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11684912 No.11684912 [Reply] [Original]

How is this even legal?

>> No.11684920

>>11684912
why does half their product line still use MSG?

>> No.11684923

The air in the package has a practical purpose too. It keeps your chips from getting crushed during distribution.

>> No.11684926

>>11684912
You'd really be crying if all of them were smashed

>> No.11684933
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>>11684912
That's probably the optimal ratio to prevent chips from getting damaged in transit

Plus you buy chips by weight not volume

>> No.11684935

>>11684920
Because MSG isnt that bad you uneducated little twat

>> No.11684939

>>11684923
Lol ur dumb

>> No.11684943

>>11684933
>>11684926
>>11684923
>falling for this con
Chips are put in a box and literally sit still until they arrive at a store. Trust me they're not being hand tossed around all over the place enough to crush what is inside. They use that as an excuse and the average normie (you) eats it up.

>> No.11684948

>>11684912
they are sold by weight and the air is nitrogen, which keeps the product fresh. kys.

>> No.11684953

>>11684912
nobody says you have to buy their product

>> No.11684955
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>too fucking retarded to read the clearly printed weight

>> No.11684957

>>11684943
How does the box arrive at the store if it's sitting still?

>> No.11684961

>>11684943
>literally sit still until they arrive at a store
they are handled at least three times before they even get to the shelf.

>> No.11684966

>>11684957
sitting still in a cardboard box in the back of a truck then sitting still on a forklift then sitting still in a stockboy's hands then sitting still on a shelf

>> No.11684968

>>11684948
>the air is nitrogen, which keeps the product fresh
most people are unaware of this.

When I open a fresh bag of chips or whatever, I always think they taste kind of weired.
I like to let the bag sit open for a few minutes to let the nitrogen out and let some oxygen and co2 into the product, so it tastes more "normal" to me

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>>11684943
>Trust me

>> No.11684981

>>11684966
>forklift

>> No.11684982

>>11684966
And after all that, half the chips are still completely crushed.

I get the weirdest feeling like grocery stockers like to crush chip bags as they're stocking because they hate their jobs. It's why I always pick a bag in the back with the most air in it, because I rationalize that it has been squeezed the least by careless grocery employees

>> No.11684990

ITT: people who know how the food industry works arguing with consumers who literally can't be pleased but continue to buy junk food

>> No.11684993

>>11684955
seriously you can literally pick the fucking thing up and feel the amount of chips in there

>> No.11685002

>>11684912
Free market capitalism

>> No.11685004

>>11684982
the only store employees that touch branded chips are the cashiers at POS and the bagger who walks an unsaleable bag to the back room.

>> No.11685010 [DELETED] 

SO MANY NEWFAGS IN THIS THREAD! STFU JEWFAG NOOOOOOOW!

>> No.11685025

>>11685004
I see vendor reps stock soda, but I never see vendor reps stock chips.

>> No.11685031

>>11685004
Depends. Frito Lay often has service cobtracts with grocery vendors, and Frito Lay has specific employees that will come in and stock the chips/set up the displays.

t. Grocery store manager

>> No.11685032

>>11685025
because they wake up when you go to sleep.

>> No.11685041

>>11685031
why? Why do they need to personally stock their junk instead of just sending it to you? Makes no sense.

>> No.11685046

>>11685025
I’ve seen them in the grocery store doing it all the time

>> No.11685049

>>11685041
free labor for the store

>> No.11685055

>>11684939
n-no im not

>> No.11685060

>>11685031
>store employees

> Frito Lay often has service cobtracts with grocery vendors
false.

>> No.11685064

>>11685041
Part of it is a QC thing, and that they know that all the displays are consistent across the board. and I don't think it costs us extra.

>> No.11685067

>>11685041
>why? Why do they need to personally stock their junk instead of just sending it to you? Makes no sense.

It ensures they're promoting their brand properly.
They want to come in and make sure that their products are on the shelf that's at eye-level, and that any additional signs are hanging up.

