Weight Loss, 101.

Food inflation is upon us. That's right boys and girls. That package of candy or cookies mom bought for you is most likely a little smaller than the last time she bought it. At least the price is the same though. That's a relief. Yep, rather than hike up the price of what you buy, suppliers have decided to sell you less for the same. Of course that doesn't apply to everything. For instance a grapefruit or head of lettuce is still the same. And a pound of ground beef is still a pound. I'll bet there's a move on to change the weights and measures though. What an idea. If they could give you about three quarters of a pound and call it a pound. Or what if  three cups could be called a quart? Ya know that ice cream you love so much? It used to be a half gallon. Check it out now. I suppose they would cut the size of an egg if they could figure out how to do it. You could stop at the local diner for two eggs and home fries and find out they really are one and a half eggs and a home fry. Now, understand, there's good reason to handle inflation this way. After all, if they suddenly started charging more, why, people would buy less. That certainly wouldn't do. No. Better to charge the same but give less. It's sort of playing a game of secrets. Of course, if you buy just enough to provide for one meal for the family at a time, you may find that everyone is losing weight. That may be the one saving grace for this secrets business. After all, Americans are over weight. Well, this is your grocers way of letting you know, without letting you know, that you're fat.