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Odd that some people don’t notice things like this... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation Do you actual

• jfengel 6y ago
  A gallon of milk is still a gallon of milk. A pound of carrots is still a pound of carrots. It sounds as if your basket of goods is different from mine. Most of the examples on that Wikipedia page are sugary foods, which I just don't buy a lot of.
  • newsclues 6y ago
    I used to buy 3lbs of carrots, but now the bags are 2lbs but cost the same.
    • jfengel 6y ago
      Here, two pounds of carrots are $1.79, just as they have been for as long as I can remember. I don't have a spreadsheet, but I know what carrots cost. They certainly haven't shot up by 50%.
• gruez 6y ago
  >Do you actually track spending or just don’t notice? Do you? The BLS does, and their inflation numbers for food is 3.5% YOY. [1] https://www.bls.gov/cpi/ https://www.bls.gov/cpi/
  • newsclues 6y ago
    I do actually. Because I am poor, I’m extremely conscious of my spending, and have spreadsheets and save receipts to track price changes in normal purchases.
• wcfields 6y ago
  I just saw this in real-time this past month with cat food. A 24pk of Rx Renal cat food went from 5.8oz to 5.1oz[1]. I buy two packs at a time and what used to cost $113.76 is now $114.72 Effectively they're charging me an extra buck to keep 33.6oz (5.7 old-cans / 6.5 new-cans) of cat food from me. [1] https://www.chewy.com/royal-canin-veterinary-diet-renal/dp/297392 https://www.chewy.com/royal-canin-veterinary-diet-renal/dp/2...