Ohhhhhhh my goodness, I am so voraciously hungry right not, probably not the best time to write up this post. But! I must show the inequities of it all…
Here is an innocent box of Stop & Shop Italian style mozzarella sticks:
And here is the servings information showing 4.5 servings of 3 sticks per box (4.5 * 3 = 13.5 sticks), included with the nutrition information:
And here are the entire contents of the box:
1 * 3, 2 * 3, 3 * 3, … and 2 more. 11 sticks. 3 and 2/3 servings.
I attempted to weigh the contents of the box to see if it was the servings information that was wrong or if we got short changed on mozzies, but I had already placed them on the cookie sheet so when I weighed myself I was horrified at the number on the scale and went scurrying off to drown my sorrows in the entire box of mozzies. Either way, I want to point out:
STOP & SHOP IS LYING TO US.
I would like a free box of mozzies now, please. Thanks.
Hence the word “about.” And what’s with the 1/2? Do they stick half a mozzie in there?
Hey, if you eat the whole box at once, doesn’t that count as ONE serving?
:grins:
Those BASTARDS!!!
I say we rise up and stab them with our plastic spoons!!!
Damn the man!!! Save the Empire!!!
I always called it “Stop & Rob”.
But it appears they are doing the robbing.
Fuckers!
(But seriously – those things look yummy!)
They will probably just offer you two and 1/2 mozzie sticks to settle the matter.
It would be an interesting project to buy them at various Stop and Shop’s and test the packages to see if you EVER get the right number. Jeez, I am a dork :loser:
I always crack up at the ’4′ servings thing on a pint of Ben & Jerry’s —yeah right
Sorry you got ripped off sugar
When I was in college, I worked an an “inspector” (sounds really important, doesn’t it?!) at a jewelry company. I worked with dozens of women… and we sat at a long table with bright lights and huuuuggggge magnifying glasses. I may have been naive, but I took my job seriously. I inspected each and every piece of jewelry for such things as clasps, number and size and color of gems, length of chain, and a bunch of other things, depending on the day and the job. Well, some of the ladies didn’t take things so seriously, and lots and lots of jewelry was never inspected… just tossed into the bins with the “good” stuff. I was TOLD not to say anything… and I mean TOLD, no questions asked. I didn’t last long, because I had a problem with the lack of responsibility (and I valued my life). My dad told me to explain these things to my boss, but I was too young… and too inexperienced to take on the world of cheap gold jewelry. But it reminds me of your story here. Something in quality control is not working correctly… some mozzarella antagonist!! I wonder if these same people once worked in jewelry…?
That’s an extra two miles of walking. Sigh…
I’m sorry, I know you have a complaint but I’m busy ogling your sticks.
Whoever is responsible for this must BURN. Until they attain a golden-brown crust.
It’s probably for the best that there were less mozzies in the box. I’m putting on winter weight. I’ve gained two whole pounds. argh.
hehehe.
I’m with Mike … I think the box should be considered a single serving. (I could eat it all in one sitting.)
4.5 converts to 3 and 2/3 if you use the metric system. I think that’s what happened to NASA.
Right? Hello? Is this thing on?
*droolssssssss. :grins:
Delmer, Dawg and I ate the whole box in one sitting, as it should have been consumed.
Vahid, you have MIT math — wonk. :winks:
Twinkie, very tasty!
I’m with Finn. That’s why they say about. It always annoys me because I feel short changed. I don’t pay $2.50 (or whatever the box costs) for a box of something. I pay the same price no matter what.
A bonus doesn’t bug me, for the record.
I meant to say, I don’t pay about $2.50. :S