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36. Or the store could get a higher mark-up from the other product ...

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or received a higher slotting fee, or got better case discounts.

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HOLY SHIT!!!!! a kennedy Sunday #1

it is a anti-Dem post from June 2024 Celerity 20 hrs ago #59

Likely to increase further. no_hypocrisy Sunday #2

Now compare the weight and size of the same items to 5 years ago. mdbl Sunday #3

Shrinkflation at level 11 n/t hibbing Sunday #11

Trump's shrinkflation..... SergeStorms Sunday #14

Many items homegirl Sunday #21

Slotting fees are no help either Auggie Sunday #4

Also, do brands pay the store to shelve their products... ananda Sunday #6

Yes -- the payment is called the slotting fee Auggie Sunday #12

I don't know if they pay, precisely. chowmama Sunday #15

I hadn't heard of that. Pretty ballsy for a brand to lay down an ultimatum like that. Auggie Yesterday #35

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I think there's one at WF that did that recently. ananda Sunday #19

Or the store could get a higher mark-up from the other product ... Auggie Yesterday #36

I was just unhappy that the cheaper one disappeared. ananda Yesterday #39

But sometimes they get into fist fights. This discussion brought to mind an old case Ocelot II Yesterday #51

That sounds keroro gunsou 20 hrs ago #65

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Good catch. This was an anti-Harris post. yardwork Yesterday #38

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NO, I've been surviving without a car running the past year... Jack Valentino Sunday #17

Ah, okay. At the rate we are going, there may not be an end of the year niyad Sunday #24

Maybe not---- but we seem to be on 'the winning side' via the polling! Jack Valentino Sunday #33

If you have any extra money at the end of any pay period, get some cans of evaporated milk. chowmama Sunday #16

Heh, thanks for the suggestion.... Jack Valentino Sunday #20

You can freeze milk. You can put it in ice cube trays if you have room. niyad Sunday #25

Thanks. I have suspected that was true, especially for cooking, Jack Valentino Sunday #27

And there you go! niyad Sunday #28

True, I only use milk for cooking so I end up freezing most in reused whipped cream containers, works great. nt yaesu Yesterday #53

Milk freezes well - womanofthehills Yesterday #46

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From January 2025 to now, a small sample. .house brand (kroger) butter niyad Sunday #22

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Thank you. She certainly has that repuke "look" about her. My post niyad 18 hrs ago #66

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Great OP malaise 20 hrs ago #62

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