EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- The half-gallon ice cream container -- the sweet standard of grocery store freezers for decades -- is starting to shrink. While manufacturers over the years reduced the ...

Recently, WW received an email from a reader incensed over a "weird insidious virus attack on ice cream." Her complaint: Ice-cream container sizes are shrinking, but prices aren't. And that's ...

GARDNERS, Pa. — Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Alan Downs figured it would be a breeze to down a half-gallon of Hershey’s chocolate ice cream. He plunked his money at the Pine Grove Furnace Store, took ...

With gas prices soon to reach $4 per gallon, older fuel pumps may display half gallon prices in coming weeks, Gov. Ed Rendell said today. The total cost of gas will remain the same. Some older, ...

Kroger is celebrating National Chocolate Milk Day, offering a free half-gallon of its Kroger Brand to customers on Friday and Saturday. A news release from the Cincinnati-headquartered grocery says ...

Coming to a gas station near you: Half-gallon pricing. New York state Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today announced that gas stations with non-digital fuel dispensers can apply for ...

Ahh, Mother’s Day. An entire day for time-starved moms to rest, relax and luxuriate in hours and hours of freedom from real-world responsibilities. Right? Wrong! Moms know the truth; the “celebration” ...

Breweries around town have their new glass jugs ready to go - hundreds of shiny half-gallon jugs. Distilleries, too, are expecting increased sales thanks to a new law that, quite simply, allows ...

Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: Question: Why is a gallon of milk actually cheaper in the store than a half-gallon? Is it the packaging? It seems like the ...

When was the last time you bought a half-gallon of ice cream or a pound of coffee? The question arises because of the recent publicity about candy maker Mars preparing to make some of its candy bars ...