We stay away from most pre-mixed food because of all the crap, including soy, that's in it. Surely you've taken a look at the ingredient list on bread these days, despite the delicious bread that can be made of flour, salt, yeast and water. Period.
And as to your second point, I agree; I'd rather the prices had been raised instead of "hiding" the smaller amount of the item via the packaging.
Around Christmas, I noticed Reese's advertising the "Now NEW Reese's Minis" (teeny-size peanut butter cups), and "with no wrapping!", like they were a such a novelty. Lemme see: a lot less candy in each piece and no wrapping to boot; yea! what a concept! Are people so lazy as to not want to have to be *burdened* with having to undo the wrapper and/or having done so, having to eat the whole thing? Because it's not like a regular sized Reese's Cup is more than one bite anymore either.
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I suppose those unwrapped candy pieces are especially inviting now that you do not have to use tweezers to pull any wrapping off. Reeses has always been a favorite. I have bee reluctant to buy anything with the smaller packaging unless a coupon is available with a special sale because I just hate getting ripped off. More to the point I hate buying smaller packaged goods for the "same" price as larger package.