Don't yu guys hate it when you open up a nice big bag of chips and then....

As long as they have the amount of chips (in weight) specified by the bag inside the bag it's perfectly legal. You get what you paid for essentially.

LightR

I never said that it was illegal. It is, however, deliberately misleading. They DO use more fill space than required in order to make it look like there are more chips in the bag.

[QUOTE="LightR"] As long as they have the amount of chips (in weight) specified by the bag inside the bag it's perfectly legal. You get what you paid for essentially.

MrGeezer

I never said that it was illegal. It is, however, deliberately misleading. They DO use more fill space than required in order to make it look like there are more chips in the bag.

no, they dont, they use more fill space so the consumer gets a wholesome product.

misleading would be a full bag of Ruffles, complete with a picture of a beautiful oval chip on the package, only to open the bag and find the chips are pulverised

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

[QUOTE="LightR"] As long as they have the amount of chips (in weight) specified by the bag inside the bag it's perfectly legal. You get what you paid for essentially.

mrbojangles25

I never said that it was illegal. It is, however, deliberately misleading. They DO use more fill space than required in order to make it look like there are more chips in the bag.

no, they dont, they use more fill space so the consumer gets a wholesome product.

misleading would be a full bag of Ruffles, complete with a picture of a beautiful oval chip on the package, only to open the bag and find the chips are pulverised

thats kinda what they do in fast food joints. show off a beautiful delicious pic of a perfect burger to make you buy it, then when you get, its all smashed up and falling apart.

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[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

I never said that it was illegal. It is, however, deliberately misleading. They DO use more fill space than required in order to make it look like there are more chips in the bag.

EvilEightBallz

no, they dont, they use more fill space so the consumer gets a wholesome product.

misleading would be a full bag of Ruffles, complete with a picture of a beautiful oval chip on the package, only to open the bag and find the chips are pulverised

thats kinda what they do in fast food joints. show off a beautiful delicious pic of a perfect burger to make you buy it, then when you get, its all smashed up and falling apart.

that is actually misleading. I learned about doing that in college; half those pictures are not even the real food. Those beautiful dabs of ketchup you see? Applied with a caulking gun, not spread on the burger. The perfectly charred meat? Black paint applied with an airbrush.

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[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

no, they dont, they use more fill space so the consumer gets a wholesome product.

misleading would be a full bag of Ruffles, complete with a picture of a beautiful oval chip on the package, only to open the bag and find the chips are pulverised

mrbojangles25

thats kinda what they do in fast food joints. show off a beautiful delicious pic of a perfect burger to make you buy it, then when you get, its all smashed up and falling apart.

that is actually misleading. I learned about doing that in college; half those pictures are not even the real food. Those beautiful dabs of ketchup you see? Applied with a caulking gun, not spread on the burger. The perfectly charred meat? Black paint applied with an airbrush.

yeah....talk about false advertising lol

[QUOTE="LightR"] As long as they have the amount of chips (in weight) specified by the bag inside the bag it's perfectly legal. You get what you paid for essentially.

MrGeezer

I never said that it was illegal. It is, however, deliberately misleading. They DO use more fill space than required in order to make it look like there are more chips in the bag.

Well it does state on the bag "this product is sold by weight, not by volume". I understood what that meant when I was like 9.

I dont hate it because i know they're doing business.

Well it does state on the bag "this product is sold by weight, not by volume". I understood what that meant when I was like 9.

worlock77

How much does an average Cheeto weigh?

Do you think that anyone has any idea how many Cheetos are actually in 2 ounces?

No, people look at a bag and expect it to be half full of actual Cheetos. If you fill a bag 1/4 full of Cheetos, then that's deliberately misleading. Even if you state the actual weight on the bag, no one has any idea what that number actually means in terms of how many actual Cheetos are in the bag.

Yeah it makes me slightly perturbed on the rage scale.

[QUOTE="SaudiFury"][QUOTE="XilePrincess"]Every bag of chips is pretty much half a bag now. You pay for half a bag of chips and half a bag of air.Nibroc420

Yes...but what you do..is you get the big bag...then a small one and then dump the small one into the big one and then you have a full bag. :OOOOO

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

Well it does state on the bag "this product is sold by weight, not by volume". I understood what that meant when I was like 9.

MrGeezer

How much does an average Cheeto weigh?

Do you think that anyone has any idea how many Cheetos are actually in 2 ounces?

No, people look at a bag and expect it to be half full of actual Cheetos. If you fill a bag 1/4 full of Cheetos, then that's deliberately misleading. Even if you state the actual weight on the bag, no one has any idea what that number actually means in terms of how many actual Cheetos are in the bag.

I work part time at a grocer and I sell some foods by weight. A lot of people have no sense of scale when it comes to weight. It really isn't the companies fault.

Well actually it's as simple as looking at the serving size. It will tell you how many grams equals a certain amount of chips. Then all you need to do is look at the amount of servings in the bag. It's not misleading; the information is there if you look for it.

I work part time at a grocer and I sell some foods by weight. A lot of people have no sense of scale when it comes to weight. It really isn't the companies fault.

LightR

That must be a relatively new development, because I have never seen a bag of chips that stated how many chips are in a serving.

Yes...but what you do..is you get the big bag...then a small one and then dump the small one into the big one and then you have a full bag. :OOOOO

CHOASXIII

Mind is blown.

[QUOTE="LightR"]Well actually it's as simple as looking at the serving size. It will tell you how many grams equals a certain amount of chips. Then all you need to do is look at the amount of servings in the bag. It's not misleading; the information is there if you look for it.

I work part time at a grocer and I sell some foods by weight. A lot of people have no sense of scale when it comes to weight. It really isn't the companies fault.

MrGeezer

That must be a relatively new development, because I have never seen a bag of chips that stated how many chips are in a serving.

It's been around for aslong as I can remember so I don't think it's "new" at all.

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[QUOTE="LightR"]Well actually it's as simple as looking at the serving size. It will tell you how many grams equals a certain amount of chips. Then all you need to do is look at the amount of servings in the bag. It's not misleading; the information is there if you look for it.

I work part time at a grocer and I sell some foods by weight. A lot of people have no sense of scale when it comes to weight. It really isn't the companies fault.

LightR

That must be a relatively new development, because I have never seen a bag of chips that stated how many chips are in a serving.

Eh...it's probably there. I wouldn't know, I haven't bought a bag of chips in ages.

But I could swear that the serving sized used to simply list weight.

[QUOTE="LightR"]

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

That must be a relatively new development, because I have never seen a bag of chips that stated how many chips are in a serving.

MrGeezer

Eh...it's probably there. I wouldn't know, I haven't bought a bag of chips in ages.

But I could swear that the serving sized used to simply list weight.

Yeah its hard to come by a full bag of chips these days. lol

I've gotten EMPTY bags.

The corporations aren't ripping you off; they're just looking out for your health.