otherwise is fucking retarded.

>>12270488
By that time, the current executives will have all retired after collecting fat performance target bonuses and sold off their vested stock options.

>>12276693
based Blue Bell poster

literally the best ice cream in the country

>>12277717

Head over to Walmart
They still sell ice cream by the gallon
$6.25 1.12 gallons, Dean Foods Country Charm
$5.35 1.12 gallons, Melody Farms
More affordable for a gallon plus than your almost pint of HD, B&J and the fake Italian stuff
Walmart is always looking out for us poors

>>12276693
>>12277984
based

>>12270394
>what are they doing this
>what
wat?

so fatties will eat less

>>12274337
>>12270394
>>12270470
Uhm anon I don't know how to break this to you, but this is exactly why capitalism is gay and bluepilled.

>>12270394
This is happening with all products all the time. It fucking sucks.

>>12276796
What? Why would I use moral judgements on market developments?

>>12277700
sure, buddy. those ice creams have like 30 cancerous ingredients and haagen dazs have like 12 high quality ingredients and tastes a million times better

>>12275967
faggot, I've been here since 4channel existed

>OHHH

>SAYYY

>CANN

>YOUU

>SEEEEEEEE

>I read the words printed on packages
BUT IT WAS HER TURN!

>>12280291
Why would Benjamin Franklin betray the Americans?

>>12276693
It's tied with Tillamook for me, as much as I hate to say it.

>>12276109
>evil cultural marxist jew commies bringing in muslims and blacks to erase whites when it's just old billionaires
It's both

>>12276693
Enjoy your hospital stay by contracting listeria food poisoning.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/blue-bell-ice-cream-recalls-select-products-containing-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-pieces-purchased

>>12280555
>oh no! they had to recall a few batches 3 years ago, because of an ingredient they purchased from another company!

>>12272380
>Inflation
>The year is 2050, we pay $19.99 for 30g of Hagen Daz.
>Mfw

>>12270470
>shareholders
This should simply not be allowed. This shit is ruining videogames too. Wall street fuckery has made things so bad that people unironically advocate for communism, thinking that it would be better.

>>12280591
Yeah. $20 in 2050 won't be worth as much as it is today. In 1800 $20 was a full year's wage for the working class. That's why you should never let your savings rest as cash. Always invest. Cash depreciates.

>>12270470
>consumers are too stupid to read the words on the label
>if they noticed the price went up they would get intensely booty blasted
>this is somehow the fault of the people running the company
>companies shouldn't be allowed to post profits, ever, under any circumstances, or it's DA JOOS
kys
>>12280917
>MUH VIDYA
kys NEET
>>12280927
Also this

>>12280917
>This should simply not be allowed.

>>12280936
Here you are, all these years later and still booty blasted over GG. Pathetic!

>>12280973
What do you think a law is? You think it's impossible to make stock markets illegal? It's a shitty system that allows people who already have more than enough money to leech even more money out of businesses that actually produce things of value.

>>12275018
underrated

>>12281009
>You think it's impossible to make stock markets illegal?
it makes me smile to know that you'll always be poor

>>12281076
See, that's why it's an evil and destructive system, all you care about is making unearned and easy money. You don't care about product quality at all, much less the well being and prosperity of the general population. No, you enjoy sucking the wealth out of people who actually create usable and eatable things. You are pure evil.

>>12270394
Profit is what they're doing. If you don't agree don't eat Häagen-Dazs anymore it's fairly simple.

>>12280973
Zoomers are economically the most conservative generation, they would be the last ones to side with communism, much to the dismay of rotting 30-year old millennials (the majority of whom are hardcore socialists).

>>12281147
No. Zoomers think they're conservative because they've been brainwashed by edgelords on YouTube who pretend to be economics gurus while failing to understand basic concepts like marginal tax rates or debt to income ratios. They demand protectionism and massive government intervention to fix problems they don't understand, and cry "socialism" at literally every single program that doesn't directly put money in their pockets because they don't understand that their idea of a "free market" is actually something that doesn't exist in any developed economy. Zoomers are populists who mistook their bot-infested fringe internet echo chambers for a national consensus.

>>12281147
Abolishing the stock market does not mean communism. You can have private property without speculation and investment.

Because you're a Capitalist cuck who will still buy it, and you'll like it, too.

>>12281179
Property is theft.

>>12281147
Well off children are always philosophically conservative to some degree because they still live in a simple world where bad people get punished, someone good is in charge, and everything turns out okay in the end.

>>12276693
>>12277984
>>12278787
Hail to the king baby.

>>12270481
If the price goes up 50%, you pay 50% more per unit.
If the volume goes down 50%, you pay 100% more per unit.