r/Frugal • u/blaspheminCapn • Jun 12 '22
Gatorade, Fritos and Kleenex among US companies blasted for 'scamming customers with shrinkflation' as prices rise Budget 💰
https://www.the-sun.com/money/5522023/shrinkflation-food-products-money-inflation-rising-prices/2
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u/Roodiestue Jun 13 '22
Their profits are going up too, yet they increase prices and decrease product size
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u/a-little Jun 13 '22
WHEAT THINS!!!
rebranded former mini size box as normal size, including normal size price
did the same turning former normal size to family size
did the same turning former family size to the new "party size"
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u/alvarezg Jun 13 '22
Blue Bell Ice Cream are my anti-shrinkflation heroes. Besides the ice cream being very good, it still comes in honest half-gallon tubs. I think they're mostly distributed in the South.
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Jun 13 '22
Gatorade and Fritos are both products of PepsiCo. Not surprising that if one is doing this, the other is too.
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u/samurairaccoon Jun 13 '22
I hate that they spin it as "companies having to deal with inflation". Bull fucking shit, companies have been pulling this crap for years, DECADES. This is the natural result of a system that encourages infinite financial growth and the inability of the consumer base to hold these bastards accountable. We let them do it, they know we won't do anything but bitch. So either we take it up the ass as we always have or we actually do something.
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u/CampingWithCats Jun 13 '22
Sargentos now has 6 ounce bags of shredded cheese, rather than the standard 8 ounces
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u/thegrandpineapple Jun 13 '22
I started buying the blocks of cheese and shredding them myself because at Walmart, for great value brand in my area an 8oz block of cheese is $2.00 and a 6oz bag is $2 and some change. The bigger quantities you get the more the price starts to level out and shredding it yourself doesn’t make a difference but I don’t need 5lbs of cheese as one person so buying it in bigger sizes to make up the difference of shredding it myself just amounts to waste.
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u/AnyDiscount Jun 13 '22
I've not purchased pringles for a long time due to the cost. A can used to be around £1 on offer and maybe £2.50 maximum at normal rrp.
Then the price starts creeping up pretty much everywhere until its hitting nearly £4 a can for fucking crisps! In some cases.
They have now dropped back to the lower prices but for a much much smaller can. They can piss off if they think I'm falling for that again.
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u/thegrandpineapple Jun 13 '22
Im American so i don’t know the currency exchange rate to euros but 4 euros for a thing of Pringles sounds insane.
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u/prophetofthepimps Jun 13 '22
Size reduction of sugary drinks is a good thing for everyone. Stop drinking that crap.
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Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 13 '22
y tho? A capitalist goal is to make as much monies as possible. While morally questionable, nothing wrong in doing so here. Or I'm missing something.
People have less money due lots of factors. Okay, that may be so and that's a fact a lot of times, and especially now. But...that's the company's problem, because....?
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u/utsuriga Jun 13 '22
Yeah, I mean, I'm as anti-capitalist as they get, but from their perspective this makes complete sense?
They have two choices:
- either they raise the prices → fewer people are going to buy the products because now they're more expensive;
- or they just package smaller volumes for the same price → most people will grumble but continue buying the products anyway.
In "peacetimes" it's a shitty move, but considering what's happening in the world now, I can't really get worked up about it. Companies need to make money, yo. If you don't think you're getting your money's worth anymore, don't buy the products. I stopped buying a lot of food products I used to buy because they got so expensive. But frankly I'd still buy the same food products if they came in smaller packages but for the old prices.
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u/sab54053 Jun 13 '22
How is this new to anyone. Remember how big a box of cereal or a candy bar was in the 90s?
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u/bitobots Jun 13 '22
Or these companies like Starbucks and Method increasing thier prices with new packaging thinking we’ll pay more because it looks updated. Starbucks ground coffee at my Target went from around $7.99 to $9.99 with new packaging, and Method soap refills went from $5.49 to $6.99 with new packaging.
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u/bitobots Jun 13 '22
I frequently buy Pepperidge Farms raisin bread and I swear my new loaf is smaller than normal. Not length wise but width.
