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Found at Harris Teeter. Who on earth was the marketing wiz that came up with that name?
Things I Learned at Target Yesterday
I'm not one to shop for clothes very much, but I needed a new pair of jeans.
After church and lunch, Dana and I headed over to Target where I assumed could find reasonably priced jeans. I was pleasantly surprised that they had jeans for $19.99 and up and that they had a lot of really neat guy's t-shirts with designs I liked.
In the fitting rooms I learned the meaning of the words "Athletic Fit" :
- Sizes are 1 size smaller than normal.
- The shirts are all too short.
I'm usually a "L" shirt size, but I required an XL these athletic fit shirts. Funny that they charge $2 more for the XXL shirts. That means the guys that are usually a XL are going to get screwed when it comes to buying athletic fitted shirts.
Then again, maybe they're trying to tell us that us L and XL guys shouldn't even be shopping for something that says "Athletic Fit." 
Sneaky Ice Cream Companies
I've noticed the price of Ice Cream steadily rising ($6 for what used to cost $4) and I know that food costs in general are up... we're consistently $75 or more over our food budget each month recently.
Well, it now looks like 1.5 quarts is the new "1/2 gallon."
Based on the information provided in the Consumerist post, that represents a 16.7% price increase! How so? Check this out:
Previous Price Per Quart:
$5.99 ÷ 1.75 quarts = $3.42 per quart
New Price Per Quart:
$5.99 ÷ 1.50 quarts = $3.99 per quart
Percentage Price Increase:
($3.99 - $3.43) ÷ $3.42 = 16.7%
To put that in perspective, these same ice cream companies would now have to charge $8 for a 1/2 gallon of ice cream if the size stayed the same and they just raised prices. Right now Blue Bell sells for around $6.30 for a 1/2 gallon.
Size reductions are very sneaky because most people don't do the math.
[via allfinancialmatters.com]
I love ice cream but don't eat it much because Dana is severely lactose intolerant. Maybe that is a blessing that I don't have to absorb these price hikes from the ice cream manufacturers.
More on the amazing "grocery shrink-ray" here.
Shop by unit price, not size or total price. It's a much better way to save money at the store.
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Nike+ Running Stats
- Total runs: 175
- Total distance: 305.50mi
- Total time: 89hr 23min 36sec
- Total calories: 40,864
- Avg pace per mi: 17'33"
- Avg distance per run: 1.75mi
- Avg calories per run: 233.51
My Records
- Farthest Run: 6.43mi
- Fastest Mile: 8'40"
- Fastest 5K: 32'10"
- Fastest 10K:2hr 16min 12sec
My Recent Runs
- August 25, 2010, 11:06pm
- Distance: 0.46mi
- Duration: 31' 22"
- Calories: 61
- August 25, 2010, 6:02pm
- Distance: 1.20mi
- Duration: 21' 6"
- Calories: 159
- August 24, 2010, 4:39pm
- Distance: 1.12mi
- Duration: 19' 58"
- Calories: 148
