Administrators Eric Posted December 23, 2023 Administrators Share Posted December 23, 2023 I've noticed a recent trend with food products. Many are getting smaller. I bought a box of Toaster Strudel at the store today, on impulse. I used to love them. The box is still the same size, but the pastries inside are now about an inch shorter than they used to be and by 'used to be' I mean since the last time I bought these things, which was less than a year ago. This isn't the only food product I've noticed this on. In addition to food prices going up, some companies are making the products smaller. Have any of you noticed this in other food products? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 I almost bought the smallest size bag of chips the other day. The bag looked the same size as always but if you held it to the light, you could easily see it was 80% air. Only, like, five chips in there. I wonder if the store buyers get to choose between 'same packaging / less contents' or 'smaller package / less contents'? Some people might still have a conscience. It's been a very long time since I bought breakfast cereal. The box (on the shelf) looked the same width and height. But it was only ~1" thick. PSYCH!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 52 minutes ago, Eric said: I've noticed a recent trend with food products. Many are getting smaller. I bought a box of Toaster Strudel at the store today, on impulse. I used to love them. The box is still the same size, but the pastries inside are now about an inch shorter than they used to be and by 'used to be' I mean since the last time I bought these things, which was less than a year ago. This isn't the only food product I've noticed this on. In addition to food prices going up, some companies are making the products smaller. Have any of you noticed this in other food products? Yes. Have you noticed the standard weight of a bag of coffee has shrunk? And cereal boxes, don't get me started on that -I've been so annoyed, I only buy cereal anymore when the one child who loves her cereal is home. The rest of the time, we eat bacon and eggs or hashbrowns and sausage for breakfast. Or skip breakfast. I'm waiting for the cans of soup to shrink again. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted December 23, 2023 Author Administrators Share Posted December 23, 2023 Just now, Mrs.Cicero said: Yes. Have you noticed the standard weight of a bag of coffee has shrunk? And cereal boxes, don't get me started on that -I've been so annoyed, I only buy cereal anymore when the one child who loves her cereal is home. The rest of the time, we eat bacon and eggs or hashbrowns and sausage for breakfast. Or skip breakfast. I'm waiting for the cans of soup to shrink again. I thought I was going crazy. Or maybe growing. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Eric said: I've noticed a recent trend with food products. Many are getting smaller. I bought a box of Toaster Strudel at the store today, on impulse. I used to love them. The box is still the same size, but the pastries inside are now about an inch shorter than they used to be and by 'used to be' I mean since the last time I bought these things, which was less than a year ago. This isn't the only food product I've noticed this on. In addition to food prices going up, some companies are making the products smaller. Have any of you noticed this in other food products? Many cereal boxes are so narrow that they can't stand on the shelf by themselves. Smaller containers, less stuff, same or higher price too. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 59 minutes ago, Eric said: I thought I was going crazy. Or maybe growing. Or we've dropped into Alice's Wonderland, and it's not just Alice shrinking... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Easy to understand...We are too fat. and by shrinking the amount of "stuff" in a box the Manufacturers are putting us on a diet Nah, I don't believe that either 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minderasr Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Average canned food used to be a pound for say a typical can of chili. Now they are 15 ounces or even 14.5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukenukem Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 I remember when ice cream containers were half gallon. I've noticed the cereal box shrinkage too. I don't often eat breakfast but I keep stuff around in case I want some. My old cereal went stale and I was going to buy some fresh stuff. I wasn't about to pay 7 bucks for the smallest box of fruit loops I've seen, not counting the single serve ones they have in hotels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Inflatable sheep are only 1/4 cu ft nowdays. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Governments almost uniformly blame “evil” business people for raising prices thus causing inflation. They don’t want to admit that they are destroying the money with their printing presses. Thus they removed the previous metals which were once the money. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minderasr Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 On 12/23/2023 at 4:37 PM, Dukenukem said: I remember when ice cream containers were half gallon. I remember when Breyers was actually ice cream and not "frozen dairy dessert". 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 THE END IS NEAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted December 26, 2023 Author Administrators Share Posted December 26, 2023 20 minutes ago, DAKA said: THE END IS NEAR I thought it was the new sheriff that was near? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peng Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Shrinkflation is very real. The government even stepped in a few years ago and passed a law making it ok for liquor companies to do it. It was previously illegal to fill in any off sizes. Look closely at this latest Jack Daniels release: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Spicoli Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Shrinkage is realz! I use to be a hearty 4" and now look at me! DM me if you wanna see a pic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 51 minutes ago, El Spicoli said: Shrinkage is realz! I use to be a hearty 4" and now look at me! DM me if you wanna see a pic. Does it depend on the temperature of the lake when you dive in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 1 hour ago, El Spicoli said: Shrinkage is realz! I use to be a hearty 4" and now look at me! DM me if you wanna see a pic. Suspect I’m already receiving too many “X” rated emails. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aomagrat Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Read the contents too. Ruth's pimento cheese now contains no cheese. Ruth's hot dog chili now contains no meat. I saw a brand of peanut butter (store brand) that was only 50% peanuts. A lot of meat products that used to be made with beef or pork are now made with chicken. Whenever an established product starts advertising itself as "new and improved" it's neither, just made cheaper. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 4 hours ago, El Spicoli said: Shrinkage is realz! I use to be a hearty 4" and now look at me! DM me if you wanna see a pic. Don't worry, Summer is coming again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minderasr Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 19 hours ago, El Spicoli said: Shrinkage is realz! I use to be a hearty 4" and now look at me! Tom Thumb? Is that you? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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