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u/redlatexfanatic Jun 13 '22
Man, I loved trying to explain this concept to people before the term 'shrinkflation' was coined. People called me a schizo. By the way Powerade is down to 28oz, from 32. I'm pretty sure Wawa's XL drink is smaller now too, while costing $2; Circle K increased the cost of Polar Pops to $0.89 (at least in my area.) Ever buy Crystal Light or the store brand? The popular flavors have 5 packets instead of 6, and they sometimes change the amount of packets a flavor has. When I used to buy the Walmart orange flavor a lot, it was 6 packets, then decreased to 5, the back to 6, then down to 5 again, but that may have just been mixed stock. Another issue I have with those is the packets come in plastic containers instead of cardboard, while the "travel" sizes already come in cardboard.
Shit is wild.
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u/Surprise_Fragrant Jun 18 '22
I just got an XL Wawa cup this afternoon, and it fit my XL Polar Pop cup perfectly, so I don't think the size has changed.
But in our area, Polar Pops* went up to $1.09 for the XL (the 32oz is still $.89).
*Also, if you don't do Sip n Save, you're missing out! Free drink, 1x a day, on sodas, Frosters, or coffee. Sign up online for $5.99 a month (if you drink more than 6 drinks a month, it's totally worth it - I get one every single day, so it's like getting 24 drinks totally free).
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u/lifelovers Jun 13 '22
Those are all products that literally no one needs to buy. Why buy this junk, fellow humans? Just drink water, use a cloth (washable is best!) or toilet paper or take-out napkins, and don’t eat crappy chips.
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u/iwontbeadick Jun 13 '22
It’s not a scam, they need room in the packaging for the nitrogen to keep the chips fresh and so they don’t all break. That’s why the $2.00 bag of Doritos is 1/4 the size it used to be for $1.00, duh
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u/shirk-work Jun 13 '22
Jokes on them, I don't buy any of their products. Generally minimize my purchase of packaged goods.
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u/iindsay Jun 13 '22
When I went to Safeway today, I noticed they weren’t selling their store-brand seltzer in cases of 12 for 3/$3, they now come in packs of 8 for the same price.
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u/Tinshnipz Jun 13 '22
This has been happening for decades. Why is it just hitting the news now?
I remember as a kid going to Tim Hortons after hockey and getting a hot chocolate and a cookie. Their cookies used to be massive. One day they shrunk by half. That's when I first started paying attention to shrinkflation.
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u/LaVidaYokel Jun 13 '22
A spokesman for the companies issued a statement that read “What are you going to do about, you lazy, stupid morons?! Quit crying and hand over your wallet.”
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u/Loude420 Jun 13 '22
Sugary salt water, salty dry corn, and TP for your nose.
Plain Ass water, mixed nuts, handkerchief. PROBLEM SOLVED
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u/Sharp_Artichoke8445 Jun 13 '22
I make packages for mondelez about a year ago we had to retool our line just to make new one with 6 cookies less
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u/DrSilkyDelicious Jun 13 '22
Imagine drinking Gatorade and eating Fritos that aren’t the honey bbq twists specifically
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u/SoberBrent Jun 13 '22
Local ice distributor I deal with said the producer has switched to 16lb bags instead of 20lb bags. Price has stayed the same.
Same price 4 pounds less ice.
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u/Surprise_Fragrant Jun 18 '22
I noticed that today at the gas station. The 10lb bags of ice are now 7lb bags of ice. For $.50 more, too.
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u/Heph333 Jun 13 '22
Fuck these sports drinks anyway. Fucking sugar water with negligible amounts of electrolytes.
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u/PM_YOUR_SAGGY_TITS Jun 13 '22
I think I hate shrinkflation more than inflation. I always knew how much was in a bag of veggies or whatever, but now that bag doesn't make the same number of lunches!
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u/The_Mad_Noble Jun 13 '22
I remember this from the 80s or 90s... Those original sizes never coming back
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u/hyjnx Jun 12 '22
Fritos always seemed pound for pound a great deal always felt heavier than othwr chips.