Also, vendors will crush their competitors chips out of spite, to make sure you don't buy them.

https://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/feud_between_two_rival_potato.html

>> No.11685070

make your own

>> No.11685071

>>11685064
>and I don't think it costs us extra.
you aren't a store manager

>> No.11685079

>>11685067
>Stackiewicz has been delivering chips 42 years. His father did it more than 30. His son’s been doing it for 25, and his grandson for four.
Jesus Christ the potato chip industry is a whole subculture I was never aware of

>> No.11685092

>>11685071
Department manager, not the store manager. Deli, if you want to get specific. I've made small talk with the FL rep as they restocked the display by the cafe registers. I honestly don't know the exacts of the contract, but from what I've gathered it's pretty standard in most grocery chains

>> No.11685096

>>11685079
deepest lore.

>> No.11685098

>>11685092
>t. Grocery store manager

>> No.11685258

>>11684943
>>11684966
>t. person who has never been witness to any part of the distribution or stocking process of food products

>> No.11685287
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>> No.11685291

>>11685079
Dude, life is great like this. Our whole system is so old and giant and complicated.

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>>11684912
>mfw there are adults who don't understand the difference between weight and volume
>mfw there are adults quibbling over the value of a $5 product

>> No.11685337

>>11684912
Should just buy potatoes and make your own.

>> No.11685347

>>11684943
You do know that the bags are filled with Nitrogen to add cushion to the bag which reduces crushing and it inhibits staleness.

>> No.11685368

Considering transportation and logistics is one of if not the largest cost of a grocery store I'm pretty sure if they could get away with less air in the bag they would seeing as volume and not weight is the main bottleneck with transporting goods.

>> No.11685371

>>11684982
I use to work Grocery. It's mostly speed and carelessness. The vendors come in from the major brands and they want to get the chips on the shelf and get on to the next store so they finish up on time for the day. Stockers dealing with store brand chips just want to get the stuff on the shelf as quickly as they can so they can finish the isles and not get bitched at. This leads to them just grabbing bags and stuffing them on the shelves, sometimes even grabbing several bags at once and cramming them into the spot to make it go quicker. As long as the product is on the shelf, in the correct spot, and faced properly they could give a shit if it gets a bit squished, you will buy it anyway if you want chips.

>> No.11685374

>>11685371
>I use to work Grocery
>use to
It shows.

>> No.11685378

>>11685316
>$5 for a bag of chips
What is this, Canada?

>> No.11685412

>>11685374
sassy!

>> No.11686475

>>11684943
>con
who ever told you the bag was supposed to be packed full to maximum capacity? this is just the way they sell them, you fat greedy faggot

>> No.11686509

>>11684912
Because potato chips are sold by weight, not by volume. The snackmosphere offers some crush protection, but mainly it is used to prevent staleness because it is nitrogen gas.

>> No.11686516

>>11686509
just for your fyi read threads before you reply to the op or else you look like a dickhead saying what's already been said 50 times

>> No.11686520

>>11686516
teal deer

>> No.11686599

you pay for weight not size

>> No.11686648

>>11684968
you know the air you breathe is mostly nitrogen, right?
it has no taste or smell, you are living in it all around you

>> No.11686660

>>11684912
didya know icecream is actually air?

>> No.11686687

>>11684912
if it wasn't that way they would all be broken to shit in transit
idiot

>> No.11686776

>>11684968
>the air is nitrogen, which keeps the product fresh
most people are unaware of this.
When I open a fresh bag of chips or whatever, I always think they taste kind of weireyd.
I like to let the bag sit open for a few minutes to let the nitrogen out and let some hydrogen and h2s into the product, so it tastes more "normal" to me

>> No.11686792

>>11684912
They're sold by weight, not by volume, you dumb cunt.

>> No.11686896

>>11686792
Oi, guvnor, you got a loicence for that "by weight" measuring idear?

