NY Times: Food Companies Using Smaller Bags To Hide Rising Costs

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • March 30, 2011
The New York Times published an enlightening article that reveals something currently happening right under our noses: food companies, trying to maximize profits during lean times, are simply giving us less product and charging the same price....
The full article can be read on the OC Weekly website.

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