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Tropicana recently changed it's.

It looks like cheap ass orange juice now.

Sting thought I cheaped out and wasn't drinking it.

Used to be:


now is:

It looks classier than Excalibur or Circus Circus Orange Juice.

I usually buy Tropicana as well and I suppose the label won't change that unless the quality of the product starts to reflect the packaging.

But I thought the new label was remarkably ugly as well. Hard to distinguish from the generic stuff now.

I agree, it was a bad change.

The shoulda looked at the detergent aisle -- all of 'em are a combination of blue and something bright in contrast, and you ignore that at your peril. I'm convinced that Cheer and Tide are the best; wonder how much of that is the label and how much is true after reading Vance Packard's The Hidden Persuaders.

SportsFan68 wrote:I agree, it was a bad change.

The shoulda looked at the detergent aisle -- all of 'em are a combination of blue and something bright in contrast, and you ignore that at your peril. I'm convinced that Cheer and Tide are the best; wonder how much of that is the label and how much is true after reading Vance Packard's The Hidden Persuaders.

P.S. -- I love those new detergent formulas. I use about 1/3 to 1/2 as much as I used to. Not sure if I'm saving any money, probably not, the price has probably risen commensurately with the improvements. Still, I feel virtuous when I use so little.

SportsFan68 wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:I agree, it was a bad change.

The shoulda looked at the detergent aisle -- all of 'em are a combination of blue and something bright in contrast, and you ignore that at your peril. I'm convinced that Cheer and Tide are the best; wonder how much of that is the label and how much is true after reading Vance Packard's The Hidden Persuaders.

P.S. -- I love those new detergent formulas. I use about 1/3 to 1/2 as much as I used to. Not sure if I'm saving any money, probably not, the price has probably risen commensurately with the improvements. Still, I feel virtuous when I use so little.

The prices stayed the same when the initial 1X to 2X conversion was made, but rose along with everything else last year when fuel prices skyrocketed.....

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peacock2121 wrote:Tropicana recently changed it's.

It looks like cheap ass orange juice now.

Sting thought I cheaped out and wasn't drinking it.

Used to be:


now is:

Tropicana is in the Pepsi family of products, so no big surprise they changed designs too....

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peacock2121 wrote:Tropicana recently changed it's.

It looks like cheap ass orange juice now.

Sting thought I cheaped out and wasn't drinking it.

Used to be:


now is:

I totally agree with you. I emailed to complain about the new packaging on the plastic container (96 oz?) and they sent me 3 $1 off coupons. Then when I emailed to complain that the new package failed and sprayed OJ all over my kitchen I got $2 off coupons and one for $4.50 off. It makes it a lot easier to tolerate such changes when saving money...I highly recommend it...just go to their website and go through the contact us links.

sunflower wrote:I totally agree with you. I emailed to complain about the new packaging on the plastic container (96 oz?) and they sent me 3 $1 off coupons. Then when I emailed to complain that the new package failed and sprayed OJ all over my kitchen I got $2 off coupons and one for $4.50 off. It makes it a lot easier to tolerate such changes when saving money...I highly recommend it...just go to their website and go through the contact us links.

You're such a cheap bastard you bring tears to my eyes.

Spoiler

I think I just might be in love with you.

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

sunflower wrote:I totally agree with you. I emailed to complain about the new packaging on the plastic container (96 oz?) and they sent me 3 $1 off coupons. Then when I emailed to complain that the new package failed and sprayed OJ all over my kitchen I got $2 off coupons and one for $4.50 off. It makes it a lot easier to tolerate such changes when saving money...I highly recommend it...just go to their website and go through the contact us links.

You're such a cheap bastard you bring tears to my eyes.

Spoiler

I think I just might be in love with you.

I'm glad I've found someone who appreciates it!!

sunflower wrote:

Sisyphean Fan wrote:

sunflower wrote:I totally agree with you. I emailed to complain about the new packaging on the plastic container (96 oz?) and they sent me 3 $1 off coupons. Then when I emailed to complain that the new package failed and sprayed OJ all over my kitchen I got $2 off coupons and one for $4.50 off. It makes it a lot easier to tolerate such changes when saving money...I highly recommend it...just go to their website and go through the contact us links.

You're such a cheap bastard you bring tears to my eyes.

Spoiler

I think I just might be in love with you.

I'm glad I've found someone who appreciates it!!

But are you going to blow all this saved money on roulette?

ulysses5019 wrote:

sunflower wrote:

Sisyphean Fan wrote: You're such a cheap bastard you bring tears to my eyes.

Spoiler

I think I just might be in love with you.

I'm glad I've found someone who appreciates it!!

But are you going to blow all this saved money on roulette?

I don't play roulette!

sunflower wrote:

ulysses5019 wrote:

sunflower wrote: I'm glad I've found someone who appreciates it!!

But are you going to blow all this saved money on roulette?

I don't play roulette!

It's a sucker's game.

Blackjack, baby!

I play poker, you don't play against the house, so you actually have a chance!

sunflower wrote:I play poker, you don't play against the house, so you actually have a chance!

