Corporate America’s Prank is Costing Big Bucks, and You are Paying the Bill

When was the last time you sat down and reminisced on the good old days of surplus? The days when companies did not have a problem giving away, more of their product for a much cheaper price seem to be ancient history. We now live in a world where corporations find every way possible to pick every penny from their consumers and give them nothing in return.

For many years, it seemed like people had extra everything. Do you remember the times you could be cooking and could come up short on your ingredients? Therefore, you go to your neighbor’s house to get not only the cup of sugar that you needed, but also an extra cup just to make sure that you had enough. It seems like those days are gone but it is not your fault or mine… blame corporate America.

With these big corporations and their even bigger debts, the goal(s) of the company is structured to make sure that it stays with the competition in the industry for maximum profits. The problem with this is the consumer has to pay the difference.

Let us say that you are a candy maker who sells your candy in individual bags. The only costs that you pay in this example are the workers who make and bag the candy and the drivers who deliver the candy to the stores. In this example, we will say that you are spending 25 cents a bag to pay for your workers and drivers, not including other expenses. With your other expenses equated, you would be spending a total of 45 cents on every bag of candy that is sold but your competitors are selling the same bags for 50 cents. Here you are only going to be making 5 cents profit on every bag sold. That is very unacceptable for any company so how would you go about changing this to be in your company’s favor.

I will tell you exactly how: you would put less candy in the bag with the same price tag of 50 cents to allow an increase in bags sold without changing the quantity. Now you can sell the bags for the same price and receive a bigger profit at the same time. This is going on right now as we speak but why have not they told us?

If you would have saved a box of cereal from this time last year and compared it with the same box of cereal that is on the shelf today, you would see not only a smaller quantity of cereal but also a higher price. How are these companies able to do this without letting you know of the change? This is okay with you though, right? Here we are spending the few dollars we do make and the least thing they could do is inform us when our favorite products are being cut back to save for bigger profits. Next time you get some cereal, think about this article and imagine how much cereal they will give us next year for the same price. Do not be discouraged though because there are always cheaper options. Who likes oatmeal?