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minus-squarevithigar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-24 days agoI stopped buying Campbell’s or any of its subsidiary brands a few years ago when they both raised prices and reduced the size of the can. They were underhanded about it too because they made the cans slightly taller so it wasn’t obvious that they had less volume.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·4 days agoShrinkflators can go F themselves. That shrunken package with the same, or often higher, price is a major incentive for me to buy their competitors’ products instead.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoYeah but like 99% of them do it now. There’s often no alternative that isn’t also shrinkflated
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoSome things like Orange Juice have gone there for reasons beyond greed - though greed is still a major component. Many things that practice shrinkflation are entirely optional in your diet…
I stopped buying Campbell’s or any of its subsidiary brands a few years ago when they both raised prices and reduced the size of the can.
They were underhanded about it too because they made the cans slightly taller so it wasn’t obvious that they had less volume.
Shrinkflators can go F themselves. That shrunken package with the same, or often higher, price is a major incentive for me to buy their competitors’ products instead.
Yeah but like 99% of them do it now. There’s often no alternative that isn’t also shrinkflated
Some things like Orange Juice have gone there for reasons beyond greed - though greed is still a major component.
Many things that practice shrinkflation are entirely optional in your diet…