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Oct 2, 2022 10:16:32   #
junglejim1949 Loc: Sacramento,CA
 
Bison Bud wrote:
While I understand that companies have to make a profit and that costs are steadily going up for everyone, this shrinkflation and other marketing tricks companies play with their products is really starting to bug me. I for one, would rather pay an increased price for a product that I've been loyal to and use frequently, rather than change the size, quantity, or quality, of the product, especially doing so subversively. There are many examples of this, but the latest case in point and the one that has put me over the edge is Scott toilet tissue. I started using this product as a kid mainly because we had a septic tank/field and it was very good at breaking down in these systems and have found it to be consistently excellent and worth the price over rival brands. Frankly, I've used this product for many, many years and have been brand loyal to it. However, I recently noticed that it simply did not do the job as well as it formally did and with a bit of research learned that they did indeed shrink it in size and in thickness. I guess I gotta vent a little bit, but I wish these manufacturers would leave proven products alone and just pass along the rise in prices needed to produce and distribute the original product and still make a reasonable profit. How can it possibly be better to charge more for less quality, etc. not to mention that they try to slide it by you and hope you won't notice? So much for band loyalty at least for me! Anyway, thanks for listening.
While I understand that companies have to make a p... (show quote)


I have noticed the same thing... a matter of GREED

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Oct 2, 2022 11:26:25   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
I thought that "shrinkflation" was when a fellow stepped into a cold swimming pool.


He would have to do more than "step" into it. : )

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Oct 2, 2022 11:29:09   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
Right! Basically, they are selling a different product, so it should have a different name and different packaging. If I know that a half gallon of ice cream will be enough for a group of people, I don't want to buy the new package that contains only three pints. It's the same with many products. Remember when you could get two sandwiches from a can of tuna fish? Now, you barely get one.

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Oct 2, 2022 11:40:13   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Right! Basically, they are selling a different product, so it should have a different name and different packaging. If I know that a half gallon of ice cream will be enough for a group of people, I don't want to buy the new package that contains only three pints. It's the same with many products. Remember when you could get two sandwiches from a can of tuna fish? Now, you barely get one.

Get the same amount at a higher price or buy two of the smaller cans of tuna, at a higher cost... Difference?????
More waste (another can).

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Oct 2, 2022 12:09:27   #
alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ
 
Canisdirus wrote:
Heh...it's just politicians running economies...the incompetence is rife.

That's all it takes...incompetence...and that's in spades right now.


πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

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Oct 2, 2022 12:13:57   #
lenben Loc: Seattle
 
Remember 1/2 gallon ice cream. Fairly rapidly down to 3 pints in a package looking the same. And the prices for it are rising steadily. Fortunately mild and cream are in quart and 1/2 gallon bottles - so far no change in that except price.

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Oct 2, 2022 13:37:51   #
Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL
 
Longshadow wrote:
They do make Oreo "thins".
Hope you got these instead of the originals!
(Unless they switched to only making the thins....)


If Oreos discontinue double stuff, I'm out.

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Oct 2, 2022 13:49:43   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Alafoto wrote:
If Oreos discontinue double stuff, I'm out.

I'm the opposite.
I'd rather have half-stuff with the original size cookies.
But they reduces both on the thins.

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Oct 2, 2022 14:04:39   #
Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL
 
Longshadow wrote:
I'm the opposite.
I'd rather have half-stuff with the original size cookies.
But they reduces both on the thins.


What do you think of the flavors other than chocolate? Lemon, strawberry, etc.

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Oct 2, 2022 14:08:54   #
GEngel-usmc Loc: Spencerport NY - I miss Lakeland, FL
 
Toilet paper is so thin now that there’s only one side! 😱

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Oct 2, 2022 14:27:10   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
Alafoto wrote:
What do you think of the flavors other than chocolate? Lemon, strawberry, etc.

For "Oreo's"? Never tried any.....
(I have a small group of commercial cookies I like.)

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Oct 2, 2022 17:00:43   #
TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC
 
suntouched wrote:
And Oreos- very thin now like thin mints- little frosting in the center-


Is nothing sacred?

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Oct 2, 2022 18:20:27   #
napabob Loc: Napa CA
 
sippyjug104 wrote:
I thought that "shrinkflation" was when a fellow stepped into a cold swimming pool.


HA!

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Oct 3, 2022 09:39:09   #
Dannj
 
Whatever.
I don’t read any paragraph that long but I hope you got the answer/help/information you were seeking.😊

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Oct 3, 2022 10:30:44   #
markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ
 
Canisdirus wrote:
Heh...it's just politicians running economies...the incompetence is rife.

That's all it takes...incompetence...and that's in spades right now.


If you don't like the politicians you have a choice - run for office! Constant complaints do not seem to change anything.
Mark

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