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Where Hid that cheesy topping go? Oh there it is, sunken and Everyone has a pet peeve; l have a couple that maybe you can relate to. My first one started years ago when a great looking food ad had me happily heading to the restau- rant to try the product out Opting for takeout, I opened the bag and found a small paper wrapped parcel holding a flattened product that when unwrapped, bore little resem- blance to the ads on television or the storefront promotions. First, take those delicious looking casseroles or appetizers and quick meals looking so tasty that we buy those boxes hoping naively that what is inside is as good as it looks on the outside. Surprise! Open the box, remove the plastic covering and cardboard, bake or microwave and compare. Simply put, there wouldn't be a recycling dilemma if the outrageous amount of packaging were to be xeduced. Let’ 5 take a closer look at the problem. After that affront to both myeyes and pocketbook, like a detective, I began my mission to scrutinize and compare the actual fast food items to the photos. It soon became a quirky and annoying hobby for anyone who had to heat my rant about the injustice of it all. Shortly after that came my recy- cling peeve caused by the quantity of unnecessary waste created by too much packaging. That was the birth of my double pet peeve mis- leading advertising and the over packaging of products by manufacâ€" turers. (1‘7 V BARRISTERS AND SOUCITORS ' Real Estate’ Wills 81. Estates ° bgation ° Corporate ° Family La}; FT’QN, ARMSTRONG ,Main St., Stouffville ' 905-640-‘ By Ruth LeBlanc Eric B. Button, B.A., L.L.B. In Association 1 math C. Goodbrand B.Comm.. Lu: I feel corporate hackle: rising as I write of ridding the store shelves of cumbersome boxes and unneces- sary packaging. Just think, they would be forced to make the inside as good as the outside. Now that presents a real problem, while pro- viding a product that resembles the marketing campaign presents an entirely different one. shrunken and not at all like the photo on the box. Pizzas with cheese stretching from here to the moon loaded with vegetable: and topping are shown on the front of the panhge. Too bad money and the high profit margins win out over what is best for the environment and the planet. Once again the almighty dollar seems to rule the world for better or worse and we all pay a costly price. Now that's something to chew on, and it doesn't require packaging. Bake that baby up and compare the result to the picture and you wish you could eat the box. I figure they really need thoee boxes. If the product were sold naked with just a plastic wrapping there would not be too many taken, but, oh how our landfill sites would rejorcc Thu is when reality truly bites? Recently. when mnn'tng out of freeze: space, 1 tool: all the frozen food: out of then packaging and was left with a tall pile of boxes. Sitting humbly beside them was a small and sad offeting of foods looking once again nothlng 11k: the promised picture. To be law, there ate a few products that do deliver, but they are on the short list of winners and that 15 for taste only. not the problem of packagmg‘ A RED CARPET FUNDRAISER The Jennifer Ashleigh Foundation is gearing up fox its annual Auction and Dinner on Ftiday, May 4. The event will be held at the Hilton Toronto/Markham at Warden and Hwy 7 and this year's theme is A Night at the Oscars, a celebration of the golden age of Hollywood. Proceeds will go to support chmnlc and seriously ill children across the province. Ticket prices are $175 per person, including a gourmet meul, silent and live auctions, and an entertaining game of ‘Who wins the Oscar'. 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