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Originally Posted by haertig
I have found that in my local grocery (a big chain owned by Kroger), that it is often times cheaper to buy the smaller size box than the larger size box.
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You really have to watch Amazon for that - sometimes they will sell an item as a single, with buttons for a two-pack or a 4-pack. It isn't uncommon to find buying two singles is significantly cheaper than buying a two-pack. Presumably that is because the items are sold by different vendors, although you have to pay attention to see that the vendor changed when the quantity changed.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
The retail/consumer world has always been caveat emptor. The internet did not invent the horse trader. There was no time when consumers could simply rely upon the honesty of all sellers. The marketplace has always been rife with danger for the innocent or the unobservant.
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Absolutely... one example: people were complaining about over-sized and under-filled potato chip bags 60 years ago when I was in high school. Or fountain drinks where the glass/cup had so much ice packed in it there was not much room for the actual drink.
A big problem with today's trend of quietly making a subtle change to the container size of basic food items is how it impacts recipes. Now a can of this or a box of that has no relationship to the recipe you are trying to use.