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Likely through shrinkflation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation Next time you’re at the supermarket check
by koolba 5y ago
Likely through shrinkflation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation
Next time you’re at the supermarket check if the bacon brands you remember are still a pound. I bet many of them are now 12 ounces.
- skrebbel 5y ago12 ounces is, apparently, 0.75 pounds. It's about 340 grams.
- ruined 5y agogood bot
- idonotknowwhy 5y agoI wish you were always 12 minutes in front of me in comment threads :)
- paulpauper 5y agoby charging huge markup on per unit cost by reducing quantity. 3 pills of Tylenol for example for $1 instead of a bottle which may have dozens for $6 . The brands create special mini-sized packages specifically for dollar stores. Big business.
- 14 5y agoWith often same great sized packaging only with smaller amounts inside. Very wasteful. Deodorant, chips, pills, etc all look like a normal sized bottle but in reality is a smaller size for dollar stores. I have also heard things like canned goods of say a brand of soup they have special made for places like Costco that demand higher quality ingredients where the dollar store would get lower quality versions. Perhaps cheaper meat or less of it. Still tastes like the original just that it’s not actually nutritionally the same.
- OJFord 5y ago(Not from around there) Costco demands higher quality ingredients? I thought it was a low-end cheap bulk/wholesale place?
- dragonwriter 5y agoCostco is not low-end; it is inexpensive, but that is because its revenue model is near-zero margin on items with its profit derived from membership charges, focuses on large package sizes, etc. Reputation for quality is part of what helps it sell memberships, so its important.
- moltar 5y agoCostco is known for less of a choice, but whatever choice there is you can trust it to be of a higher quality. When I go to Costco I definitely have my guard down and don’t vet and don’t scrutinize each product as much as i would do at other stores.
- ceejayoz 5y agoBe careful, though; this isn't necessarily the case on costco.com. For example: https://www.costco.com/theradome-evo-laser-hair-growth-device.product.100489408.html https://www.costco.com/theradome-evo-laser-hair-growth-devic...
- Auracle 5y agoLow level laser/light therapy has been shown to promote hair growth.
- 14 5y agoI don’t have a source on that claim I believe I saw it in a video that was discussing the food supply chain. The same is true for some grocery stores. Walmart for example gets low grade fruits and veggies. Where somewhere like a Quality Foods gets higher end stuff graded better. It will be sweeter or Moreno flavourful. It sounds believable but again don’t have a source for you.
- tshaddox 5y agoAlso great for someone with an occasional sweet tooth and insufficient willpower to have junk food at the house. Sometimes I just want 4 Oreos and I’ll happily pay a huge per-unit markup to avoid eating the whole box.
- 123pie123 5y agoever so often I get that crazy look from the store assistant when they offer me (something like) double what your're buying for a few pence more and I say no thanks - typically I'm holding my belly whilst saying no
- codazoda 5y agoSee Sharpie pens, which are sold at dollar stores with less ink.
- kube-system 5y agoWhich is why I buy mine there. I have never run a Sharpie out of ink but I have lost them or broken them.
- refurb 5y agoThat’s exactly why I shop there. No sense paying $5 for 100 tablets that expire when I could spend $1 for 5 tablets that will get used.
- dopp0 5y agoit hurts to read this d**ss conversion #makeAmericaSIAgain
- RosanaAnaDana 5y ago>Next time you’re at the supermarket check if the bacon brands you remember are still a pound. I bet many of them are now 12 ounces. Coffee as well.
- sokoloff 5y agoIt’s been a long time since a “half gallon” of ice cream became 3 pints in size.
- david422 5y agoAnd then the inevitable "Now, 30% more!".
- function_seven 5y agoMany years ago they went to 1.75 qt across the board. I was mad, but what could I do? Then they dropped it again to 1.5 qt (3 pints), except for Tillamook. So I bought Tillamook and was happy they were the benevolent company that took a stand against shrinkfla... shit Tillamook is now 1.5 qt as well. I'm mad again. At least they still use actual ice cream ingredients. I won't punish them for succumbing to the shrink ray. They held out longer than others.
- handrous 5y agoMy wife's preferred brand of pre-made iced tea recently slightly changed the packaging for their large-sized bottles. Checked, and sure enough, they dropped from 64oz to about 59oz. [EDIT] Oh, and in the case of Everything's a Dollar (used to be better than Dollar Tree, dunno if it's still around) and similar: as someone who got a lot of toys there as a kid and has been in a handful of times in the last few years for various things, I can vouch for their toy selection being much better in the '90s.
- reginold 5y agoWhat are the economics like on prepared drinks? Seems like transporting a bunch of water around is wasteful and expensive. I guess the revenues are so much greater than costs it doesn't matter - but here we have them shrinking the portion size.
- asdff 5y agoWhen you go to the grocery store now, at least locally, seems that there are more varieties in package sizes of the tiny 7.5 oz cans of coke vs the full size 12 oz cans. If you want the tiny cans a six pack or a full case is available, if you want the large cans you have to get the entire case of 12, no six pack sold. If you convert the price per ounce you get a pretty raw deal on the tiny cans. IIRC the 12 pack was only like a dollar less for the 7.5oz cans vs the 12oz 12 pack.
- ceejayoz 5y agoThose used to be 8oz cans, too, I think.
- bluedino 5y agoDollar Tree sells $1 steak. They are like 3oz
- MikusR 5y agoIn EU stores have to provide price per kg or another relevant unit.
- erichocean 5y agoIt's the same in the US.