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The Great 'shrinking food and other items' Hunt

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  • Katiehound
    Katiehound Posts: 8,131 Forumite
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    maman said:
    Depressing that we've got so used to this that there have been no posts for 6 months. ☹️

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    We also probably got used to it because , well, this thread was started in 2013!
    9 years of shrinkflation! It has become commonplace
    Being polite and pleasant doesn't cost anything!
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  • maman
    maman Posts: 30,047 Forumite
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    Katiehound said:
    maman said:
    Depressing that we've got so used to this that there have been no posts for 6 months. ☹️

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    We also probably got used to it because , well, this thread was started in 2013!
    9 years of shrinkflation! It has become commonplace
    You're right @Katiehound, it's a war of attrition. But mse is still going strong! 😁
  • Primrose
    Primrose Posts: 10,714 Forumite
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    But one wonders how many new crafty ideas manufacturers can come up with to disguise their shrinking pack sizes.
    i have to award  the Oscar on this front to Oxo, who some years ago slightly redesigned the shape of their beef gravy cubes to cut out the corners to make them resemble the letter "X".
    i don't know how much actual,product that actually saved per packet but ai suspect a product designer or marketing man probably got a nice bonus for that idea! 
  • Rosa_Damascena
    Rosa_Damascena Posts: 7,140 Forumite
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    The large nets of Babybel have shrunk from 12 to 10 pieces.
    No man is worth crawling on this earth.

    So much to read, so little time.
  • wild666
    wild666 Posts: 2,181 Forumite
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    They keep the prices the same by reducing the content in the packages, it's always being like that. So far Lidl hasn't reduced the weight contents of the produce I buy but the prices have increased, for example frozen peas were 59p last year they are now 79p that's over a 27% increase this year. Their 900g block of cheese has gone from £3.99 to £4.25, a 6.5% increase, they are just two examples of a store not reducing the weights but increasing the prices.
    Someone please tell me what money is
  • YoungBlueEyes
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    Primrose that reminded me of the story about BA - they saved £1m a year by removing one black olive from each meal in first class.

    I don't know where I got that from and can't quote a source. It was prolly off QI....
    "One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate change policy is environmental policy. Instead, climate change policy is about how we redistribute de facto the world's wealth." - Ottmar Edenhofer, IPCC economist, interviewed at COP16
  • Pollycat
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    YoungBlueEyes said:
    Primrose that reminded me of the story about BA - they saved £1m a year by removing one black olive from each meal in first class.

    I don't know where I got that from and can't quote a source. It was prolly off QI....
    Being curious, I Googled.
    American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by removing one olive per salad:
    How Serving One Less Olive Per Salad Saved American Airlines $100,000 (mashed.com)
  • YoungBlueEyes
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    edited 31 December 2022 at 9:42AM
    I'll call that half right :D 

    Edit - my recollection I mean!
    "One has to free oneself from the illusion that international climate change policy is environmental policy. Instead, climate change policy is about how we redistribute de facto the world's wealth." - Ottmar Edenhofer, IPCC economist, interviewed at COP16
  • prowla
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    I swear I saw a packet of crisps last week which said "xx% less packaging" on it.
  • Primrose
    Primrose Posts: 10,714 Forumite
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    prowla said:
    I swear I saw a packet of crisps last week which said "xx% less packaging" on it.
    That's no doubt because there was less product inside to have to wrap!   Some people just have a very clever way with words!
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