New Size Drink Controversy!!

[mcs328]

http://inflation.us/blog/2011/01/7-eleven-secretly-reduces-size-of-super-big-gulp/

If you didn't know already, there's a new brouhaha over the size of your favorite drink. Yes. The Super Big Gulp has gone on a diet and lost 4 oz for the same price. Those 7-11 bastards.

In other news, someone came up with a new word for a big drink.

[cruelpupet]

http://inflation.us/blog/2011/01/7-eleven-secretly-reduces-size-of-super-big-gulp/

If you didn't know already, there's a new brouhaha over the size of your favorite drink. Yes. The Super Big Gulp has gone on a diet and lost 4 oz for the same price. Those 7-11 bastards.

In other news, someone came up with a new word for a big drink.

Huh...I came in here expecting this to be about the new larger starbucks size....trenta or something like that.

[Prngr44]

^^

I thought the same thing.

[DarkFury]

I guess they should rename it to "Bigger Gulp" now since it isn't quite "Super" anymore huh?

[Markel]

I was expecting a thread about the beer sizes at Seattle Stadium (http://money.blogs.time.com/2011/01/13/seattle-stadium-beer-scandal-same-amount-of-beer-whether-you-pay-7-25-or-8-50/).

[mcs328]

I don't drink Starbucks coffee so a bigger trenta is not news to me. If 7-11 came out with a keg with two handles on the side for $0.99 and called it Super Dodecahedron Gulp Extreme then I'd pay more attention. I'm fine with the Dunkin' Donuts coffee.

[Prngr44]

It's really no different than with a lot of products already in the grocery store.

Manufacturers opt to reduce size for the same cost instead of raising prices.

That half gallon of ice cream that's 2 for $6? Usually only 1.5 quarts.

$2.50 for orange juice. Wait, you mean it's not a half gallon anymore? 54 ounces? What??

Drives me loony. :)