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Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes by pests on Sunday September 14, 2025 @08:38PM (#45244834)
Link for the lazy:

https://miamifruit.org/products/gros-michel-banana-box-order...

$17 for a single fruit!

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Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes by kemayo on Sunday September 14, 2025 @10:33PM (#45245486)
Lucille Bluth underestimated, it turns out!

(Context for the unfamiliar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTswXAFA18Y )

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Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes by dghlsakjg on Monday September 15, 2025 @12:10AM (#45246030)
She was dead on if you account for inflation.

$10 in 2003 when the show first aired is $17.61 using the CPI to calculate inflation.

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Re:Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes by Dylan16807 on Monday September 15, 2025 @12:05AM (#45245997)
Nah, that's inflation.
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