Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 21:46     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
Anonymous wrote:In 2021, the Domino tub shrunk from 4 lb to 3.5 according to the web archive.

The bag was already 4 pounds in 2021 it shows too.

I always thought the plastic tub looked really convenient but it's way more expensive than the paper sack. If you're buying the tub, then it's unlikely you care so much about the shrinkflation of sugar.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 21:06     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
In 2021, the Domino tub shrunk from 4 lb to 3.5 according to the web archive.

The bag was already 4 pounds in 2021 it shows too.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 21:05     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
Anonymous wrote:I do feel like there was recent shrinkage thought because I have a big glass jar for sugar and I used to have to put the overflow in a Tupperware but now it seems to all fit. Is it possible that the 5 pound bags were still sold in some places until recently? I do feel like I was buying 5 pounds. I actually like the smaller as it fits in my jar!


A pound of sugar is just a pint. Shake it and it's easy to squeeze another pound in a container. Don't shake it and have more air space.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 20:49     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
Anonymous wrote:I do feel like there was recent shrinkage thought because I have a big glass jar for sugar and I used to have to put the overflow in a Tupperware but now it seems to all fit. Is it possible that the 5 pound bags were still sold in some places until recently? I do feel like I was buying 5 pounds. I actually like the smaller as it fits in my jar!

What brand of sugar are you buying and how often do you fill your container? It seems that most brands, including store brands, transitioned to 4 lbs. at least 10 years ago.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 20:45     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
I do feel like there was recent shrinkage thought because I have a big glass jar for sugar and I used to have to put the overflow in a Tupperware but now it seems to all fit. Is it possible that the 5 pound bags were still sold in some places until recently? I do feel like I was buying 5 pounds. I actually like the smaller as it fits in my jar!
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 20:40     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you are thinking about flour which comes in 5 pound bags usually?


No, sugar ALWAYS used to be 5 lbs!


Oh yeah? What brand, what store, what country?


You must have Alzheimer's. It was always this in America:



Interesting.

Here's a thread from 2006 lamenting about sacks going from 5lbs to 4lbs. https://groups.google.com/g/rec.food.cooking/c/HzzzzWkaWl8

Most people here are probably under 60 so might not remember them.

Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 20:28     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
An easy google search says that the size of the sugar package transitioned to 4 lbs. around 2009 during the great recession.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 20:16     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you are thinking about flour which comes in 5 pound bags usually?


No, sugar ALWAYS used to be 5 lbs!


Oh yeah? What brand, what store, what country?


See the picture above but yea, sugar was 5 lbs.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 20:14     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
Anonymous wrote:This shrinkage started over 20 years ago. Less soap in a bar of soap. Less ice cream in a container, not 1/2 gal. Less liquids in bottles. Less sugar in a bag. Most manufacturers did all of this years ago without announcement.

+1
Sugar has been 4 lbs. for at least 20 years. Flour comes in 5 lb. bags.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 20:11     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
Anonymous wrote:Is this same person who posted the b.s. $70/week grocery story going up this year to $130?


Yes. We're also forensically analyzing whether it's the same troll who asked whether she was high-maintenance.

There's been a recent uptick in trolling.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 20:08     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
This shrinkage started over 20 years ago. Less soap in a bar of soap. Less ice cream in a container, not 1/2 gal. Less liquids in bottles. Less sugar in a bag. Most manufacturers did all of this years ago without announcement.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 19:51     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you are thinking about flour which comes in 5 pound bags usually?


No, sugar ALWAYS used to be 5 lbs!


Oh yeah? What brand, what store, what country?


You must have Alzheimer's. It was always this in America:

Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 19:46     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Perhaps you are thinking about flour which comes in 5 pound bags usually?


No, sugar ALWAYS used to be 5 lbs!


Oh yeah? What brand, what store, what country?
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 19:41     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They've been 4 lbs for quite a while


+1, at least 4-5 years maybe longer.

It was a pre-Covid change.


+1

It’s been a while.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2025 19:39     Subject: Bags of sugar are now 4 pounds!!??
You can get 10 lbs bags at Costco. They also have larger sizes if 10 lbs isn’t enough.