Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I check the bottom of the jars and containers. Many have a big indent in the bottom to hold less product but still make the container look big. That really makes me mad!
Me, too. What kills me is they're doing the same thing with Dial soap. It's indented now - kind of narrow in the middle and normal-sized on the ends. And to make it worse, they've started packaging it in boxes, so you can't tell until you take it out of the box. So either the cardboard packaging costs them less than the soap or it costs the same or more, but we have to buy soap more frequently now that there's less of it in each bar.
Originally Posted by EllaBud
The majority of items at the supermarket are convenience foods and yes, you pay for that luxury. My parents had a large garden, my mother canned, made all bread, cake, pies, etc. We only went to the market for meat, milk, cheese, fruit and other items that we couldn't get otherwise.
True, but did your mother work 40 hours a week? Most people nowadays do, so there isn't much time or energy for baking and preserving. Back then, people had houses with enough land to have a garden. One income was enough to pay for that house, a vehicle or two, healthcare, clothes, furniture, etc, etc.
Granted, back then people weren't paying $200 - $300/month for cell phones, cable TV and Internet access.