30 Worst Occurrences Of “Shrinkflation”
Inflation is off the charts right now, but so is shrinkflation. If you’re not familiar with the term, shrinkflation occurs when product sizes shrink, but prices stay the same. It’s like when you open a bag of chips to find out that it’s mostly air.
It occurs so frequently that there’s an entire subreddit dedicated to it. Here are some of the worst occurrences of shrinkflation people shared.
1. “This Shrinkflation Of Toblerone In The UK, Is Still Mind-Boggling”
2. “Sometimes I Like To Flip The Chips In The Store Shelves”
3. “The Top Box Is From A Well Established Reoccurring Promotion”
4. “Breyers Chocolate Chip Used To Be Jammed With Chocolate, Now It’s Almost Just Plain Vanilla”
5. “Ah Yes ± 25ml, Thank You WD-40”
6. “This Is Insane”
7. “Same Price. Bought The Last One 3 Weeks Ago, And A New One Today For Thanksgiving”
8. “Terry’s Chocolate Orange Is Now Just ‘Terry’s Orange’ With The Word ‘Chocolatey’ In The Description. This Indicates That The Quality Has Been Reduced To The Point Where They Cannot Legally Call It Chocolate Anymore.”
9. “When I Was A Teen, These Stretched The Length Of The Package. Those Were The Days”
10. “The Shrinkflation Of The Old Pringles Design (165g) To The New (134g)”
11. This Is Now ‘Double Stuffed’”
12. “Oreos Shipped With Three Cookies Face Down”
13. “Scott Toilet Paper – 2019 vs. 2021 Comparison”
14. “They Couldn’t Even Wait Until The Old One Was Gone To Put Up The New Size”
15. “I Knew Something Was Fishy When I Bought My Creamer Yesterday”
16. “Big Mac Hit With The Shrink Ray?”
17. “Nugo Bars Advertised As 50g But Coming In At 41g”
18. “I Bought A New IKEA Utensil Holder And It Kept Tipping Over. Turns Out It’s The Same Dimensions And Material As The Old One I Have But It Weighs Over 50% Less”
19. “Is It Shrinkflation When They Just Lie About The Weight? Paid For 12 Oz Of Fish, Got 10.6 Including The Wrapping”
20. “I’ve Been Bamboozled”
21. “$0.99 For The Top One Last Year. Just Bought The Bottom One For $1.97”
22. “These Used To Be 6 To A Pack. Same Price Of Course”
23. “Softsoap Made Their Bottle Smaller. This Was Their Response”
24. “Cat Food. Was $55 For 24, 5.8 Oz Cans. Now $62 For 24, 5.1 Oz Cans. That’s .7 Oz. Less Per Can, And $7 More Per Case”
25. “I Fill Canisters With Our Dry Goods, The Past Year Things Have Gone From Filled To Nearly Spilling, To This”
26. “Monster Coming In With Some Scary 25% Shrinkflation”
27. “Yes, This Is New And Unused”
28. “This Must Be Their Way Of Saying “We Decreased The Amount But Kept The Container Size The Same” (Oikos Yogurt, 5.3 Oz)”
29. “Never Thought I’d Catch It So Blatantly Myself – Grocery Store In Canada”
30. “I Remember When The “Good Stuff” Mix-In Cup Was Full In Chobani Yogurts. Now Less Than Half”
