We’re getting less product for more money, especially on the smaller product sizes.
On top of that, people can’t afford to bulk buy and get more for their money, so it’s a tax on the poor.
There should be more done on shrinkflation. Supermarkets continue to use methods to confuse shoppers too.
Which is cheaper, the 3 bags for 2? Or the big value pack? The price per kilo is there, but it doesn’t do the math on the offers for you and you’re probably too busy to do it. Oh and now you need your store card to get the discount and that rate isn’t featured on the price.
We invented standardised weights thousands of years ago so people would get a fair deal on their trade yet supermarkets have done everything in their power to make it all worthless
The most annoying this is when they fuck up the product when changing the size. I bought some tesco tortilla wraps recently and rather than increasing the price or reducing the number you get they made each wrap smaller making them useless.
I’ve had it with some beers too where they change the recipe to save cost and make it taste like shit instead of just charging more.
Had a curry round my parents and we had a good laugh at how the poppadums had shrunk, but they were clearly using up the old packaging because it was so out of proportion
This is where we see the real effects of policies. Away from the claim of how so many people are in work and that the economy is booming, we see people paying more for the same price, growing poorer, unable to keep up with the cost of living. An effect that trickles throughout the country.
The thing is would you rather have to pay a lot more for the same amount or slightly less than that for slightly less in return?
Quality has gone down too,
Not sure if anyone is familiar with Mcvities Hobnobs Oaty Flapjacks, but they have gone fucking awful, basically turned into sawdust
100% of Supermarkets unconcerned about shoppers concern about shrinkflation.
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We’re getting less product for more money, especially on the smaller product sizes.
On top of that, people can’t afford to bulk buy and get more for their money, so it’s a tax on the poor.
There should be more done on shrinkflation. Supermarkets continue to use methods to confuse shoppers too.
Which is cheaper, the 3 bags for 2? Or the big value pack? The price per kilo is there, but it doesn’t do the math on the offers for you and you’re probably too busy to do it. Oh and now you need your store card to get the discount and that rate isn’t featured on the price.
We invented standardised weights thousands of years ago so people would get a fair deal on their trade yet supermarkets have done everything in their power to make it all worthless
The most annoying this is when they fuck up the product when changing the size. I bought some tesco tortilla wraps recently and rather than increasing the price or reducing the number you get they made each wrap smaller making them useless.
I’ve had it with some beers too where they change the recipe to save cost and make it taste like shit instead of just charging more.
Had a curry round my parents and we had a good laugh at how the poppadums had shrunk, but they were clearly using up the old packaging because it was so out of proportion
This is where we see the real effects of policies. Away from the claim of how so many people are in work and that the economy is booming, we see people paying more for the same price, growing poorer, unable to keep up with the cost of living. An effect that trickles throughout the country.
The thing is would you rather have to pay a lot more for the same amount or slightly less than that for slightly less in return?
Quality has gone down too,
Not sure if anyone is familiar with Mcvities Hobnobs Oaty Flapjacks, but they have gone fucking awful, basically turned into sawdust
100% of Supermarkets unconcerned about shoppers concern about shrinkflation.