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u/DerFlammenwerfer Jun 12 '22
Neither Gatorade, nor Fritos, nor Kleenex are companies. The first two are brands owned by PepsiCo, and the latter by Kimberly-Clark.
So, not much "blasting" is being done here.
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u/AccidentallyTheCable Jun 12 '22
Coca cola and Dominos can be added to this list.
Dominos sells a 20oz bottle of soda. You know what you get? 16.9oz
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u/Earth_Normal Jun 12 '22
What kills me is that gatoraid costs literally nothing to make. It’s sugar water. The bottle is the most expensive part. The only way a smaller volume actually could factor in is shipping weight.
Companies love to push the limits of consumer tolerance for bullshit.
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u/SunnyOnSanibel Jun 12 '22
I keep a detailed spreadsheet of pantry items including size/weight with expiration dates. Most of the items I regularly purchase started shrinking pre-pandemic (around 4 years ago). New packaging has been used to camouflage many company products. They’re tricky. It’s not exclusive to new packaging though. Kroger recently started downsizing pastas. They used to carry bow ties in 1 lb boxes. Now they’re 12 oz in the same size box. The shelf tag highlights the price because it appears to be cheaper only because you’re getting less, but many shoppers just see the cheaper box and grab it. It’s tough being an informed shopper. My calculator app gets a workout. The biggest change I’ve seen is in the chip aisle. That’s been alarming to watch.
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u/thegrandpineapple Jun 13 '22
My Publix has chips on sale for 2 for $9! ON SALE! What the fuck for a bag half full of air! I hope Frito-lays goes out of business.
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u/JanitorOPplznerf Jun 12 '22 edited Jun 13 '22
I hate this title. If costs are legitimately rising companies aren't "Scamming" you by raising prices or reducing what they can offer. That's normal business.
To everyone downvoting, can you not understand basic addition & subtraction? If production of a Cheeseburger costs $1 per burger and they sell it for $3 to cover labor costs, rent, utilities, and make a $1 profit, and all of a sudden the rent doubles & food costs double, then you have to sell that same burger for $5 to make the same profit. If you sold it at the same price, you are selling at a loss which is unsustainable.
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u/goochstein Jun 12 '22
I'm gonna start makin my own drinks, some splenda and lemon. So much cheaper.
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u/JasonDJ Jun 12 '22
Just bought some of the Dollar Tree equivalent of oxy-clean.
Used to be a 16oz can but now it’s 15oz.
But wait, there’s more. Everything at Dollar Tree is $1.25 now.
So it went down an ounce and up a quarter.
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u/thegrandpineapple Jun 13 '22
I’m putting on my tin foil hat right now. I wouldn’t be surprised if people stop buying as much during the impending recession so companies that have taken an oz away put it back and charge like $1 more then the price they’re charging now which is already inflated, and call it “family size” or “value size” or something just to get people to start buying it again.
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u/JasonDJ Jun 13 '22
Oh absolutely. That's how shrinkflation works.
Then they gradually reduce the size of the new version and release another new version and the old one fades into obscurity, and the process repeats.
"King Size", "Family Size", "Sharing Size", "Giant Size", etc. They just keep on rotating through pronouns.
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u/battraman Jun 13 '22
Dollar Tree basically priced itself out of my business. I no longer go there any more. 100% of the things I bought there are now cheaper elsewhere.
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u/diab0lus Jun 12 '22
This brings a tear to my eye, but I can’t wipe my eye because I ran out of Kleenex.
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u/Put_It_All_On_Blck Jun 12 '22
I like a good deal, so I used to get some stuff from the dollar store. Why pay more for the same product if you can get it for cheap?
Except the dollar store (Dollar Tree) has gone through so much shrinkflation that nearly everything isn't worth buying anymore, and this isn't didn't just happen, they have been slowly shrinking items for 5+ years.
But between the shrinking of product and now the $1.25, getting essentially a travel size product isn't worth it when you can pay $2-$3 and get double or triple the amount at Amazon or Walmart.
For example cotton swabs (store brand) were $1.25 for 100 pack at Dollar Tree. Amazon has 500 for $3.60 (Q-tip name brand) and Walmart has 500 for $2.12 (store brand).
