Show us your shrinkflation examples!

Overnight

Overnight

This has not been discussed much on the forum, but the real-world examples are all around and they have been subtle. I noticed it many many years ago, but finally have an example I can show.

The following is a pic of a mini-Reeses PB cup party bag. ForEVER they have been priced at $9.99 per bag for 40 oz at Walmart. Ever since I can remember they were 40 oz, even when they were in the old format with the box many moons ago.

Well, here you go. I bought a bag today at Walmart for $9.99, and when putting it away, I found a mostly-empty bag in the back of cupboard forgotten. Bought it ~2 years ago. So here are the two. The one on the right is old bag, the one on left is new bag.

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True in-your-face secretive inflation.

There are many more examples I can recall from memory across the food aisle, but this is the only one I have proof of.

Anyone else out there have examples of this hidden inflation?

(And the fact that the weight dropped to exactly 1 Kg is not lost on me. Wonder what that might represent.)
 
nooby_mcnoob said:
The name will never be repeated (I forgot and never bought hot dogs again)
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C'mon man, who the hell was it? Who sells hotdogs in a 5-pack? Never seen it, which is why I am curious.

Nathan's, Sabretts, Bar-S, Oscar Meyer, etc etc all sell in 8 packs. Hebrew National is of course always in a 7-pack. Who sells hot dogs in a 5-pack! We must know, to know to never buy that brand!

It is bad enough when Heeb Nats sell the 7-packs knowing full well that most hot-dog buns are sold in 8-packs, so we have to keep buying more and more hotdog buns to eventually match the hotdog-to-bun ratio.

But 5 dogs to an 8 pack of buns? That throws off the whole equation.
 
Today's market action is my example. The price of stocks, bonds, gold, real estate (REITs) and most everything else tanked....but the price of oil (the cornerstone commodity that's already inflated and affects most everything else in supply chains and life) goes up. So for most everyone, the assets representing purchasing power shrank while their expenses went up. Thanks, Fed, for like the 291,678th time you've botched things up!
 
Overnight said:
C'mon man, who the hell was it? Who sells hotdogs in a 5-pack? Never seen it, which is why I am curious.

Nathan's, Sabretts, Bar-S, Oscar Meyer, etc etc all sell in 8 packs. Hebrew National is of course always in a 7-pack. Who sells hot dogs in a 5-pack! We must know, to know to never buy that brand!

It is bad enough when Heeb Nats sell the 7-packs knowing full well that most hot-dog buns are sold in 8-packs, so we have to keep buying more and more hotdog buns to eventually match the hotdog-to-bun ratio.

But 5 dogs to an 8 pack of buns? That throws off the whole equation.
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Some hipster brand I literally forgot
 
deaddog said:
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There is an interesting sidenote to your example.

Note the calorie and sugar count on old vs. new. (Assuming left is old and right is new.)

So the old box is 1.3 kg, has 190 cals and 10g of sugar per serving.

The new box is 1.2 kg, has 200 cals and 11g of sugar per serving. Assuming the serving-size is the same between the two boxes, what can that tell us?

It means they are just giving us more sugar and less grain at the same price, as high-fructose corn syrup is cheap!
 
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