I am probably the only person who has noticed this interesting phenomena in the grocery store. How much does a bag of Tostitos cost? Well, nobody would know until they actually paid for it. I've been to several grocery stores and it is obvious that the Frito Lay company has directed the stores to remove all price stickers for their products, including the price label on the shelves. The bags themselves do not have a price printed on them, either. Is this to keep the consumer ignorant that corn (and other food commodity prices) are going up? I don't think that this is Frito Lay's responsibility. I figure a bag of chips is probably 3 or 4 bucks. But I'd like to be informed BEFORE buying the bag if they have decided to jack the price up to 5 or 6.

Another bone I have to pick with Frito Lay: their chip bags say something like, "Cooked with all natural oils!" Well, DUH. Oil comes from the earth. Even petroleum, an oil that we consider to be inedible, comes from the earth. This is like saying, "Potato chips that are made from potatoes!"

Frito Lay has done something right lately; they are now making a lower salt version of their potato and tortilla chips. However, for the privilege of having less salt added to your food, you get 30% less product for the same price as the extremely salty food. I bought a bag of Frito Lay reduced salt potato chips, and you can actually taste the potato flavor that is inherent in food that is made from potatoes. This is quite a change in comparison to today's American diet, which can be summarized briefly as, "Would you like some [insert food here] with your salt?"