I got a Sodastream and a big tank of gas from the fire extinguisher place, and a cheap kit on Amazon to rig it up. Lol thats how long ago buying soft drinks at the grocery store pissed me off . And yeah those Oreos.. and the quality of things, I used to actually like Kraft Dinner once in a while... But they quadrupled the price and swapped out the actual noodles for whatever the hell there's way less of in the box now. We have learned a lot of things we can just make at home as prices have gone up. Including snooty coffee lol
While I agree with you generally, Kraft dinners a really poor argument on your part. As a 'poor people' food, it has remained remarkably price-stable, is still and always has been 7oz, and only underwent a recipe change about 7 or 8 years ago when they got rid of artificial dyes well ahead of any government mandate.
If you want to make your Kraft dinner taste like when you were a kid, stir in 1 tsp MSG after you add the cheese packet. It will make it taste cheesy again to your older, more refined palate.
And, they just fixed the boxes, so now the "Press here to open" spot actually opens. From what I learned in another thread from the dude that works in the box factory where they are made, Kraft invested something like $20M into that machine alone.
Oh its not the cheese... Its the noodles. One box used ro be enough for my son and I for dinner, especially with a can of tuna and some peas mixed in. Now they're whiter, thinner, and limp, they have no bite to them, and there is less volume after cooking them... Its just mushy. Maybe its just Canada getting these?
I haven't bought it in ages, my husband used to like it too so we saw a 12 pack of boxes on sale and got them, but its awful. Now I just get the cheese powder at Bulk Barn and boil macaroni.
I agree. At least in the Canadian market it has changed. Though I would argue the cheese stuff did because last time I had it the noodles seemed fine to me, though more pale. And yes, they have smaller amounts in the boxes for sure.
I stopped buying them over 10 years ago now but I remember the prices being ridiculous.
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u/LemmyLola Sep 10 '26
I got a Sodastream and a big tank of gas from the fire extinguisher place, and a cheap kit on Amazon to rig it up. Lol thats how long ago buying soft drinks at the grocery store pissed me off . And yeah those Oreos.. and the quality of things, I used to actually like Kraft Dinner once in a while... But they quadrupled the price and swapped out the actual noodles for whatever the hell there's way less of in the box now. We have learned a lot of things we can just make at home as prices have gone up. Including snooty coffee lol