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<\/p>\nOn sale, or perhaps “sale”, at the front of Hy-Vee recently was a new type of M&M’s bag. It was sealable at the top \u2014 which makes it harder to store small-side-down \u2014 and it was a different size than what’s been around recently. After buying a couple packages I took a closer look. “Formerly Medium,” it said in small print. Oh, really? Well, I just happen to have a “medium” bag around…<\/p>\n
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This is grade-A BS. It’s not “formerly” anything, it’s a redesigned package \u2014 which is more often than not a flashing red warning that the quantity has decreased. What’s worse, the “10% more” Medium is an increase from an 11.4 ounce bag seen here<\/a>, but it’s 10% LESS than the 14-ounce bag once also billed as “medium”<\/a>. All of them, of course, are smaller than the legendary Pounder<\/a>. (That’s an older picture since M&M’s got rid of the “Plain” name in 2000<\/a>, but the Pounder lasted longer than that.)<\/p>\n This is as underhanded as the Mike&Ike “breakup”<\/a> that disguised the reduction of the theater-size box from 6 ounces to 5. The M&M’s packaging lineup is being changed, and what we’re being sold is smaller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On sale, or perhaps “sale”, at the front of Hy-Vee recently was a new type of M&M’s bag. It was sealable at the top \u2014 which makes it harder to store small-side-down \u2014 and it was a different size than … Continue reading
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