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Post by madm002 on May 23, 2024 14:35:03 GMT -5
Happened to go by Taco Bell today with the grands, last day of school etc. I did not have my bottle of hot sauce in the truck, and had to use their stuff. Amazing how they have shrunk the sauce packets, reduced the quality of napkins and the best part paper straws. I had seen shrinkflation in the grocery store as well. This probably does not show up in the government numbers I imagine.
I listened to a call with Sysco, the nations largest restaurant supply house and they said alot of restaurants are in trouble due to the aggressive price increases they have pushed through.
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Post by Mango Man on May 23, 2024 16:05:46 GMT -5
The government numbers are fudged or left out. Many companies have reduced the size of their products. Oh, here comes Politics.  |
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Post by swampdog on May 23, 2024 17:33:58 GMT -5
Bars of soap are smaller, and portions in restaurants have definitely shrunk. Milkshakes got pricier and smaller. Had dinner last night in an Applebees. Probably worst meal in the last year. My burger was in four pieces in the bun. It just crumbled when I picked it up and the wife’s chicken was so salty she abandoned it. We were with friends so we overlooked the quality for the fun we were enjoying. Waitress was great.
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Post by richm on May 23, 2024 17:38:32 GMT -5
The $6 boxes of cookies are like 18 to a pack.
Im sticking to ice cream bars and breyers at bogo. Might lose weight if i wasnt addicted to soda.
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Post by cadman on May 23, 2024 17:54:59 GMT -5
This ain't nothing new, the coffee guys started it in the 80s when they shrunk coffee cans from one pound to 13ozs. The candy bars guys used the trick in the 80s. the candy would get slightly smaller, then they would come out with 10% more free and raise the price. Ice cream companies did in the mid 2000s shrinking Ice cream from a half gallon to 1.5 quarts.
Potato chip guys and cereal companies have done it for years as well.
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Post by bswiv on May 23, 2024 18:06:26 GMT -5
Happened to go by Taco Bell today with the grands, last day of school etc. I did not have my bottle of hot sauce in the truck, and had to use their stuff. Amazing how they have shrunk the sauce packets, reduced the quality of napkins and the best part paper straws. I had seen shrinkflation in the grocery store as well. This probably does not show up in the government numbers I imagine. I listened to a call with Sysco, the nations largest restaurant supply house and they said alot of restaurants are in trouble due to the aggressive price increases they have pushed through. Prices that they have HAD TO PUSH THROUGH......... If restaurants do not "push" the price increases "through" they can not pay employees.......because they lose money and go out of business. Chose wisely...... |
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Post by nikonoclast on May 24, 2024 10:39:38 GMT -5
"Shrinkflation" at Micky D's ... beyond absurd.
It's as if some bean-counter had a financial fever-dream.
( In fact, he probably got a boner when he ran the numbers. )
This "short form" video was recently posted on YouTube.
If that "thing" can legally be called a "big" anything, it should be a crime!
The clincher comes right at the end ... you won't believe the Pickle!
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Post by misterjr on May 24, 2024 13:37:39 GMT -5
Bars of soap are smaller, and portions in restaurants have definitely shrunk. Milkshakes got pricier and smaller. Had dinner last night in an Applebees. Probably worst meal in the last year. My burger was in four pieces in the bun. It just crumbled when I picked it up and the wife’s chicken was so salty she abandoned it. We were with friends so we overlooked the quality for the fun we were enjoying. Waitress was great. We had dinner at J. Alexanders last Saturday, where I usually order the baby back ribs. Normally an order had two slabs, but lat Saturday, only one slap, but they reduced the price marginally. |
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Post by richm on May 24, 2024 14:50:40 GMT -5
Most places have increased the prices and reduced the portions.
Wife and I do Longhorns and split a "big" steak, get a couple $5 jack & cokes and walk out at about $75/$80 including tip. That's about all we'll do. If we feel taken advantage of after eating out, not in a hurry to go back.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2024 14:53:58 GMT -5
It’s everywhere
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Post by luapnor on May 24, 2024 15:44:54 GMT -5
They reduce the size to keep the product "affordable" and customers returning. Blame them all you want for shrinking the products, it actually helps to make people think inflation isnt a serious problem and everything is ok.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2024 16:22:46 GMT -5
Inflation is much worse than the general population realizes. Much worse !
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Post by 4ward on May 24, 2024 16:30:37 GMT -5
A 12 pack of granola bars is now a 6 pack in the same size box. It’s everywhere across the board. Sucks but nothing new.
However!!! When beer goes to 10 oz cans, I’m going full postal. (Sorry for the terminology Tony😄)
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Post by nikonoclast on May 24, 2024 17:02:11 GMT -5
Inflation is a bellwether that defines the modern age.
Take for instance the functional equivalent of a six-pack.
The baseline of the last half-century, it's enshrined in song and story.
My fellow citizens, it's time for each and every one of us to do their part.
I ask you, how long can the republic survive when a nickel-bag costs $40?
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Post by tonyroma on May 24, 2024 17:57:43 GMT -5
A 12 pack of granola bars is now a 6 pack in the same size box. It’s everywhere across the board. Sucks but nothing new. However!!! When beer goes to 10 oz cans, I’m going full postal. (Sorry for the terminology Tony😄) I with you man, 10oz beer might turn me Pub. 🍻🍺🍻🍺 |
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Post by luapnor on May 24, 2024 18:02:13 GMT -5
Inflation is a bellwether that defines the modern age. Take for instance the functional equivalent of a six-pack. The baseline of the last half-century, it's enshrined in song and story. My fellow citizens, it's time for each and every one of us to do their part. I ask you, how long can the republic survive when a nickel-bag costs $40? It defines the federal printing press... nothing more. |
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