Posted on 07/25/2022 8:17:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
Everything’s getting more expensive.
But have you noticed? Everything’s getting smaller, too.
Cereal boxes, soup cans, paper towels, you name it, are all shrinking in a phenomenon known as “shrinkflation.” Manufacturers figure consumers will notice higher prices, but who can tell when a box of Wheat Thins goes from 10 ounces to 8.5 ounces?
Now, shrinkflation has hit your favorite burgers and pizzas.
“For the first time ever consumers are mentioning ‘shrinkflation’ in Yelp reviews,” the website said in a release, citing new data. “In Q2 2022, consumers are talking about shrinkflation-related experiences most commonly at restaurants serving more affordable offerings like hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, followed by seafood restaurants, Italian food, and Chinese food.”
“In Q2, consumers experienced inflation the most at more casual restaurants and food businesses, with inflation mentions in reviews up 38% and 36%, respectively, compared to Q2 2021. Notable category increases include chicken shops (up 82%), TexMex (up 68%), fruit and vegetable markets (up 66%), Caribbean restaurants (up 65%), poke (64%), soul food (up 57%), Hawaiian restaurants (up 57%) and convenience stores (up 55%),” Yelp found.
“Consumers are also experiencing high inflation at arts and entertainment businesses (up 33%), particularly at festivals and street fairs (up 164%), stadiums and arenas (up 43%), arcades (31%) and movie theaters (31%). Nightlife businesses (up 30%), event services (up 22%), and hotels and travel businesses (up 20%) follow as the most inflationary categories based on Yelp reviews,” the release said.
Other brands that are deploying shrinkflation include Charmin, Bounty, and Gatorade, the Daily Mail reported earlier this month. And Honey Bunches of Oats dropped its 14.5-ounce to 12 ounces, a reduction of roughly 17%, the U.K. paper said.
Angel Soft toilet paper has also reduced its size from 425 sheets per roll to 320, while Bounty paper towels have cut their rolls from 165 sheets per roll to 147 late last year. Gatorade also cut its bottle size from 32 ounces to 28 ounces.
Some companies claim that while they’ve reduced the amount of product, buyers are still getting the same bang for their buck.
For instance, Folger’s coffee dropped one canister’s size from 51 ounces to 43.5 ounces. But the company said a more efficient bean pressing technology would allow the lowered amount to produce the same number of cups of coffee.
“We have employed a new, roasting technology that makes the most out of every bean — resulting in lighter-weight coffee grounds that deliver the same taste you love across the same number of brewed cups,” the company wrote on Twitter. “Through the use of this new roasting process, we’re able to get more coffee flavor from each bean while providing the same amount of coffee servings.”
“The total weight of our coffee products will be reduced, but the amount of coffee you receive, by way of total servings, will remain the exact same. Hope this clears up any confusion,” the company continued.
Man- that stuff is expensive!!
same thing happened during the Carter years ...
personally, we’ve noticed the $4.98 rotisserie chickens at sam’s wholesale club are at least 30% smaller than during the Trump administration and 8-pack canned green beans contain only 6 cans now ...
“For the first time ever consumers are mentioning ‘shrinkflation’”
that’s only because yelp didn’t exist in the carter years ...
Just look at how small the potato chip bags have become. And the price goes up.
Went to KFC over the weekend.
Chicken looked like it starved to death....................
When I was stationed “over there” in the military, we visited a “Torture Museum” at Rothenburg ob der Tauber. They had lots of laws about selling adulterated foods. Bakers might try to slip sawdust in their bread instead of wheat flour.
That offense would get them a period of time in the “dunker”, a metal cage on a crane like device, with repeated near drowning conditions. Sort of a primitive Food And Drug Administration. LOL
You used to get three or four reposts with one push of a button.
Now you only get one duplicate!
Doritos has reduced their quantity, but I have to say that their quality (such as it is) has remained pretty good. Can’t say that about a lot of other junk foods. They are still tasty, at least. A fair number of classic snack foods are almost inedible now. I also suspect a fair bit of the “Healthy” modifications to ingredients in years past were actually thinly disguised cost cutting measures.
It used to be when you opened a can of Hormel Chili, there was a layer of congealed fat on top. Unappetizing to some maybe, but fat adds flavor - and calories - at around 100 per tablespoon. Food is fuel. I remember when the “New and Improved” Hormel Chili went online in 1992 - and the fat went away:
Yet the calories listed on the label remained the same. How is this possible? I’d be willing to be analysis of both calories and nutrients are overstated, they are running off testing done 75 years ago on a lot of that.
Probably factory employee saliva too. Everything is tainted, imo. The syrups and “swirls” have terrible ingredients. But you are right that we should do the best we can.
You likely won't believe me when I tell you I've eaten over 2,500 HGs of Bluebell over the past ten tears. Most aspire to my physical well being.. I'm not bragging, I'm humble, in fact.
But no accounting for taste! :)
I've been exclusive on Humbolt or its Kirkland manifestation for about a year now.
A half gallon of ice cream is not a half gallon of ice cream, it is a container with a half gallon volume. Weigh your ice cream.. don't buy air.
I went to a fish and chips joint yesterday and ordered my usual 3-piece meal. Each fillet was noticeably smaller than when I went to the same place less than a month ago - I’d say they were one-third to one-half smaller than before. The price was the same.
I learned about it from my wife’s cousin RN soon after coming home in late January from 3 weeks in the hospital.
It’s helped me I think.
Another thing I have started is oatmeal milk.
Taste is a little different but I really don’t mind.
I know only too well.
Most of the time I mix it with water along with a little lemon and lime juices.
I recommend the berry flavor.
A few summer days I inhaled one or two.
My mom taught me to cook a lot of things and she used to cook for an army. It's very hard to beak those habits. But I try.
Good news, comrades! Your chocolate ration has been increased from 100 grams per month to 50! Have a slug of Victory Gin to celebrate.
A local national chain FF joint we frequent, we order a certain chicken tender combo meal...... one less tender , same price.................
I rarely link a You-tube but this one is just too hilarious - frank telephone feedback (not a video) to Jimmy Dean Sausage from a Texas customer phone call. Funny to listen if you want: I promise it’s worth it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4RNb3tt0LM
I think they are shrinking clothing sizes, too! I used to be able to fit into a 1X shirt, but now it’s too small!
I’ve been keeping an eye on that issue. They’re sneaking it in - notice that the trousers hanging in yer closet aren’t shrinking in the inseam but they are shrinking in the waist? All of mine are like that. It’s a conspiracy.
Don’t get me started on waist sizes! I used to buy 36 size waist in jeans, but they are skimping so much on the material, I need to buy 38’s!!!!
President Retard did that but thinks you won’t notice
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