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Chocolate bars are most notorious for this. Someone needs to do a 10 years ago comparison and there's a massive difference. These days, chocolate bars are all
by langsoul-com 3y ago
Chocolate bars are most notorious for this. Someone needs to do a 10 years ago comparison and there's a massive difference.
These days, chocolate bars are all bite sized.
- TeaDude 3y ago"Fun-Size". Although, like many more famous people who've made this observation: Where's the "fun" in less chocolate?
- wredue 3y agoCandy bars is a bit of an “outside this issue”. Around the world, you’re seeing sugar taxes, pushes for healthier snacks, and general government action against things that are sugar to excess. Not saying they’re not greedflating like everything else. But they do have significantly different pressures.
- jsbg 3y agohttps://www.appliancecity.co.uk/news/updates/is-our-chocolate-getting-smaller/ https://www.appliancecity.co.uk/news/updates/is-our-chocolat...
- jjslocum3 3y agoThe rise of robust middle classes in Asia have also put a squeeze on the world's chocolate supply in the last decade or two. These days in the US, it's hard to even discern the cocoa in most "chocolate" bars.
- marcosdumay 3y agoI don't know how much of this is shrinkflation and how much is companies adjusting to modern preferences. Lots and lots of people prefer candy in small packages.