Which of Your Favorite Product (S) has SHRUNK on you?

Question

*For Me, My Reduced Jiff Peanut Butter and Now My Jet Alerts (Coffee Pill). xxoo

Massageman · Accepted Answer

I don't drink coffee, but Folger's was one of the first- decades ago- when they went to a 13 ounce "pound". The claim was that there was more flavor per given amount of coffee. Yet, people are creatures of habit and likely would just use the same amount and not 13/16 of a Tablespoonful per cup of coffee.

More recently: 32 ounce lemon juice in a bottle went from $1.00 to $1.25 at Dollar Tree AT THE SAME TIME that the contents shrunk to 500 ml, of just over half a quart. So we got it from both ends on that one, and a bit of simple 6th grade math shows that Lemon Juice went up 236.68% per unit of product. 10 packs of cocoa dropped to 8, then 6, now 5 packets, and of course the price also went up from $1.00 to 1.25. 10 packs of miniature candy bars went to 6 and now 5, and now they are sub-mini size. Peanut butter- of course- just about everyone knows went from 18 ounces to 16.3 ounces- give or take a blob- yet by ribbing the jar and adding a big dent in the bottom, they didn't even have to change the size of the label- the jar still has about the same dimensions, except in the quantity being contained. Quart jars of pasta sauce are universally 24 ounces now, and half gallons of ice cream are 48 ounces. And those "half-gallon-looking" cartons of fake "juice" products have somewhere from 52 to 62 ounces, but many times, not a half gallon. And of course let's not forget some makers that have just kept the same size container and just don't come near filling those containers, notably herbs (standardized size jars) and crackers.

I could go on and on, but why get more depressed. Have a great weekend!

Wiredone · Accepted Answer

99.9 % of the products have shrunk in volume but they keep the packaging the same so you don't realize it. It ends up costing more money because if a recipe calls for 12 Oz of something but the product is now a 10oz package, you have to buy an extra one to make up the difference

electromagnetic · Accepted Answer

Shrinkflation is an absolute killer. Potato chips not have extra more air in the bag than the 4 chips it used to.

SandandWaves · Accepted Answer

in the 80's, the bag of chips were more fuller.

BoopBoopBeep · Answer

It's because it was cold in the pool... I said that already... stop staring...

exitseven · Answer

I just bought lawn fertilizer. Two years ago they had a 50 pound bag that did 15,000 sq feet. Last year the bag was smaller and only did 14,000 sq ft. This year the bad is 36 pounds and covered 12,000 sq feet. It cost 70 bucks too.

Med_guy1978 · Answer

Chocolate bars seemed to have got smaller but I don't eat them much anymore.

Lynx122 · Answer

They tried coke once but they reversed it again. I haven't seen any other shrinkage.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

I didn’t notice it at first, but Haribo actually produces 200gr, 175gr and 160gr bag versions of the same product. 😵‍💫🤪

AviatorTom · Answer

Just abut every candy bar is smaller than it used to be... yet still more expensive.

thegreenyogi · Answer

I think in my case here at least bread loafs are the thing that have shrunk the most.

Sober_Irishman · Answer

A local meat shop I buy beef from has been shrinking their packages for a year now.

bowenw · Answer

Also, but as an example the number of cheese slices in a package and bacon.

Surely · Answer

Automobiles have been shrinking for years and getting more expensive! Along with just about everything else.

zagor · Answer

TIllamook Ice Cream have been the target of shrinkflation.

clampfan101 · Answer

My snacks and deserts would be bite sized or “fun-sized”. (Not fun at all.)

Likes2drive · Answer

Everything and charge more, especially ice cream

foxsquirrell · Answer

What do you mean a product has shrunk on you?

shortster · Answer

I am waiting for Charmin since they discontinued the double rolls.

XXblack88 · Answer

Bag of chips it's mostly air nowadays

Account · Answer

Mars bar. In the 90s it was bigger, now it has shrunk. Also the taste is a bit different.

NathanDavis · Answer

Coca~Cola only goes more expensive from time to time... but never shrinks

DrPepper12 · Answer

Ice cream is now.906 of a half gallon. It's just corporate greed. Yes Shrinkflation really pisses me off.

MsBrie · Answer

Dintymore stew and little debbies none where iam at right now.

OtterMan68 · Answer

Bottlecaps candy

EndlessVoid20 · Answer

Butter BBs and Doritos Balloons.

DJB72 · Answer

All of them

Anonymous · Answer

Parle -G biscuit.

jahaims · Answer

Caffeine pill*

Raeannox · Answer

My snickers bars 🥲 like wtf 🤬

Sirenboobzilla · Answer

Snickers is the one to have pissed me off the most

CubaPirate · Answer

All of them

dreamstar72 · Answer

Reese’s peanut butter cup and t-shirts length

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