The house takes a rake, so the winner does pay the house for the right to play.

peacock2121 wrote:

sunflower wrote:I play poker, you don't play against the house, so you actually have a chance!

The house takes a rake, so the winner does pay the house for the right to play.

That is true, but at least it's not all or nothing. I'll give them 4 bucks to win $60. I especially like playing against drunk people! Those damn dealers are never drunk like the poker players are!

I personally think they (Pepsi- the Pepsi makeover looks cheap-ass, too) changed labels to look more generic, and give the impression of being inexpensive...so that more people would buy them in this day and age.

Look cheap, and shrink the package sizes (when Tropicana shrunk the size of the container pictured below, they rolled out it out by calling it a "new and improved easy-pour bottle". Bull! It's no easier to pour than the old bottle. But NO- they weren't trying to distract shoppers from the fact the bottle shrank while the price didn't. Oh no sir!)

Jeemie wrote:I personally think they (Pepsi- the Pepsi makeover looks cheap-ass, too) changed labels to look more generic, and give the impression of being inexpensive...so that more people would buy them in this day and age.

Look cheap, and shrink the package sizes (when Tropicana shrunk the size of the container pictured below, they rolled out it out by calling it a "new and improved easy-pour bottle". Bull! It's no easier to pour than the old bottle. But NO- they weren't trying to distract shoppers from the fact the bottle shrank while the price didn't. Oh no sir!)

YES - that's the one I complained about to get my coupons. First I said I can't believe you changed the size and I got the "customers like the easy pour bottle better, especially customers with children" and I got my $1 off coupons.

Then (and this really did happen) I purchased the easy pour bottle, took the little plastic tab out, snapped the lid shut...shake...shake...shake and then POW (okay I didn't know what word to use to simulate an OJ explosion) and OJ was literally on every surface in the kitchen. It took almost an hour to clean up and I lost half the OJ in the container. So I responded back to the "customers love our packaging" email and told them what happened, and got the new set of coupons, along with an explanation that they had many issues with packaging and that yet another redesign was in the works, to hit shelves in approximately 4 months. So we'll see what that is, I don't think that just meant changing the label.

sunflower wrote: So I responded back to the "customers love our packaging" email and told them what happened, and got the new set of coupons, along with an explanation that they had many issues with packaging and that yet another redesign was in the works, to hit shelves in approximately 4 months. So we'll see what that is, I don't think that just meant changing the label.

I'm sure it will entail the loss of another 7 ounces or so...

PS At Wal-Mart, I can get the 128-oz jugs for a better unit cost than this Easy Pour bottle. It pours just as easily- imagine that!

I have used the Easy Pour bottles, and only once have I had anything similar to what happened to you happen. I usually keep my finger firmly on the snap-cap when I shake, though. I didn't the time I made a mess on the floor.

peacock2121 wrote:

sunflower wrote:

ulysses5019 wrote: But are you going to blow all this saved money on roulette?

I don't play roulette!

It's a sucker's game.

Blackjack, baby!

Another area in which Pea and I are in complete agreement.

I think that makes two.

littlebeast13 wrote:

peacock2121 wrote:Tropicana recently changed it's.

It looks like cheap ass orange juice now.

Sting thought I cheaped out and wasn't drinking it.

Used to be:


now is:

Tropicana is in the Pepsi family of products, so no big surprise they changed designs too....

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They both did it around the same time, and darned if I didn't pick up a bottle of Pepsi thinking it was Diet Pepsi.

The new Tropcana and Pepsi designs have small print. Have they decided, like some quiz shows, that they don't need MAWGs?

I love it when packaging changes involve lessening the quantity of the product without lowering the cost. The most recent culprit in this fleecing is Xtra Detergent, which went from a wide jug to a slimmer but fatter jug. I didn't even notice that the contents had shrunk until a few days after we started getting them in, but the contents went from 170 ounces to 150.....

My all time favorite case of this though was about 4 or 5 years ago when Wisk changed from the old familiar 100 ounce bottle to a much slimmer bottle that only contained 80 ounces. After about 2 months, the 100 ounce bottles started coming back in, but guess what it said on the front label....


25% MORE FREE!!!


Yep....

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littlebeast13 wrote:I love it when packaging changes involve lessening the quantity of the product without lowering the cost. The most recent culprit in this fleecing is Xtra Detergent, which went from a wide jug to a slimmer but fatter jug. I didn't even notice that the contents had shrunk until a few days after we started getting them in, but the contents went from 170 ounces to 150.....

My all time favorite case of this though was about 4 or 5 years ago when Wisk changed from the old familiar 100 ounce bottle to a much slimmer bottle that only contained 80 ounces. After about 2 months, the 100 ounce bottles started coming back in, but guess what it said on the front label....


25% MORE FREE!!!


Yep....

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As the housing crisis has shown us, the value of something is determined solely by good marketing!

Can I just admit I buy the gallon jug of the store brand oj? It's just for the kids!

And for covering up the cruddy taste of cheap asti spumante and the absolute worst vodka on the planet. I don't mean Absolut. The absolute worst....