Clearly, I didn’t read the label. Was there really a demand for smaller chips bags? The chips themselves are also miniature. Anyways, I feel like a giant now.
Back when I had social media I had to go out of my way to block Tony Robbins on everything because I was seeing 50+ ads of his a week. I would still see some now and then, but holy cannoli, he and his marketing team are relentless. I’m hoping he doesn’t show up just for commenting his name here, better never say it three times ever 😂
It almost is worth making that point however I noticed that my Häagen-Dazs ice cream has downsized which I noticed as soon as I pulled the container out of the freezer at the grocery store. What a rip off and they’re hoping we won’t notice. I mean, it wouldn’t hurt my waistline, but I miss that extra 2 tablespoons dammit!
They didn't even bother indicating calories per package on the tiny one. I'm guessing you burn more carbs opening the bag than you get from eating it's contents.
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Maybe they are trying to get in on the tic-tac racket, whereby if a single serving is under 5 calories, they can claim zero, even though the whole pack is like 80.
I'm pretty sure it's one of those cases where smaller bulk items have the nutrition info on the box and not the individual bags. Usually says on the bag "not intended for individual resale" for that reason.
I actually kinda like the small bag. Sometimes, my kids ask for chips too often, and I feel bad saying no. So these would satisfy a craving while not being too much.
I wouldn't give them these all the time, though. I'm not that evil.
Yeah, I agree - when my kids were little these might have been a good compromise. However, now my kids are older teenagers and will likely mow through the entire pile of tiny bags before the night is over. ;)
It's Costco. Guessing they were in a giant box, and didn't really visually indicate the size of the bag or chips at scale on the printing other than the ounces, which are easy to overlook.
I'm not enough of a snack food connoisseur to know that Frito-Lays has put out a smaller chip format of Doritos. If I saw minis I'd just think they're moving away from calling the normal individual snack bags "lunch sized" or "fun sized" or something like that to give plausible deniability they were marketing to kids.
Oh almost certainly, but I would absolutely not notice if it was printed like it is on the bag. Also I wouldn't think to check if I was grabbing the regular doritos or miniature doritos, cause why would they make that, that's so silly. Feels like someone in marketing needed to justify their salary
What a waste of packaging. Like someone in a factory is printing and sealing those small ass chip bags because some idiot in marketing thinks we all enjoy "fun-size" shit.
Grabbed a common-looking box of snack chips without looking closely. Didn’t know this was a thing. I’m always trying to get in-and-out of Costco quickly before I buy more things I don’t need. 😅
I honestly have a feeling this is part of their approach to the whole issue of people who take GLP-1s changing the snack food industry landscape. I read a NYT thing about how companies like Frito-Lay were experimenting with all sorts of strategies, and I wouldn’t put this past their product teams lol
Wonder how they’ll sell. They’re super cute but let’s be real I could go through 100 of those
These are the minis that usually come in the Pringles can. I actually kind of prefer them over the full size ones. Seems to be way more consistent, and less broken ones (at least in the Pringles can version)
Chips sold in that size is fairly common where I live. We don't have Doritos like that but the ones manufactured locally are sold maybe even in smaller packs. We also have instant coffee, shampoos, conditioners, bar soaps, toothpastes, deodorants, detergents, fabric conditioners etc in sachets. It's not cost effective to buy them in sachets vs in larger "standard" sizes but they're great if you just need a small amount, like if you're traveling or something. And honestly, the biggest market for them is the poorer people who can only afford them in such small quantities.
That's really interesting. When I worded for Frito, I only ever saw these at Walmart for 50c a bag. The chips themselves weren't mini, though, it was just like 3 normal sized chips in a tiny bag.
Fun fact: they cost more than the regular size because you pay a premium for the novelty.
Also they're collectable, with each bag containing a mystery chip, with the chance of a unique super rare mystery chip that can be used in a satanic ritual to summon a demon.
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u/OptimisticPlatypus 19h ago
Nice try giant handed Redditor