Well, it looks like complaints about the rising costs of Hellman's Mayo is taking hold

[Samrob]

if not in the US, across the globe.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/shoppers-fume-as-iconic-mayo-brand-dropped-from-country-s-shelves-high-inflationary-import-costs-blamed/ar-AA16ZyEv?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=2861d11be0d64166af1f45352b5b4d55

I was way ahead of my time back in the late nineties complaining about the smaller jars and rising prices. Same goes for Kraft miracle Whip. Stopped making my Philly potato salad because of Miracle Whip prices. Don't even miss it. Learned to do without a lot of stuff during and after the pandemic. The gougers can take their shit and stuff it!

[True Dough]

1. What in the

Hellman???

[niyad]

2. I use various ranch dressings for my potato, and my egg, salads. Poured on while

potatoes are warm.

[Shermann]

3. Sometimes the retailers are to blame

Walmart seems to have these special reduced size versions of brand products (not sure about Hellmans). They use a lot of leverage on their suppliers to cave to these pinchpenny requests.

[dem4decades]

4. Costco has a 64oz jar of Hellmann, on sale today for around 6 bucks.

I hope they don't find out they should be charging more.

[Takket]

5. okay so its not just me.......

Miracle whip is $5 where I live. I bought the store brand for half that. It was maybe $3.something a year ago??? We wanted turkey sandwiches for dinner this week and the miracle whip cost more than the bakery loaf of sourdough I bought!!!!! I just can't justify paying that much for something I'm going to use about 3 tablespoons worth on a couple sandwiches.

[gay texan]

6. Well, mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard make me vomit

So really no big loss for me. All of it tastes just horrible, woof....

[Diamond_Dog]

8. I'll agree with you on the ketchup and mustard.

[brooklynite]

7. Remind us what mayonnaise is made from?

Remind us what eggs cost?

Remind us why eggs are in short supply?

[Samrob]

11. Back in 1998 there was no egg shortage. This price resizing and gouging has been going on for years

All fruit juices, especially orange in bottles that look like the 64 oz or 32 oz bottles but are only 59 or 52 oz for higher prices. Same with ice cream, most can goods, cereals, and baking goods. The packaging looks the same but the contents are from 2 to 6 oz less.

[ratchiweenie]

12. When was the last time you saw a LB package of coffee?

[LymphocyteLover]

9. I have mayonnaise like once or twice a year personally

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. Mayo prices were skyrocketing even before the egg prices went through the roof.

And somehow the store brands seem to be way the hell lower than the national brands. There's some bullshit here...

[Tommy Carcetti]

13. And Chuggo wept. nt

[bif]

14. It's real easy to make you own mayo!

All you need is a hand blender.

[Igel]

15. And oil and eggs.

And pickle or lemon juice. (Or other acid.)

Yet 40 years on after being taught how to do it, I can't. Emmylu wasn't a bad teacher, perhaps I was a bad student. Or my hand blenders weren't right while her fork was.

[Igel]

16. I'm missing something.

Perhaps.

The furore started when Hellmann’s, represented and imported in South Africa by the multinational product group Unilever, tweeted: "It’s hard to say goodbye to delicious Hellmann’s Mayonnaise. But due to high inflationary import costs, we will be discontinuing Hellman’s in South Africa."

Sounds like it's Hellmans" discontinuing the imports. And the complaints are about that.

From the OP:

The manager of one Spar supermarket with no stock of the mayonnaise, who would not give his name because he is not authorized to speak to media, told Fox News Digital: "We can’t get Hellmann’s from our central warehouse anymore. It’s strange, because it has been selling – but there is locally produced competition."