>> No.11688489

>>11684923
So then why aren't Pringles and derivatives just a tube of crumbs?

>> No.11688654

>>11688489
Pringles aren't in a bag

>> No.11688661

>>11684912
>buy chips
>want to eat them later
>takes up as much space in my cupboard as 6 pounds of rice

>> No.11688683

>>11684912
>item sold by weight
>omg guys how is this legal?

>> No.11688695 [DELETED] 

>>11685041
Ever see those elaborate pop or chip displays in the stores for holidays or the superbowl or other shit? The pop and chip companies want that shit done right, not some mininum wage tasha with three niggets at home fucking it up because she cant be fucked to stop texting her next baby daddy.

>> No.11688707

>>11685316
> $5 for the luchbox size bag
Nigger not even the party of family sizes are $5 op pic is literally 50 cents.

>> No.11688710

And if you had a bag with as many chips as yu think should be in there, it would still need the extra air for shipping, etc.
It would be a big ass bag and would cost more. Maybe stop being so fat.

This isn't what the forefathers wanted this board to be about...

>> No.11688723

>>11684912
Are you telling me it's NOT 42.5 grams?
That sounds crazy illegal man. You should call the police.

>> No.11688731

>>11685032
they wake up at 8am?

>> No.11688764

>>11688710
You don't need three quarters air by volume to keep chips from breaking.
Again, why aren't Pringles and derivatives just a tube of dust?

>> No.11688771

>>11688764
>Come in a solid cardboard tube
>Durrr it's the same as a malleable bag
Why don't you just exclusively buy pringles if you think the other companies are illegally ripping you off?

>> No.11688782

>>11688771
If chips can stand up to rattling around in a rigid cardboard tube, why does a bag need three quarters air by volume?
And why does the "hurr burr you NEED this much air to not have all your chips get crushed" volume magically increase with inflation?

>> No.11688789

>>11688782
Ratting isn't the problem. Crushing is. One way to prevent crushing is with a rigid container. Another, but not as good method, is to inflate the bag mostly with air.

I'm not even sure why this is an issue. The weight is clearly stated on the bag, and you can also feel it when you pick the bag up.

>> No.11688791

>>11688789
Literal bagged air industry shill conveniently ignoring the inflation issue because it absolutely destroys his pretense at argument.

>> No.11688799

>>11688789
>>11688791
What are you talking about? The amount of air and chips hasn't changed since I was a kid. If they keep reducing the chips then that is a uniquely american problem.

>> No.11688801

>all the assblasted fatties in this thread complaining about their chips-bags not being filled t to the brim

kek obesetards crack me up

>> No.11688802

>>11688799

>>11688789 here
I didn't say, or intend to imply, anything about the volume changing. I stated I wasn't sure why anything was an issue.

>> No.11688803

>>11688799
>if they catch your lies, just stir up nationalist sentiment to derail the thread

I see your playbook, shill.

>> No.11688813

>>11688803
I'd love to be a fucking shill on the internet but I don't know where to go to get paid for it. I'd be a fucking legend at it too. I'd set up the most intricate fucking shilling scenarios that people will start to think they themselves are the shill.

>> No.11688856

>>11684912
>funsize bag
>seven chips
Am I having fun yet?

>> No.11688869

>>11688856
The fun comes later when you can walk up a staircase without having a heart attack, fatty.

>> No.11688966

>>11684920
why wouldn't they?

>> No.11689019

>>11688813
That's literally how the sophisticated shills work the internet.

>> No.11689022

>>11688489
Pringles aren't chips, faggot

>> No.11689085

>>11688869
I'm 130lb anon, never been heavier. I just want more than seven chips if I buy a snack bag.

>> No.11689576

>>11689085
It says in the nutrition info how many chips are how many grams, as well as how many grams are in a bag
Are americans unable to do basic math?

