From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Can A Usenet Nerd REALLY Be THIS Stupid?
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 20:51:40 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 19:08:15 -0400, -hh says...
> > I drink that coffee for 2-3 months at a time, on $25, and I drink at least 12 cups. (6oz.)
>
> Except for how your coffee can has undergone shrinkflation.
>
> Maxwell House's 2lb can of coffee isn't 32oz but 27.5oz (-14%).
> And what used to be their 1lb can is now 10.3oz (-35%).
> Folgers downsized its 51oz to 43.5oz (-14%) to 40.3oz (-21%).
You're shittin' me... right? This isn't about shrink-flation, and that has nothing to do with the price of the COFFEE.
It doesn't MATTER how the coffee is packaged, you fucking nerdy moron... it's sold by weight OF THE COFFEE, not the can.
The coffee I buy is $6.88 a pound.
> Maxwell House's 2lb can of coffee isn't 32oz but 27.5oz (-14%).
The coffee I buy is in a 2.8lb can (40.3oz.) at $6.88 a pound.
LOL... it doesn't matter if the size of the cans have shrunk... what's INSIDE is the determinate factor.
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