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I don't particularly care about shrinkflation. It gets calculated in the CPI (obviously) and most of the time it's goods that are unhealthy and overpriced to be
by M3L0NM4N 3y ago
I don't particularly care about shrinkflation. It gets calculated in the CPI (obviously) and most of the time it's goods that are unhealthy and overpriced to begin with.
- cactusplant7374 3y agoBut a lot of us enjoy eating unhealthy foods. And as long as we don't have diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, etc then it's not a problem.
- switch007 3y agoI think it's just a wild theory at this stage, but some doctors are saying that eating unhealthy food leads to diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure
- cactusplant7374 3y agoIf one is sedentary and obese, yes.
- andy_ppp 3y agoSure, most of these items also cost next to nothing to make too and costs to actually make have barely risen (as a percentage of the item cost). So mostly it’s companies using inflation to squeeze more money out of people.
- M3L0NM4N 3y agoI agree that material cost is not a major component of the cost in a lot of these products. It's marketing, distribution, etc. I don't think inflation is their excuse to squeeze more money out of you as it is to spend more in other areas of the business, as they should.
- phreeza 3y agoIt's basically a dark pattern. Not illegal or anything, but designed to mask relevant information from the consumer.
- ClumsyPilot 3y ago> most of the time it's goods that are unhealthy and overpriced to begin with Like British housing, horribly overpriced and half of it has mould.