Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
Broke down and bought a couple of box of Froot Loops for the first time in nearly 30s years last week. What struck my wife and me (who remember it from the '60s) was that it wasn't
- as sweet (and we have a pretty sugar-free diet)
- as flavorful (must be the all-natural colours and flavours)
- the right shape (used to be like mini-donuts or Cheerios
Last time I had any was about a decade ago or more at a hotel buffet (probably HGI) in the U.S.
As for the general changes in food, often for the worse, that probably comes about from mgmt of listed companies wanting to boost earnings growth faster than revenue growth. Something's got to give and that expense, particularly cost of goods sold.
On one of my more recent flights from ORD to get me to the Schengen area, I had an item to check in full of just boxes of recently purchased Froot Loops cereal. I was asked to keep them in the original boxes. I heard that the cereal itself didn’t go over so well as they no longer tasted the same. The person whose changed taste for them led to me being informed that I wouldn’t be asked to do this again: a kid.
The upside of shrinkflation is that probably fewer Fruit Loops got wasted for not tasting “good” like before. Can’t speak to whether the cereal’s taste has changed so fast that a kid should notice it.
Originally Posted by
thecowgoesmoo
The variety of foods available to Americans (at least those living in or near a medium- or larger sized town) has increased significantly compared to 40-50 years ago. Though if you’re a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy I suppose that doesn’t count for much.
Yes. Across the US — even in “flyover country” — availability of a variety of foods is much greater now than back then. Even for the aloo keema samosa and mutton biryani crowd.
IHOP just doesn’t hit me the same as it used to hit me. Maybe something to do with no longer seeking out some place to eat when just about everything else around was closed. Dairy Queen and Baskin Robbins are two others which also seems to be not what I remembered. Increased exposure to increased choices can lead to changed tastes and can even have an impact on memory of tastes.