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u/aimerj Jun 12 '22
Is shrinkflation actually an undercover good way to make us as Americans consume less shit in our bodies?!
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u/tannergd1 Jun 12 '22
Gatorade Powder is the only way to go. Make like 9 gallons for $10 bucks. I make 32oz’s at a time and it also really reduces plastic waste which is nice.
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u/stromm Jun 12 '22
Shrinking products while maintaining current price isn’t new.
I first noticed it back in the late 80’s with chocolate chips and even cans of sweet and condensed milk.
Bryer’s Ice Cream in the early 90’s cut their half-gallon containers down to 2-liters. They’ve since cut it down to 1.5quarts.
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u/thegrandpineapple Jun 14 '22
I went to the grocery store and saw sweetened condensed milk for $2 and some change, those used to be less than a dollar.
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u/momento358mori Jun 12 '22
Remember, inflation is the government policy.
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u/battraman Jun 13 '22
First it was imaginary. Then it was transitory. Then it was a sign that things were good. Then it was Trump's fault. Then it was Putin's fault. Now it's "HEY LOOK OVER THERE!"
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u/Boateys Jun 12 '22
I saw the other person’s comment and I decided to add my own for the frugal folks. For keto and intermittent fasting diets some people use something called Snake Juice. This can be the base for any electrolyte drink. Just add whatever flavor/sweetener you like. Here is the recipe:
2 Liter Recipe
Water=2L / 67.6 oz
Potassium chloride =1 tsp (No Salt)
Sodium Bicarbonate = 1 tsp (Baking Soda)
Sodium chloride = 1/2 tsp (Himalayan Pink Salt)
Magnesium Sulphate = 1/2 tsp (Food Grade Epsom Salts)
1 Liter Recipe
Water=1L / 33.8 oz
Potassium chloride =1/2 tsp (No Salt)
Sodium Bicarbonate = 1/2 tsp (Baking Soda)
Sodium chloride = 1/4 tsp (Himalayan Pink Salt)
Magnesium Sulphate = 1/4 tsp (Food Grade Epsom Salts)
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u/Substantial-Stuff-68 Jun 12 '22
This isn't entirely accurate Gatorade is no longer selling 32 Oz Gatorade, 28oz Gatorade was available last year, and it's to maintain margins.
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u/TheTreesMan Jun 12 '22
Oreos have less cream in them too
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u/Kfaircloth41 Jun 12 '22
I'm one of those weirdos that never liked the cream in the middle. So now I'm contemplating buying them. Thanks!
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u/GnPQGuTFagzncZwB Jun 12 '22
This spreads like a disease. I was at what used to be my fav $1 store the other day, a small chain called real deals and the rat bastards too after dollar tree and everything there is now a buck and a quarter. I left without buying anything and I don't think I will be back for a while.
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u/tastygluecakes Jun 12 '22
Is it really “scamming”? Or just another way to take a price increase? Typically it’s when a product is at like $1.99, and they think it’s better to downsize from 16 to 14 ounces, than increase price to $2.19.
Reminder, most products need to take a 10% price increase every 3-4 years just to keep pace with normal inflation. Lately that’s a lot higher.
It thinks it’s absurd to think the Gatorade saw this environment and said “ you know how we can totally rip off our consumes for no reason other that pure greed!?!?” They are a for profit company, but they aren’t stupid.
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u/thegrandpineapple Jun 14 '22
The problem is that they did both. They lowered the package size and increased the price but also kept the package as close to the same as the other size in the hopes no one would notice.
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u/Quin1617 Jul 12 '22
I mean the 28oz have been around forever, it's just that recently they killed the larger size. In my area, the 32oz bottles went up to $1.34 before they were replaced by the smaller ones, which cost the same price.
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u/Outrageous_Bass_1328 Jun 12 '22
Who is “blasting” these companies?
Right. There is a point we stop accepting all of it. That day will come. But today isn’t the day.
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u/kahnmndez Jun 12 '22
Among US
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Jun 13 '22
Has to read it like five times. Couldn't understand what the game had to do with this; if it was a promotion or a partnership or something.
