r/onejob • u/FlacoVerde • 6d ago

A little off on the “per package” there, bub!

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u/calgy 6d ago

Alternatively theres just half a serving in one package.

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u/MSgtGunny 6d ago

Top says 4.5 servings per package.

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u/calgy 6d ago

My point is that information could be wrong as well. And you blindly assume it to be true when there is another glaring error on the package already.

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u/Xsiah 6d ago

It's not a terrible point, but if we think about it logically given real life context clues, it's more likely that a serving of 2.5 cups seems like a reasonable amount of whatever that is (chips?), and it's more reasonable that a package would have 11.25 cups in it rather than 1.25 cups. So it's probably the per package value that's wrong (or at least the wrongest of the numbers shown)

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u/Academic_Nectarine94 4d ago

2.5 cups is a LOT of food. That's the volume of a full meal for me.

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u/Xsiah 4d ago

It depends on what it is. Things that can't be densely packed won't be as much as things that can. Like a cup of Doritos is less food than a cup of crushed Doritos.

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u/Academic_Nectarine94 4d ago

Oh, for sure. But I've never seen chips measured in cups. It's certainly possible they did that, but it would he out of the ordinary.

Usually, chips are per chip, and nutritional info usually goes by the size of the package (so 2 hot pockets, or 1/3 of the container of jelly beans, for example)

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u/Xsiah 4d ago

Popcorn is often measured in cups, and I just looked it up and some of these brands list 3 cups per serving.

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u/Academic_Nectarine94 3d ago

Ah! That would make sense with the calories here too.

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u/calgy 6d ago

I agree, that is very much more likely. Though if shrinkflation continues like it does, we might end up with packing sizes that contain less than one serving.

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u/Jack0fAllGames 6d ago

The “container” has multiple smaller “packages.” Each package is half of a serving size. 

2.5 cups * 4.5 servings-per-container = 11.25 cups

11.25 cups / 1.25 cups-per-package = exactly 9 packs

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u/FlacoVerde 6d ago

Nope. It was one bag. Nice AI math tho

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u/Leatsyke 5d ago

both of those answers are correct

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u/FlacoVerde 5d ago

I don’t have 9 packs. I have one bag.