Shrinkflation Win! Frito-Lay Is Adding 20% More Chips to Its Bags.
This feels like a battle won for the common junk food fan. But are we still losing the war?
Frito-Lay is adding 20% more chips to some of its bags after years of complaints about shrinkflation.
A 2021 study found one version of Tostitos had dropped from 13 ounces a bag to 11 ounces. Another dropped from 12 to 11. There were similar issues with Ruffles, which are also Frito-Lay.
They revealed the plan to add more chips in their quarterly earnings call. They used the term "bonus" bags.
It's not happening with all their products. It sounds like it might just be their jumbo-size bags, and only for a few products popular with football fans. Tostitos, Ruffles, and Doritos were all mentioned by name.
They're also only selling the new "bonus" bags at select locations. No word yet on which ones.
Some of their variety-packs are getting bigger too. Ones that normally have 16 bags will now have 18.
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Big Slice of Pizza Love
The owner of a Brooklyn pizzeria is in the news after helping a customer get a new kidney. The place is Lucali (loo-KAH-lee). The owner's name is Mark Iacano. (eye-uh-KAH-no) Someone who frequents the place had end-stage kidney failure, so Mark blasted it out to his 245,000 Instagram followers.
The person who needed the kidney also managed to get Jessica Alba to post about it. But it was Mark who found the donor. Another longtime customer stepped up to help. The surgery was in August, and they're both doing great.
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Today is National Pasta Day. And to celebrate, the fine journalists at the "New York Post" have a report on the pasta that aligns with your zodiac sign.
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Walmart has "Wicked"-themed "Mystery Macaroni & Cheese" . . . with pink or green color-changing cheese.
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Lay's is asking people to submit unique chip flavor ideas.
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KFC Debuts Original Recipe Chicken Tenders With Special Deal
KFC has decided to move on from the Chicken Sandwich wars of the past couple of years and is concentrating on chicken tenders with the introduction of their new Original Recipe Chicken Tenders with a special deal.
According to the company, “the chicken tender battle begins as KFC announces the availability of Original Recipe Tenders – a tender so juicy, so crispy and so packed with flavor. They’re not like other chicken tenders – they are double hand-breaded using KFC’s legendary secret blend of 11 herbs and spices and fried to golden perfection.”
The special deal features a new $5 box of Original Recipe Chicken Tenders, Secret Recipe Fries and two of KFC’s signature sauces. You can try the new tenders at participating KFC locations nationwide and they’re available now.
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