Shrinkflation

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roastedpotatoEnglish · 6 days ago

Is this shrinkflation?

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Is this shrinkflation?

roastedpotatoEnglish · 6 days ago

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Showroom7561 · 2 months ago

"New" = less product and a huge price jump! (Daiya vegan cheese)

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"New" = less product and a huge price jump! (Daiya vegan cheese)

Showroom7561 · 2 months ago

LimpRimbleEnglish · 1 month ago

"Losing 50 ml for the same price": Canadians call out Classico pasta sauce shrinkflation

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"Losing 50 ml for the same price": Canadians call out Classico pasta sauce shrinkflation

LimpRimbleEnglish · 1 month ago

Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 5 months ago

damn lost ounces but not millilitres

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damn lost ounces but not millilitres

Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 5 months ago

streetfestivalEnglish · 5 months ago

Tropicana juice cartons now 1.75L in my area - used to be 1.89L

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Tropicana juice cartons now 1.75L in my area - used to be 1.89L

streetfestivalEnglish · 5 months ago

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setVeryLoud(true);M · 8 months ago

Nestlé Carnation hot chocolate: 400g (was 500)

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Nestlé Carnation hot chocolate: 400g (was 500)

setVeryLoud(true);M · 8 months ago

over_clox@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Burger King Bacon Burger $5 Meal - Sauce For Scale

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Burger King Bacon Burger $5 Meal - Sauce For Scale

over_clox@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

graphito@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months ago

Catering to US&UK customers bc ofc

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Catering to US&UK customers bc ofc

graphito@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months ago

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dandu3@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

Iced tea is now a 20 pack instead of a 24.

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Iced tea is now a 20 pack instead of a 24.

dandu3@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

streetfestivalEnglish · 1 year ago

Big bag of Ruffles potato chips: used to be 220g, now 200g (price unchanged)

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Big bag of Ruffles potato chips: used to be 220g, now 200g (price unchanged)

streetfestivalEnglish · 1 year ago

setVeryLoud(true);M · 1 year ago

Food with artificial sweeteners tastes bitter and unsweetened?

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Food with artificial sweeteners tastes bitter and unsweetened?

setVeryLoud(true);M · 1 year ago

Showroom7561 · 1 year ago

Cottonelle toilet paper: Higher price with less toilet paper

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Cottonelle toilet paper: Higher price with less toilet paper

Showroom7561 · 1 year ago

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usualsuspect191 · 1 year ago

Soap getting slimmer

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Soap getting slimmer

usualsuspect191 · 1 year ago

zoostation@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

This candy shrunk 15% and now CVS lies about its cost/oz

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This candy shrunk 15% and now CVS lies about its cost/oz

zoostation@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Lichen The KitchenEnglish · 1 year ago

I thought I'd treat myself with some coconut chocolates

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I thought I'd treat myself with some coconut chocolates

Lichen The KitchenEnglish · 1 year ago

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setVeryLoud(true);M · 1 year ago

Célébration Raspberry truffle, shallow packaging

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Célébration Raspberry truffle, shallow packaging

setVeryLoud(true);M · 1 year ago

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CanadianCorhen · 1 year ago

shrinkflation vs skimpflation, which do you hate more

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shrinkflation vs skimpflation, which do you hate more

CanadianCorhen · 1 year ago

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Troy · 1 year ago

Bowled over: Why some Canadians are feeling duped by their breakfast cereal | CBC

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Bowled over: Why some Canadians are feeling duped by their breakfast cereal | CBC

Troy · 1 year ago

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zoostation@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

IKEA shrunk its candy but still labels it as the larger size

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IKEA shrunk its candy but still labels it as the larger size

zoostation@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

setVeryLoud(true);M · 1 year ago

[META] The CBC video (and article) that made me create this community

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[META] The CBC video (and article) that made me create this community

www.youtube.com

setVeryLoud(true);M · 1 year ago

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Shrinkflation

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A community about companies who sneakily adjust their product instead of the price in the hopes that consumers won’t notice.

We notice. We feel ripped off. Let’s call out those products so we can shop better.

What is Shrinkflation?

Shrinkflation is a term often coined to refer to a product reducing in size or quality while the price remains the same or increases.

Companies will often claim that this is necessary due to inflation, although this is rarely the case. Over the course of the pandemic, they have learned that they can mark up inelastic goods, which are goods with an intangible demand, such as food, as much as they want, and consumers will have no choice but to purchase it anyway because they are necessities.

From Wikipedia:

In economics, shrinkflation, also known as the grocery shrink ray, deflation, or package downsizing, is the process of items shrinking in size or quantity, or even sometimes reformulating or reducing quality, while their prices remain the same or increase. The word is a portmanteau of the words shrink and inflation.

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Consumer advocates are critical of shrinkflation because it has the effect of reducing product value by “stealth”. The reduction in pack size is sufficiently small as not to be immediately obvious to regular consumers. An unchanged price means that consumers are not alerted to the higher unit price. The practice adversely affects consumers’ ability to make informed buying choices. Consumers have been found to be deterred more by rises in prices than by reductions in pack sizes. Suppliers and retailers have been called upon to be upfront with customers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation

Community Rules

Posts must be about shrinkflation, skimpflation or another related topic where a company has reduced their offering without reducing the price.
The product must be a household item. No cars, industrial equipment, etc.
You must provide a comparison between the old and new products, what changed and evidence of that change. If possible, also provide the prices and their currency, as well as purchase dates.
Meta posts are allowed, but must be tagged using the [META] prefix

n.b.: for moderation purposes, only posts in English or in French are accepted.##

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