Over the past few years, some companies in Canada have changed there Products Prices in an unsuspecting way.
I Don't have Exact Dates as the Packages are not Dated.
Next it went down to 250 Sheets per roll. (Weight per Roll is 108 Grams)
About 1998 it went down to 198 Sheets per roll. (Weight per Roll is 90 Grams)
Now in 2010, it is Only 150 Sheets per roll. (Weight per Roll now is 71 Grams)
Update in September, 2010.
Update January, 2012.
Back in April, 2010 by phone, I Asked this company:
My Problem with this is:
And Toilet Paper is Only ONE Example of this Reduced size/Same Price.
So how badly is all this Re-Sizing, really affecting the "Cost of Living Index"?
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I only Mention this One Companies product here, as I have one of each of these packages.
But it seems that all these toilet paper manufacturers are doing this and at about the same times.
But around 2002 a roll of "Purex brand" Toilet paper contained 270 Sheets. (Weight per Roll is 110 Grams)
(These are all "Pillowy Soft", "24 Roll packages of 2 Ply tissue".)
Sheet Sizes have stayed the same.
Unless you have these rolls to compare, All rolls Look about the Same Size,
But now they are Just PUFFED UP to look as big.
Purex has Now Reduced these rolls to "135 Sheets" per roll,
But the Weight still seems to be 71 Grams per roll.
In the Stores here, it appears Purex now only sells the Double Rolls
12 Rolls with 270 sheets per roll.
This saves them more money as these require only half the cores and less
Wrapping material. Probably also a saving in their Shipping costs.
"What will they do when they get to just One Sheet per Roll"?
NO RESPONSE!
Since the Price has stayed the same It Doesn't reflect on the "Cost of Living Index".
But in reality it is Now Doubled in price.
This is BAD News for persons on Fixed Incomes.
I have also noticed numerous other product doing the same thing.
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Chemelec
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