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Inflation is not always an increase in price, sometimes it's a decrease in size and quality. The so-called "shrinkflation" is a relatively recent phenomenon that has been becoming more and more recognized as it became more widespread. Wanting to cut costs but keep their earnings, companies opt to "shrink" the size or pack quantity of their products rather than raise their price, leading to packages that may look almost the same, but actually have less product in them.
What's worse, companies often attempt to hide these changes by keeping them under the just-noticable difference. However, people still notice and bring public attention to shrinkflation so that others are warned. Here are photographs of some of the most egregious cases we have discovered online.
https://l.smartnews.com/p-17KfK0U/fGy1P0
SallyHemmings
(1,906 posts)This was strategic after Covid. Its all about the margins.
uppityperson
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a kennedy
(32,472 posts)Response to uppityperson (Reply #2)
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Fla Dem
(25,963 posts)doc03
(37,093 posts)1 1/2 quarts. The last time I bought eggs I think they are selling medium eggs as large ones now.
They shrunk a spare tire to a donut now we get a can of fix a flat. But the car I bought 5 years ago
now costs 25% more.
Sogo
(5,892 posts)The candy companies shrunk the size of a five cent bar and then doubled the price to a dime.
It was a major cause for concern when your weekly allowance was a dime!
JoseBalow
(5,880 posts)a kennedy
(32,472 posts)Nittersing
(6,959 posts)I swear I'm gonna break open a brand new one... I'll bet there's only 1/4" in there.