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Shrinkflation. Ice cream, candy bars, etc.
1 posted on 05/01/2021 7:29:18 PM PDT by dynachrome
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costco-sheets
2 posted on 05/01/2021 7:29:39 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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good find


3 posted on 05/01/2021 7:32:48 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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Dukes Mayonnaise still comes in a 32oz Jar.

My lifelong Brand Best Foods / Hellmans pissed me off when they downsized to a 30oz Jar so I tried Dukes and it’s a winner.


4 posted on 05/01/2021 7:33:21 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Don't blame me, I Voted for the guy who actually Won the 2020 Presidential Election...)
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Same with Dial soap. The bar is now made with air whipped into it and it is shaped to use the same sized box, but with substantially less soap “so you can grasp the bar more securely”. Really? I’ll take my chances...put it back the way it was 20 years ago.


5 posted on 05/01/2021 7:33:35 PM PDT by econjack
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Pound of coffee now 12 oz


6 posted on 05/01/2021 7:35:20 PM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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Their TP is the same. It went from 36 rolls to 30 rolls a few years ago.


9 posted on 05/01/2021 7:37:48 PM PDT by lodi90
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My favorites are the companies trying to convince you that less is good for you.


10 posted on 05/01/2021 7:37:54 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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Robert Reich & Mrs. Jeb Bush both are smaller too.


11 posted on 05/01/2021 7:38:50 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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Sugar and n the Raw at Costco was 7 lb pkg now 6 lb slightly higher price. At least 16% cost increase.


12 posted on 05/01/2021 7:39:35 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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Less is more


17 posted on 05/01/2021 7:47:28 PM PDT by xp38
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If global warming nitwits wanted to make a real impact to save the environment, they’d stop with the Chicken Little crap and start complaining about the real environment evil — shrinking package sizes.

Instead of raising prices a few cents, companies create megatons of trash from people who need to buy multiple boxes of something just to make up the volume of what a single box before would provide.


18 posted on 05/01/2021 7:48:46 PM PDT by Magnatron
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They will increase the size of the cardboard tube next...


23 posted on 05/01/2021 7:50:49 PM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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I get ‘em free from Staples for recycling ink cartridges. I get $2 per cartridge that I pay $.10 for on Ebay and recycle 20 per month ($40 per month), then buy a case of TP or Paper towels every few months.

Costco supports liberals. You shouldn’t shop there.


24 posted on 05/01/2021 7:51:28 PM PDT by CarmichaelPatriot (Recovering Kalifornian... Loving Alabama!)
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How about those weird super blowers they have in the restrooms...talk about the ultimate means of spreading germs through a (male) population.

They don’t have those damn things in the girls’ can, correct?


25 posted on 05/01/2021 7:51:56 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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Lever soap is about half the size that it was.


29 posted on 05/01/2021 8:01:44 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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Yep, a lot of that going on, on all kinds of products, and for years.

They think we don’t notice. And most of us don’t.

Sometimes I think it is a conspiracy: They reduce the amount of product in the package, keep it the same price, so the government can pretend there is no inflation, because see, the price per package is the same!!!

And the quality on a lot of stuff is falling as well.

Anyone eaten a frozen pizza lately? Used to be four brands that I though were pretty decent for frozen pizza. The last four I tried, all different brands, and among the ones I used to like, were barely edible. Skimpy toppings and all of them had crusts that I swear the major component must have been finely powdered drywall... It wasn’t even sawdust... that would have given a better flavor and texture than what was there.

I now make my own easy ‘pseudo pizzas’ that I vastly prefer to the store bought ones, and they only cost about 30 cents each to make (although it takes two of them to make a full meal for me). I’ll post the recipe if anyone is interested.


31 posted on 05/01/2021 8:04:18 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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Now with 20 fewer sheets. 140/160= .875 Inflation rate: 8.75% 14.3%
35 posted on 05/01/2021 8:12:21 PM PDT by Bernard (“When once the guardian angel has taken flight, everything is lost”. – William H. Seward, 1/12/1861)
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Toilet paper roll size .
Now that’s the swindle of the century.

It’s all mega roll this. Double the sheets that.... Such a massive smoke and mirrors package labeling.

Overall though, a buck a roll is still a lot better than other countries.


36 posted on 05/01/2021 8:14:29 PM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/zNLpfEDliV0)
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It’s actually (1-0.875) = 12.5%. So it’s even worse.

Red Oak 1x12 at Home Depot went from $9.87 to $15.68 in 4 months(!).

Biden Carter.


45 posted on 05/01/2021 8:28:35 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now!)
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I remember when kemp’s was making their ice cream buckets smaller. I complained to them and they told me everyone was doing it. That was all. I still have the different sizes I store things in.


48 posted on 05/01/2021 8:36:43 PM PDT by Trillian
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