Shrinkflation. Folgers coffee 2 pound can.
Blues Dude wrote:
The number of raisins in my cinnamon-and-raisin bagels has been greatly reduced. Damn Russians, cutting the shipments of Ukrainian raisins to the Free World! 😎
I knew it! You can't blame everything on greed! That's too easy!
If the container says 10oz and they only put 8oz in the container, then they are just outright lying.
Blues Dude wrote:
The number of raisins in my cinnamon-and-raisin bagels has been greatly reduced. Damn Russians, cutting the shipments of Ukrainian raisins to the Free World! 😎
I think that was the Chinese
rplain1 wrote:
No doubt - the weights are going down. But I work at Costco and the complaint I hear the most is "that's too big. I'll never use all of that!" So you can blame some of it on the consumer. And this is even on products that don't expire for a year or more! I tell them they can go next door to Krogers and pay the same price for less if they want.
You are talking apples and oranges. I am not happy about the shrinkflation of coffee going from 16 oz to 12 oz. I am also not happy about going into Costco or Sam's for that matter and wanting something and finding that my only choice is a multipack or a twenty five lb bag that would long be outdated before I used it all. I don't don't think my being unhappy (or anyone being unhappy) about Costco or Sam's offering unusably large amounts of various products has anything at all to do with shrinkflation.
therwol wrote:
Maxwell House came in 5 pound cans when I was growing up. I was the one who started the coffee each morning for my parents.
By the time you get through five lbs of coffee, you are not getting the same quality of brew as when you cracked the seal on the can.
RodeoMan wrote:
By the time you get through five lbs of coffee, you are not getting the same quality of brew as when you cracked the seal on the can.
You have obviously not seen my families consumption of coffee
We brewed it in a 40cup coffee urn and went through a couple of them daily.
Even now I drink from a quart size mug.
It is probably too late now to do much good, but at one time legislation requiring companies to place a notice on their product that the quantity had been lessened by a certain amount and that this reflects a certain percentage increase in price. I know that this is unrealistic and there are all sorts of practical obstacles to this.
Speaking of coffee, I have Amazon deliver a 30.6 oz tub of Maxwell House every month. The price has varied - currently $7.99. The same coffee is $10.99 in the supermarket. I don't understand coffee that sells for $10 or more a pound. I tried some of those "special" coffees, and I wouldn't want to continue with them. Maybe I'm lucky that I have cheap taste buds. When I drive into town, I see cars lined up at the drive-in coffee shop waiting to pay $5.00 for a cup of coffee. Mine costs less than $0.10 cents for a 12 oz mug.
yssirk123 wrote:
Check out a bag of potato chips - if it's even 1/2 full you're lucky.
And the price has DOUBLED at stores!!
Jerry Coupe wrote:
Check other brands the next time you shop. I suspect that other coffee companies have done the same shrinkflation.
Yes, they have to keep up with the competition.
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