Just Another Farce....

I take your point about alcohol ABV and price, billy.

It's the same with Scottish oatcakes: yesterday I nearly bought a box of Nairn's fine-milled and, after picking the box up, noticed it was lighter; the weight has dropped, in one fell swoop, from 250g tae 218g. Obviously, they're doing this to maintain the price - but I switched to the Co-op's own-label's 300g (made by Nairn's) for the same price.

I wonder how long it'll be before the bottle labelling gets smaller - and the content goes down to 225mls.
It's really OK(ish) lager for the price.... 2.5 litres of almost premium strength lager for just over £3.
What's that - around 60p a pint or so? My maths (metric to imperial) aint that sharp, but I reckon thas close(ish)
Any good.... The Co-op ones, in comparison?
I just adore oatcakes.

The Co-op's are OK - but the saving is made by substituting sunflower oil for sustainable palm oil and adding a wee bit of tapioca starch. The Co-op's are also the traditional hard oatcakes but, these days, I prefer the fine-milled ones - so I'll switch back.

Yer arithmetic is fine!

I bought some African palm oil from Tescos awhile back. Weird stuff. It looks like mashed swede.
Bright orange, with some sort of bright stew like looking ingredient.
It states on the label, 'Refrigerate one opened'.So I did.
It goes into one solid lump (like lard) and wont come out the bottle ! !
It's absolutely superb for both stir-fry and adding to a tomato and onion salad.
Gives it a superb 3rd contrasting colour - too.

You are not alone. I haven't shopped for food for years. But one of the things I occasionally buy is ice cream (even that has stopped for some time). I did notice even a few years ago the packaging changed, from 1/2 gallon to 1.75 quart and then to 1.5 quart. Yet the price still keeps going up.

The price of ice cream which sticks to my mind was two 1/2 gallon containers for $5. That was at least 10 years ago I think, perhaps more. You probably can't get one for $5 nowadays. It's called inflation.

It's not just inflation, yaofeng: the ever-increasing 'middle class' in so-called emerging economies (such as in Brazil, China and India) results in greater demand for commodities - from the luxurious to (what many in the West consider) basics.

Where I live it is quite the opposite if you believe what the news have been reporting. The middle class is shrinking. But that is beside the point. How is the presence/absence or increasing/decreasing middle class elsewhere in the world has to do with the local economy?

Don't give me the buttlerfly effect. To me it is simple inflation.

At our local Tesco,Giant and Carrfour(?) outlets, a six pack small can of Carlsberg,Tiger,Anchor larger(5% alcohol) costs around USD9 or (USD1.50 per can.).
Malaysia has the dubious honour for having among the highest "sin tax" for alcohol in the world:))

*8 - tribolite....

What size is the $1.50 can - and does it include the added tax at the checkout?