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tweetiepooh · 05-01-2012, 18:17

Noticing recently that cans of beans while more expensive now have less product in than before but only if you read the label as the gross weight is same. It's cheats like this that most people won't spot or even notice but can make a big difference to the supplier. It may only be a small per unit drop but that adds up over millions of units.

Or changing "formula" to cheaper ingredients or higher percentage of cheaper ingredients.

05-01-2012, 18:17	#73
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