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It's inefficient packaging though, and it leads to people doing this (I've had it happen in my store as well). When the store has to damage out products like this, the cost is passed on to the consumer (on a corporate level, they look at the amount of damages. If 5% of a product line ends up damaged, the price will be that much higher for the consumer).

Inefficient packaging also loses money for both the product manufacturer and the store due to out of stock products. Especially with something like laundry detergent, where I can only fit 3-7 bottles deep on the shelf (for standard 50-150 oz bottles, depending on size and brand). If they were packaged more efficiently, I could probably fit 30-40% more bottles on the shelf. This probably doesn't effect the price much for the consumer, but it's nice to go to a store that still has a good selection of items available, even if you go at night when they are more likely to be out.

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I don't know for sure about liquids but there's a good reason when it comes to chip and things like that.

“Slack fill” is an intentional choice by snack makers who want to protect their delicate products from the damage of rough handling during the shipping process. When products are stacked atop one another, crammed into tight spaces, or simply jostled around in the back of a delivery truck, slack fill serves as an air cushion that prevents potato chips from becoming potato crumbs.

That’s not just any ordinary air puffing up potato chip bags, either: It’s nitrogen. Oxygen can cause the potatoes to spoil and the oil to go rancid, and the humidity found in ambient air makes the chips go soggy. Instead, packages are filled with nitrogen gas to help the snacks stay fresh, which a trained panel of tasters confirmed in a 1994 food science study.

That said, sometimes there is more air than is needed. But you'll note Pringles always come at least 90% filled because their packaging is entirely different allowing far more compacted contents. You don't have to worry about chips breaking each other and getting damaged by outside forces when they're the exact same size and stacked atop one another, with no room for movement, and protected by strong cardboard sides.

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Even the weight/volume is deceiving! You should be wary if you see 'New Formula, same product!' label. Doesn't matter how heavy it is if the formula is diluted by the manufacturer.

The old Tide bottles say consumers get 60 loads of laundry per 100-ounce bottle. That's 1.67 ounces of detergent per load.

The new 92-ounce containers will only be enough to do 48 loads of laundry. That translates to 1.92 ounces of detergent per load, according to the Public Investigator's calculation. In other words, 20% less.

Getting less detergent in the bottle, having to use more product per load, and paying a higher price at the store means consumers are really being taken to the cleaners.

The crazy thing about Tide is that now they even have a even more diluted version called 'Tide Simply'

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