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by throwawayffffas
19 hours ago
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8-oz was glass bottles I think. 12-oz cans were a thing in the 50s, we still have 12-oz cans, there are 8-oz cans out there and the vending machines typically carry 12-oz cans or at most 16-oz bottles where I live. Everything bigger is clearly meant to be consumed over multiple sittings or by multiple people. I will grant you that fast food restaurants especially and restaurants in general do offer ludicrous amounts of soda for a very low price. But the retail packaging has not really gotten larger, in a very long time. |
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The same thing happened with crisps (potato chips). The small bags that were standard when I was a kid in the 90s can now only be found in the big multipacks, while the standard size is now the old "grab bag", which is 2+ servings. Of course, since you can't buy the old size as separates anymore, everyone eats the whole grab bag these days.
I don't think the whole "multiple sittings or multiple people" thing holds up in reality.