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Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 06:35 PM Apr 2013

Are Dove icecream bars getting smaller every year?

I just opened a box for the first time in a year, and something the size of a lollypop fell out.

I have a feeling this has been going on for years, because this not the first time I've noticed this. I do know this has been happening to other items long enough for Mad magazine to joke about it back in the '70s already, but these Dove bars seem to have lost half their size.

Or is it me?

Edited for typo in the subject line.

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Are Dove icecream bars getting smaller every year? (Original Post) Ron Obvious Apr 2013 OP
Portion sizes are shrinking all over the place MrScorpio Apr 2013 #1
Well... Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #12
What's really a pisser is downsized baking mixes. winter is coming Apr 2013 #22
I noticed it too. LeftofObama Apr 2013 #2
Has anyone noticed... Callmecrazy Apr 2013 #3
Dunno and sorry you mentioned it, elleng Apr 2013 #4
Sorry... Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #5
I'm sure. elleng Apr 2013 #8
Yes. In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #6
The reason that so many portion sizes are shrinking is so that companies... MiddleFingerMom Apr 2013 #7
Was gonna say, with sorrow, elleng Apr 2013 #9
Yeah, that's what MAD Magazine mentioned too... Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #11
I remember that - LOL LeftInTX Apr 2013 #16
The dark chocolate isn't as good as it used to be, either. woo me with science Apr 2013 #13
You're right... Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #15
GOOD, THANKS, elleng Apr 2013 #19
and hey what's with these tiny rolls of toilet paper ? olddots Apr 2013 #10
Does this roll of toilet paper make my ass look big? MiddleFingerMom Apr 2013 #18
Everyone is going with smaller portions. Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #14
Well, the good news is that Duer 157099 Apr 2013 #17
It's only the heroic effort of the corporations to save us from obesity csziggy Apr 2013 #20
I just opened a box for the first time in a year, and something the size of a lollypop fell out. Liberal_in_LA Apr 2013 #21
maybe we are getting bigger so it looks smaller to us JI7 Apr 2013 #23
I worried about that. Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #26
no clue, don't know if I ever had one Kali Apr 2013 #24
The Thing? Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #25
yeah the gift shop used to be way better than the museum Kali Apr 2013 #27
The one that got me Mnpaul Apr 2013 #28

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)
2. I noticed it too.
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 06:43 PM
Apr 2013

I bought a box of them about 6 or 7 months ago because I was craving them. I opened the box only to find out how small they were and ended up eating the whole box.

Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
3. Has anyone noticed...
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 06:49 PM
Apr 2013

that a half gallon of ice cream is only about three pints?
The price is the same, though.

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
7. The reason that so many portion sizes are shrinking is so that companies...
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 07:00 PM
Apr 2013

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... don't have to raise prices.
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Think about it... 10 years ago, the same items that you find today in dollar stores
were also a dollar back then.
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Why and how?
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Deflation.
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Decreased product size/volume.
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I got the Dove bars wrapped in white chocolate recently as a splurge treat and was
disappointed. I remember Dove bars as good enough to be classified as orgasmic.
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These? Not so much... and I LOVE white chocolate.
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elleng

(130,156 posts)
9. Was gonna say, with sorrow,
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 07:04 PM
Apr 2013

that your lack of orgasm was due to white chocolate, but I can't say that in light of your LOVE for white chocolate, just that
DAMN, MFM, you have BAD TASTE!


 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
11. Yeah, that's what MAD Magazine mentioned too...
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 07:32 PM
Apr 2013

And that was some 40 years ago already. I have the entire collection on CD, I'll have to see if I can find that cartoon.

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
13. The dark chocolate isn't as good as it used to be, either.
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 07:36 PM
Apr 2013

Last edited Mon Apr 1, 2013, 08:47 PM - Edit history (1)

Waxier. Less creamy and chocolatey.

You're right. They're not the orgasmic treat they used to be. I am more distressed about the degradation of quality. It seems to be happening to all our food.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
15. You're right...
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 07:48 PM
Apr 2013

Now that you mention, the taste was a disappointment too...

These changes are all so gradual, we barely notice,

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
10. and hey what's with these tiny rolls of toilet paper ?
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 07:07 PM
Apr 2013

MFM has the right answer =shrink the size don't raise the price ( too drastically ) now you have to buy 3 boxes to make up for the
lost size .

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
26. I worried about that.
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 11:45 PM
Apr 2013

It's like when you look back at your old school picture and you notice that "that fat kid" is not even really overweight, and probably in better shape than you are today.

*sigh*

Kali

(54,990 posts)
24. no clue, don't know if I ever had one
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 11:33 PM
Apr 2013

but I have a coupon for a free Dilly Bar at the DQ (up at the Thing? Mystery of the Desert)

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
25. The Thing?
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 11:42 PM
Apr 2013

I used to drive between El Paso to LA on a fairly regular basis. I remember those blue on yellow billboards every few miles trying to build up anticipation. Of course when you get there, it's just a gift shop with a dopey museum out back.

I drove that way a couple of years ago. There didn't seem to be as many billboards as before.

It's just like Wall Drug in either South or North Dakota.

The Thing is.... I remember nothing of that museum whatsoever.

Kali

(54,990 posts)
27. yeah the gift shop used to be way better than the museum
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 11:50 PM
Apr 2013

(which is best experienced with herbal or other enhancements) now the gift shop is mostly doublewide decor rather than the hilarious kitsch it used to be.

and back in the day they had a pretty good local grill - good greasy cheeseburgers and the coldest beer in the state. now it just a DQ and 24 hour gas pumps. and gas is cheaper 15 miles west at the Circle Ks in Benson.

Mnpaul

(3,655 posts)
28. The one that got me
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 11:54 PM
Apr 2013

was a box of cereal promoted the fact that it had 25% less sugar.

What they failed to tell you was that it was due to 30% less product.

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