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  <id>665894</id>
  <title>Ocean Spray - how trifling can you get? </title>
  <published_at>Mon Nov 09 13:03:40 -0800 2009</published_at>
  <post_count>4</post_count>
  <board>
    <id>27</id>
    <name>General Chowhounding Topics</name>
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      <post>
        <level>0</level>
        <id>5167837</id>
        <content>This is a new one. 

Lots of companies are reducing the size of cans, boxes etc. 

This year Ocean Spray came out with the 14 oz can. 

However, they also raised prices. Just raise the price 10 cents over what you are charging for that 14 oz can. Do an either or ... raise prices or reduce can but NOT BOTH !!!

I'm sure Thanksgiving week that stores will be running special prices for cranberry sauce, but still there's less. 

First they add HFCS a few years ago. Now this. What next ... fake cranberries?

This smacks of the holidays ... but not Santy Claus ... but of Mr. Potter and Scrooge and the Grinch that stole Thanksgiving. Sneak in and lop 2 oz off of everyone's Thanksgiving. 

At least it is not as bad as the shrinking pumpkin pie can which can ruin a recipe based on the old size. From last year. 

The pumpkin can ... it's shrinking, shrinking, shrinking 
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/574669

Then again ... I didn't look at the bags of fresh cranberries. I'm not sure if they are still 16 oz. </content>
        <published_at>Mon Nov 09 13:03:40 -0800 2009</published_at>
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        <user>
          <id>10264</id>
          <name>rworange</name>
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    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>5167898</id>
      <content>Are you sure they just changed it this year? Fourteen ounces has been the "standard" can size for quite a while now.</content>
      <published_at>Mon Nov 09 13:22:12 -0800 2009</published_at>
      <parent_id>5167837</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>10159</id>
        <name>Ruth Lafler</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>2</level>
      <id>5168005</id>
      <content>In terms of cranberry sauce, fairly certain. Grocery Outlet is selling the discontinutued 16 oz can from last year. 

Also, since I was ranting last year about pumpkin pie cans, I'm certain I checked the OS can and it was still 16oz otherwise I would have gone on and on about that as well. </content>
      <published_at>Mon Nov 09 13:50:39 -0800 2009</published_at>
      <parent_id>5167898</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>10264</id>
        <name>rworange</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>3</level>
      <id>5168073</id>
      <content>Good to know. Thanks! Do they have the "real" Ocean Spray at GO -- in the past I've usually seen the "light."</content>
      <published_at>Mon Nov 09 14:06:50 -0800 2009</published_at>
      <parent_id>5168005</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>10159</id>
        <name>Ruth Lafler</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>4</level>
      <id>5168135</id>
      <content>Not sure.  I think regular, but I was focusing on the price originally and then checked the can size later when the smaller cans at Safeway caught my eye. </content>
      <published_at>Mon Nov 09 14:24:00 -0800 2009</published_at>
      <parent_id>5168073</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>10264</id>
        <name>rworange</name>
      </user>
    </post>
  </posts>
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