Posted on 03/12/2022 7:55:46 AM PST by Hojczyk
Food company Frito-Lay has cut down the number of chips in each bag of Doritos as record inflation has raised production expenses.
A bag of Doritos has five fewer chips than it used to, the company told Quartz. "Inflation is hitting everyone. … We took just a little bit out of the bag so we can give you the same price and you can keep enjoying your chips," a Frito-Lay representative said.
Other ubiquitous consumer products have fallen victim to "shrinkflation," Quartz reported. Bounty has cut three sheets from each roll of paper towels, and a box of Wheat Thins now has 28 fewer crackers.
Under the Biden administration, inflation has skyrocketed. Inflation reached a 40-year high last month, even before Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused energy prices to surge. The cost of food accounts for much of the inflation, with grocery prices up 8.6 percent from last year.
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[...like we have seen demonstrated in the treatment of the January 6 political prisoners.
You know the treatment of his supporters is driving Trump to run again more than ANYTHING else, well, except maybe for the fact that his election victory was stolen from him.
The swamp will rue the day DJT walks back into the White House as Commander in Chief and Chief Magistrate....
I'm 72, in good health, and been eating Doritos with ranch dressing all my life. You can tear my Doritos from my orange colored cold fingers. :)
I’m not sure how effective an “insurrection” would be from a bunch of burned out, scramble brained, pot smoking zombies but it would at least be entertaining.
“Products like Doritos are coated with industrial waste, stay away from them.”
PLEASE stop that BS, it’s Industrial Lubricants (renamed ‘vegetable oils’) and they are not waste.
PepsiCo.
Just think. The morons living in this country voted for this bullsh*t. The Snowflakes finally got the dream to “change the friggin’ world.” The sh*thouse “colleges” and “universities” have built a whole Army of lttle Gretas the Swedish Meatballs.
It’s getting serious now. Messing with the freaking chips. What’s next.
Very true. From toothpaste to bottled beer. Same size packages and less product inside.
The beer bottle trick is especially insidious. The bottom of the bottle is now indented, allowing for only 11.2 oz instead of the standard 12 oz.
Very sneaky.
FJB.
Hmmm, not a bad idea. Depends on the packaging (sturdy) and if the chips are original or already flavored with onion dip, cheese dip, ranch dressing. Individual packets would be too small to include a squeeze packet of sauce? Know anybody at Frito-Lay? I'll write up the presentation and you pitch it.
Chips are high in carbs and have no nutritional value. They are economically elastic in dollar value.
Likely a small step that will allow for a future of smaller bags with fewer chips at the same price.
I’ll have to smoke less dope!)
KIAs are not the bargain they used to be, but nothing is.
Economics meets cost accounting
Economic theory will tell us how long this strategy is sustainable.
Yup, greedy bastards. Guess that's why I buy canned beer. Oh wait, I think I've noticed the can bottoms are also indented. Guess I'll have to buy more Captain Morgan's rum, plus an extra bag of Doritos.
Some TP manufacturers are again reducing the number of sheets on their mega and supermega rolls.
Likely, such reductions will also be occurring on paper towel rolls and similar products.
I always hate shrinkflation. Packages/products get smaller and smaller, but still the prices go up, up.
I noticed the other day that the ole half-gallon of ice cream is now 1-qt+1-pt.
Yeah they’ve gone upscale ‘cause that’s where the profits are.
I will say those 50 grand Tellurides are pretty nice.
A 2x4 hasn’t been a 2x4 in a long time…
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