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rideit

rideit

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Aug 24, 2004
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In terms of consumer goods.
I can’t be 100% sure, but my Milanos seemed awfully damn small tonight. (But I can’t find anything on teh googles)
Grumble.
Now I have to eat six of the fuckers, which messes up the packaging.
 
jdcamb

jdcamb

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rideit said:
In terms of consumer goods.
I can’t be 100% sure, but my Milanos seemed awfully damn small tonight. (But I can’t find anything on teh googles)
Grumble.
Now I have to eat six of the fuckers, which messes up the packaging.
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Those Pepperidge Farms mother fuckers. Making our cookies smaller. The Pepperidge Farms CEOS probably made Eleventy Billion dollars in compensation for us to have to suffer through smaller cookies.
 
boostindoubles

boostindoubles

Nacho Libre
Mar 16, 2004
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I bought a snickers bar the other day out of sheer hunger. It was tiny and there's no king sized anymore. LOL I looked it up and the king size snickers started being phased out in 2004. Oops
 
rideit

rideit

Bob the Builder
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That is actually held out now as a classic example/case study. Whatever happened to the ‘fat-fuck, bigger is better’ America that we loved?
FFS, just raise the prices.

www.bbc.com

Toblerone's trim: Is this the thin end of the wedge?

Why you may have to fork out more for less when it comes to chocolate biscuits and ice cream.
www.bbc.com

www.newstatesman.com

Shrinkflation: why a Dairy Milk gets smaller, not more expensive

As inflation rises, manufacturers are at risk of “demand destruction” if they increase prices.
www.newstatesman.com www.newstatesman.com

in my case, when certain grocery items get too small, I quit buying them forever as well.
 
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jdcamb

jdcamb

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Jerry Seinfeld had an episode where Mr. Pip ate a Snickers bar with a knife and fork. I believe the whole premise was stolen from my mom. She ate her snickers bars with a knife and fork. Hagen Daz vanilla Ice cream also.
 
Toshi

Toshi

butthole powerwashing evangelist
Oct 23, 2001
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rideit said:
In terms of consumer goods.
I can’t be 100% sure, but my Milanos seemed awfully damn small tonight. (But I can’t find anything on teh googles)
Grumble.
Now I have to eat six of the fuckers, which messes up the packaging.
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Not true as of a few years ago at least. Maybe an original vs double chocolate thing.

No, Pepperidge Farm’s Milano Cookies Aren’t Victims Of The Grocery Shrink Ray

Chris wrote to Consumerist upset about one of his favorite desserts, Pepperidge Farm’s Milano cookies. The cookies seemed smaller, he said, estimating that they had “reduced the size of…
consumerist.com
 
CBJ

CBJ

year old fart
Mar 19, 2002
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The toilet paper I buy at Lidl use to be 8 rolles not its 6 and the price the same. I have to time my poops to when I am at the office now and limit my 4 ply experience to the special poops.
 
stevew

stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
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i paid 8.00 for a 32oz frozen hot chocolate from the human bean coffee place near me...basically a glorified chocolate shake...the br/dunkin place was all out of any flavor ice cream worth a fuck for a shake...

i had a brain freeze coma and it was worth it....
 
Jm_

Jm_

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Jan 14, 2002
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rideit said:
That is actually held out now as a classic example/case study. Whatever happened to the ‘fat-fuck, bigger is better’ America that we loved?
FFS, just raise the prices.

www.bbc.com

Toblerone's trim: Is this the thin end of the wedge?

Why you may have to fork out more for less when it comes to chocolate biscuits and ice cream.
www.bbc.com

www.newstatesman.com

Shrinkflation: why a Dairy Milk gets smaller, not more expensive

As inflation rises, manufacturers are at risk of “demand destruction” if they increase prices.
www.newstatesman.com www.newstatesman.com

in my case, when certain grocery items get too small, I quit buying them forever as well.
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We do more with less
www.marketwatch.com

Americans are far from the world’s biggest chocolate eaters

The global chocolate-eating champs are the Swiss, who ate 9 kilos per capita last year, more than twice as much as Americans, according to Euromonitor. But...
www.marketwatch.com www.marketwatch.com
 
Jm_

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
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As long as Golden Corral still exists and every other “buffet”, US citizens need not fear “tightening up the belt” resulting in a shorter belt.
 
Sandwich

Sandwich

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canadmos said:
These dicks didn't even bother selling off or removing the old bottles before putting the new, smaller, ones up on the shelf.

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ew, what's a ml? is that greek?

no but seriously...My favorite is v8 vfusion juice. When we had our daughter, we tried to drink exclusively 100% juice, and that seemed to be a great option, beyond even the juicy juices and such. It came in like 64 oz bottles or something like that. Then they raised the prices. Then they shrank it to like 54 oz. Now it's like 42oz and the same price...it's pretty wild. We don't buy it anymore because I can't support that...
 
boogenman

boogenman

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Nov 3, 2004
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Ruffles chips, those neon orange ones that smell like ball sweat unless you are the one eating them.
 
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mykel

mykel

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Apr 19, 2013
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Quaker granola bars. Used them on canoeteips years ago. Saw one recently, it had to be half the size.

Ice cream. Most went from 2 litres to 1.7 to 1.5 and the other day saw 1.3. Strange enough the price went the other way and got bigger.
 
chuffer

chuffer

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SkaredShtles said:
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A lot / most farm products in N america (I assume that’s what you’re talking about - fresh fruits and veggies) are pretty much required to use a fairly strict chemical regimen in order to qualify for federally subsidized crop insurance and other support mechanisms.

So, although that chemical regimen is not strictly shrinkflation in terms of $/size of fresh veggies, it sure is shrinkflation in terms of the “ natural” nutrients you’re getting from them. The logic being that industrial-chemically farmed veggies and stuff don’t have quite the broad spectrum of nutrients that “micro-biome consciously farmed” (made that term up myself just now) produce does.

I am sure @sunringlerider will come along shortly and put me in my place on this topic…

I’ll sit over here in the corner with my tinfoil hat…
 
canadmos

canadmos

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SkaredShtles said:
Yeah. Straight up inflation. No fuckery. No maths required. You know where you stand. I, for one, appreciate that simplicity.
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So inflation, get fucked by a large expensive cucumber.

Shrinkflation, get fucked by an inadequate expensive cucumber.

Hmm. Choices!
 
canadmos

canadmos

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By the time one pays for cream, tomatoes etc you're at the cost of a normal jar.

But that's besides the point. The point is the outrageous price. :busted:
 
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