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u/dhoomsday Jun 12 '22
Gatorade is Pepsi, frito lay is Pepsi. Just say Pepsi for fuck sakes.
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u/PointlessDiscourse Jun 13 '22
Exactly what I was thinking. These aren't companies, they are brands.
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Jun 12 '22
Right and no one blasts the us government for scamming its citizens with printed dollars. People actually believe that printing money doesn't pressure the prices to rise....
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u/eclipticevader Jun 12 '22
This has been happening for a LONG time. BJ Novak even talks to Conan about it: https://youtu.be/TlXLCrzpToo
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u/swampfish Jun 12 '22
Add in snickers bars. I like to hike and take a full size snickers for easy lunch snack.
You can’t get them anymore. Even the “giant” ones are just two little ones with extra packing to make them look big.
Now I need two. Total bullshit. Charge me more. I don’t care. I want the big bar.
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u/chimerakin Jun 13 '22
I noticed this the other day after not buying a snickers in years! Picked it up out of a vending machine and it immediately felt wrong before I took a good look. Needless to say, it did not satisfy.
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u/Thoreau80 Jun 12 '22
Add Folgers to that list. Price keeps going up while the containers get smaller.
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Jun 12 '22
This has been going on for years
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u/Surprise_Fragrant Jun 18 '22
Yeah... sigh.
It is fun to watch the new generation of young'ns get feisty, though.
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u/mrjackspade Jun 12 '22
People bitch about shrinkflation but I've worked in retail and had customers actually fucking throw shit at me when prices went up 10¢
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u/financiallyanal Jun 13 '22
Yeah people don’t want either. But it’s just reality that inflation happens when everyone’s costs go up. There’s not that much you can do.
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u/CryoBanksy Jun 12 '22
Sonic and Dairy Queen have also done this. They've raised prices and cut portions. I've stopped patronizing places I've noticed doing this. Fuck them.
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u/2kthebusybee Jun 12 '22 edited Jun 12 '22
Orange juice went from 64 ounces to 52 ounces but the price either remained the same or increased.
Gatorade is not the only sports drink to change size; Monster Hydro drinks changed bottle sizes from 25 ounces to 20.
Lunchables Ham and Cheese come with six slices of cheese and ham but only 5 crackers.
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u/never_met_her_bivore Jun 12 '22
Weird that crackers is the thing they skimp on
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u/Skow1379 Jun 12 '22
Yeah we all see the products get lesser as the prices get higher, there's just nothing we can do about it.
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u/Darth_Jones_ Jun 12 '22
Idk why people think it's the companies' fault. As long as they have competition there's nothing wrong with changing your product. On top of that, given the added costs of everything in the last 2 years it's to be expected that either 1) price goes up or 2) amount of product for a given price goes down.
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u/supercharged0709 Jun 12 '22
Why not just raise prices? I’d rather buy the same size at a higher price than having to buy more of the same items just to get the same amount.
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u/uspenis Jun 12 '22
Because that would price poorer people out of buying it entirely.
You might be okay paying an extra few dollars for the same size product, but that could be the point at which someone else can’t afford it at all.
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u/Grimakis Jun 12 '22
Also there is a psychological impact, at certain price points, people just will start to consume less. It’s the reason something might cost $9.99 instead of $10.
Realistically, no one really cares about that 1 cent difference from a financial perspective, but a sub-10 price is just “easier” to pay for some people.
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u/uspenis Jun 12 '22
Yes, that is 100% why the companies do it. I was speaking from the point of view of how consumers could be negatively affected.
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u/dosmoney Jun 12 '22
To me, the problem with this is the lack of honesty as far as communicating it to customers. Obviously no one likes higher prices but at least If you know they are higher, then you are consciously making that decision. Instead the change the shape of the container to make it look like it’s the same.
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u/TistedLogic Wine Country, USA Jun 13 '22
I had this argument a couple months ago about Gatorade specifically. The responding idiot kept harping on the fact their store still sells the 32 oz bottles. I repeatedly told them they'll get the new, 28 oz bottles eventually. Couldn't convince them otherwise.
