PSoTD

No kidding.

Manufacturers are scaling back the sizes of products ranging from dog food to chewing gum.

And although prices are staying about the same, if you use a product regularly, "package shrink" could hurt your wallet.

"Downsizing is decades old, but because of the economy, we are seeing more of it," said Edgar Dworsky, a former Massachusetts assistant attorney general for consumer affairs who now edits two consumer Web sites, Consumerworld.com and Mouseprint.org.

I wish there was a web site that tracked consumer product sizes over time, something like an inflation index on price but a deflation index on quantity.