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And updated with crappier crap.They've been adjusted for inflation.
Thanks Trenchfriend, its been a while...a long while LOL@shazzabanazza
Hi, I'm glad to see you back here!!
About 5-10 years ago they remodeled a local supermarket and completely screwed it up. They added rows of shelves in order to provide more products, but moved all of the shelves so close together that you can barely get two carts side-by-side in the aisles making it almost impossible to pass other shoppers. As if that wasn't bad enough, they decreased the length of the conveyor belts at the checkout stands so drastically that you can't even put half a cart's worth of groceries on them, and certainly not leave enough room for the person behind you to put their goods on the belt. The end results of their efforts are that it now takes longer to navigate your way through the store, and longer to pay for your stuff and get the hell out of there. Idiots.And sadly, they first refurbished and modernized the aged 90s-supermarkets and then, they filled the new comfortable space with the 1 Euro-displays and made the modernizing useless.
The end results of their efforts are that it now takes longer to navigate your way through the store, and longer to pay for your stuff and get the hell out of there. Idiots.
I know that's their intent, but it doesn't work on me. I hate shopping, so I perform it like a surgical military strike--I get the items on the list, I pay for them, and I leave.That is exactly what they want, the theory being that the more time you are there, the more you will buy.
I miss the little neighborhood stores that only carried one line of canned goods, one brand of potato chips, and one brand of cheese. Variety meant the bin of dented cans with the labels peeled off -- Grab Bag 10 Cents Each.
I know I've read several articles over the last few years that orange juice consumption is plummeting as it is no longer a breakfast-table staple - too "sugary," "habits are changing," "Millennials don't like it" are a few of the reason I remember the articles referencing.
My guess, this is part of the reason you are finding it harder to find frozen concentrate in stores. Also, with the move to "fresh" everything, I bet frozen concentrate is suffering even more than orange juice is in general.
All that said, I remember having frozen concentrate as a kid in our house, but my grandmother always had "fresh" store bought juice in a carton. Thinking about it now - I don't remember asking why then - I'd bet my grandmother was a generation before the "miracle" of frozen this or that took off; whereas, my mother was just the right age for it.
I always liked to eat the frozen concentrate out of the can with a fork. Very satisfying on a hot day.
My parents once caught me doing this when I was a kid. Their mood was not... pleasant. (My parents would scoop out half the concentrate container and mix it up with twice the water. Then they'd put the other half of the container away for the next week... so I was essentially eating the next week's OJ.)I always liked to eat the frozen concentrate out of the can with a fork. Very satisfying on a hot day.
I know I've read several articles over the last few years that orange juice consumption is plummeting as it is no longer a breakfast-table staple - too "sugary," "habits are changing," "Millennials don't like it" are a few of the reason I remember the articles referencing.