>> No.11689747

>>11684943
You complain about normies, and yet it is you that seem to judge the bag not by the weight printed on the packaging but by the size, fucking retard

>> No.11689831

>>11689576
The point is why sell only seven.

>> No.11689953

>>11689831
Because dumb goyim like you buy it

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>>11688856
Legit the hardest I've laughed all year

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>>11691617
>the hardest I’ve laughed all five minutes

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>>11691620

>> No.11691665

>>11684948
um try again sweaty. The "air" is actually nerve gas meant to cause eternal bleeding for the purpose of killing Americans. WAKE UP.

>> No.11691690

Seriously though, shit is a scam and a half and most Murgans are too dumbed down by constant corn syrup IVs to put two and two together. Why is it off-brand and smaller, local brands are able to stock their bags CHOCK full of chips and still have them mostly whole, while your Lays and Fritos or whatever else continues to cuck you by selling you a quarter of the product your stupid ass paid full mark up price for? You're literally paying $5-6 and change for a bag of air. Better yet, why the fuck are these companies selling a fragile foodstuff like potato chips in fucking flimsy bags? Wouldn't it make more sense to sell them in paper boxes, much akin to cereal? But the salt in the wound in all this is you braindead consumer fucks actually whiteknighting for the potato chip companies lmao still falling for the "keeps the product from being crushed in distribution" Jew. This shit is such a fucking transparent scam and you low-functioning turds still fall for it. Your tender Americans assholes have been rended unrecognizable by capitalism at this point. It's legit 2019 and you're STILL making excuses for the capitalist nigger blowing HIV cum up your assholes. Shit is legit way beyond saving at this point.

>> No.11691703

>three years ago
>300 gram bag of chips was a dollar
>now it's 200 gram
>can now find under 200 gram bags
THIS MAKES ME ANGERY

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>>11691690
My man, I happily give you my first based and redpilled of 2019. So here you go:
Based and redpilled.

>> No.11691719

>>11685287
Great idea and execution ruined by ebonics.
Is it funnier if you express the punchline as if you were a retarded ghetto bunny?

>> No.11691736

Is there any company that dares to be a rebel and actually tries to fill the fucking bag up?

>> No.11691854

Because the factory that's filling hundreds of bags per minute doesn't have time to shake the bag to settle the contents of the bag so they just let em go

>> No.11691864

>>11691690
Seriously though, shit is a scam and a half and most Murgans are too dumbed down by constant corn syrup IVs to put two and two together. Why is it off-brand and smaller, local brands are able to stock their bags CHOCK full of chips and still have them mostly whole, while your Lays and Fritos or whatever else continues to cuck you by selling you a quarter of the product your stupid ass paid full mark up price for? You're literally paying $5-6 and change for a bag of air. Better yet, why the fuck are these companies selling a fragile foodstuff like potato chips in fucking flimsy bags? Wouldn't it make more sense to sell them in paper boxes, much akin to cereal? But the salt in the wound in all this is you braindead consumer fucks actually whiteknighting for the potato chip companies lmao still falling for the "keeps the product from being crushed in distribution" Jew. This shit is such a fucking transparent scam and you low-functioning turds still fall for it. Your tender Americans assholes have been rended unrecognizable by capitalism at this point. It's legit 2019 and you're STILL making excuses for the capitalist nigger blowing HIV cum up your assholes. Shit is legit way beyond saving at this point.

>> No.11691867

>>11684912
they blame stale air protection, but all my chips are always broken anyway. just fill it more god damn, i'll pay a little more

>> No.11691910

>>11684912
you should be grateful it's even 25%
It needs 80% air to protect the 15% chips
what do you think we are, a charity? Take your 10% and leave

>> No.11691938

>>11691690
To what end though? It's sold by weight, are people too stupid to check the weight/cost ratio? Does America not label the weight/cost ratio like most other white countries do?

