Big people, little can

[Kratos]

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/0...re-get-less%2F

Coca Cola has come up with a great way to make more money: Give you less



Coke for more money and get you to think it's doing you a favor.

Coca Cola is branding the 7.5-ounce cans as "90-calorie portion-control mini-cans." That translates into they want you to keep drinking Coke, which you might not do if you were concerned about all 140 calories of sugar in the 12-ounce cans.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest -- the nation's food police -- shopped around for the shrunken cans and found the 8-packs selling for $3.99. That compares to 12-packs selling in the same stores for $4-$6. The per ounce price consumers are paying for the mini cans ranges from 50% more to more than double the cost for Coke in regular-sized cans.

This isn't entirely new for Coke. In 2006, the company was marketing its 100-calorie cans. The difference? Those were 8 ounces compared to the newly shrunken 7.5 ounces that weighs in at 90 calories.

[Mr.Rose]

I hate coke regardless so it doesn't bother me. If you don't like it then don't buy it, but that's easier said then done because the caffeine in coke has got people addicted to it, just like nicotine and cigarettes.

You always see that marketing technique all over the place. Every big company does it, they do it in such a way to create a small negative reaction, and they implement it so slowly that no one notices. Cereal boxes are around 50% their original size, so are Macdonalds burgers and chips and everything.

[drdeath613]

yea every things like that dairy queen use to have huge blizzards now there larges are small as hell bags of chips use to be full to the top and u buy them and its a half a bag gas cost more and u get less the list goes on

its one huge chain of people wanting more money and screw the buyers if they dont like it

[Mr.Rose]

^^ x2 on the chips,

thats the worst, you buy a BIG bag, and 80% of hte bag is filled with air, just to make it look bigger. Unbelievable.

[ranging1]

what about protein powder???????????

im sure heaps of people have bought protein tubs or containers, and when they open it they realise its only half full

fukin bULLLLLLLSHIT

[Mr.Rose]

haha ranging1,

word of advice? Buy PURE whey protien isolate or concentrate. I always buy it pure, in 20kg industrial bags... in the end it works out to about $10 per kilo. It is unflavored however, and if you cant stand the taste i recommend you buy some flavoring, like vanilal or chocolate. Nesquick (spelling?) works great. All our protein around the world is made by one company, NZMP, they own the patent to whey protien and it is all made in New Zeland.

Heres a link

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/20kg-Pure-Whe...item4a9c08388b

[PistolStarta]

for reference, Pepsi has had mini-cans for like 3 years, also at high prices

[6ft5]

Whey iso tastes like poo! Lol but it works. I rarely drinks sodas. Now americans can drink less more does that boost metabolic activity? Lmao!

[Dont wanna be old]

for reference, Pepsi has had mini-cans for like 3 years, also at high prices

Both Pepsi and Coke have small sized cans for hospitals and institutions . They have this to meet dietitian requirements .
What you see is a marketing idea to expand the production of smaller can to offset production cost .
Production plants now make multiple containers and sizes . The beverages have a expiration date and is difficult to forecast customer requirements .

[Dont wanna be old]

what about protein powder???????????

im sure heaps of people have bought protein tubs or containers, and when they open it they realise its only half full

fukin bULLLLLLLSHIT

I don't think you are old enough to remember the first real good protein .
Met-Rx was first introduced in 2 containers in which you had to mix .
I remember paying close to 70.00 bucks in the nineties for 20 servings .

They justified high price in saying the isolate or whatever it was had to be done very carefully . Also that it worked well .

[PistolStarta]

Both Pepsi and Coke have small sized cans for hospitals and institutions . They have this to meet dietitian requirements .
What you see is a marketing idea to expand the production of smaller can to offset production cost .
Production plants now make multiple containers and sizes . The beverages have a expiration date and is difficult to forecast customer requirements .

They combat costs by shutting down warehouses, and the mini-cans are a gimmick as far as in stores are concerned. Their pricing is nowhere near where it should be, it just makes people feel better about themselves. Just like a 2-liter is 1.50 and a 20oz is 1.35.

[BG]

what about protein powder???????????

im sure heaps of people have bought protein tubs or containers, and when they open it they realise its only half full

fukin bULLLLLLLSHIT

The powder settles and packs during shipping.

[OH REALLY]

haha ranging1,

word of advice? Buy PURE whey protien isolate or concentrate. I always buy it pure, in 20kg industrial bags... in the end it works out to about $10 per kilo. It is unflavored however, and if you cant stand the taste i recommend you buy some flavoring, like vanilal or chocolate. Nesquick (spelling?) works great. All our protein around the world is made by one company, NZMP, they own the patent to whey protien and it is all made in New Zeland.

Heres a link

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/20kg-Pure-Whe...item4a9c08388b

do they ship to the usa

[PistolStarta]

this place

http://www.trueprotein.com/product_l...spx?cid=22&v=2

also sells flavorless protein at a decent price, they sell flavor packets for it and other bulk supplements.