>> No.11691949

>>11691690
>It's legit 2019
as opposed to illegitimately? you stupid nigger
all products are sold by weight/volume, the only retard here is the person who can't do division when reading prices

>> No.11691967

>>11684912

>why don't I have any self control?
>why do I still support a company that still does this?? its their fault!!1

willful idiot

>> No.11691981

>>11684912
Doesn't the bag have the amount of chips printed on it? Like, so many grams of chips? What's confusing about that, you know how much chips you're getting.

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>>11684912
>How is this even legal?

I think that the highway robbery that 8oz of fucking fried POTATOES costs $3 to $5 depending on store and day of the week.

>100 lb (45.4 kg) of raw potatoes to produce 25 lb (11.3 kg) of chips
>-75% of weight when water is removed during frying

For $3-$5 you can get 5lbs of potatoes that can make 1.25lbs of chips. That's 2.5x potatoes chips by weight than what you can buy. You can get more if you buy in bulk. 50lbs of potatoes makes 12.5lbs of chips. Using a mandoline slicer/cone vegetable slicer, a big pot, a metal basket, a candy thermometer, salt/seasoning, and cooking oil you can make potato chips all day long if you want. In a single Saturday, in about 4-5 hours, you can turn 100lbs of potatoes into 25lbs of potato chips. That's fifty 8oz bags of potato chips. You can keep them fresh in wide-mouth, half-gallon 64oz jars then vacuum sealing them with a wide-mouth jar attachment for a foodsaver vacuum.

Up front costs for equipment, may seem costly, especially if you are going to create a ton of potato chips and want to keep them fresh in vacuum sealed jars. All the equipment can last a life time. Only oil, seasoning, and potatoes need to be continually bought. You also have the option of baking them instead of frying them. The equipment cost will pay for itself after about 300lbs of potatoes processed into chips. The biggest downside to this is the increased amount of potato chip eating, if you do increase it. The savings in the long run is about half the price of store bought potato chips. Some of you may already have all the equipment needed to make small batches that don't need vacuum sealing for longer term storage.

>> No.11692126

>>11692093
It's funny, the things poorfags complain about. Don't you have a ceiling drip bucket to go empty, cletus?

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>>11692126
>I can AFFORD to be ripped off!

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>>11692126
I grow my own potatoes, in order to control my own food intake. After working in the food industry for years, I no longer trust anything from stores anymore. I became a farmer as a result. I've never felt better in all respects and financially I'm no longer in debt of any kind. It is quite amazing.

Also, did you not get the main theme of this entire thread? Right there in the OP, anon is complaining about being ripped off. You on the other hand seem to be coping hard with being cheated.

>> No.11692361

>>11692093
The fuck? 200g bags are $2 in Australia (The land of everything being expensive), how are you paying $5 for 8oz?

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>>11692151

>> No.11692381

>>11692361
Most chip bags here are labeled with something around $4.50, but are often sold by the store at a discount. This depends on what week it is and most have a 2 for $5 sale every other week. Off brand chips or store brand chips are usually cheaper, around the same price you state. However, they are super thin and much like trying to eat razors which often cut up people's tongues, gums, and roof of their mouths. Ruffled chips of course don't do that, but are twice the price even for generic/store brands.

>>11692373
Farmers are why you can eat food from stores and fast food restaurants.

>> No.11692394

>>11692381
leasing 5 acres of rocky dirt and selling what you manage to grow at the hipster farmers market isn't 'farming', m8

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>>11692394

>> No.11692436

>>11692373
>you're a hippie if you're self suffecient
So this is your brain after being washed by corporations your entire life.

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>>11692436
What do you expect from a thread centered around bagged potato chips? lol

>> No.11693058

>>11688489
Because they use stiff cardboard.

>> No.11693441

>>11684943
I drove a truck for a living. Shit gets smashed on the regular

>> No.11693493

>>11686776
Just blow into it and shake them a little while blowing.

>> No.11693511

>>11692093
I have read and noted your post
thank you for your work
awareness is key