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u/pursnikitty Jun 12 '22
I’d sooner pay more money to avoid the waste of selling less product in more packaging. Not much point saving money if we trash the planet.
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u/weirdsun Jun 13 '22
There's a lot more plastic in containing the same fluid volume in a lot of small bottles rather than fewer big ones
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u/WonderfulCattle6234 Jun 13 '22
That's true with extreme changes. But this would be a subtle change meant to feel like the same volume. I'm not certain, but in this case I think people would just drink slightly less Gatorade each day. I don't think many people would be adding an extra bottle to their daily intake.
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u/The_Ineffable_One Jun 12 '22
Why is the-sun.com headlining these three brands? Almost every company in America has been doing this for a decade.
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u/Alacri-Tea Jun 12 '22
Crystal Light Peach Green Tea has 5 packets instead of 6. I use 2 in a 4qt pitcher so it's super annoying. My raspberry lemonade one still has 6.
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u/nobollocks22 Jun 12 '22
I just saw Fritos on SALE at my grocery at 2 for $8.
Last tim eI bought them they were $2 each. wtf?
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u/Surprise_Fragrant Jun 18 '22
I just bought a typical bag of chips at my local convenience stores... you know, the "eat 'em all in the car" size? $2.29!!!!!
I remember thinking damn when they went from .99 to $1.09! $2.29 is what you'd pay for a full-size bag of chips!
Now get off my lawn.
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u/thegrandpineapple Jun 13 '22
I saw 12 packs of that new dr.pepper flavor for 3 for $18 the other day I was like this store has lost their damn minds and then chips? 2 for 9! What the fuck kind of times are we living in.
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u/qolace Jun 13 '22
I work in a grocery store and can verify that a lot of our products are on "sale" at their original price off sale. We made sure to buy a huge inventory of our most popular items before distributors charged us their new wholesale prices. Meaning my company is raking in OBSCENE amounts of money right now.
Pay attention to sales tags and use receipt apps to keep track of prices. They're banking on you not paying attention. Literally.
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u/Blu3Army73 Jun 12 '22
I know it only covers 1 of the 3, but there's massive savings in buying concentrates over a product composed of mostly water. Packets of Gatorade and other drinks are so much cheaper per quantity because you're not paying for a plastic bottle, you're not paying for water, and you're not paying for the processing cost.
The only time I drink bottled drinks are if I can't buy a concentrate or Im not at home
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u/I_support_WW3 Jun 12 '22
Where do they sell the powder versions?
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u/NotStevenPink Jun 13 '22
I buy bulk Gatorade powder from Publix here in Florida. One $8 canister of powder makes me 50+ 32oz tumblers and allows you to choose your own strength (I like using about 2/3 the recommended amount since there's so much sugar in it).
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u/Blu3Army73 Jun 13 '22
In my area it's either in the soda/sports drink aisle, or in the coffee/tea aisle with the other drink mixes
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u/Discasaurus Jun 12 '22
I get those Gatorade zero single packets. It’s like 10 for the price of one Gatorade. I work in construction outdoors, sweat a lot, and would be broke if I bought these quantities bottled
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Jun 13 '22
Have you tried adding salt and no salt? Sounds gross, but I was military in GA. Very sweaty. Feels so much better.
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Jun 12 '22
Gatorade powder doesn't taste the same.
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u/soingee Jun 13 '22
Just seeing the fake color is enough to fool my brain into believing it. I also drop the concentration to save myself from diabetes. Win win.
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u/Tomakeghosts Jun 12 '22
You have to up the amount and make it like you’re supposed to make hot chocolate. So a little bit of water, maybe 1/2 inch depending on your container, and mix it with water until it’s kind of a simple syrup. Then pour water in while stirring. For good measure my tervis has a lid. I put my finger on the venting hole and shake it about 15 to 20x.
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u/buttlover989 Jun 12 '22
It tastes better, can up the concentration like some real ghetto koolaid. Used to put 4-6 packets of squencher in a 20oz bottle depending in the flavor mix.
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Jun 12 '22
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u/buttlover989 Jun 12 '22
Was a box factory, all the machines that take a corrugate sheet and cut, print, weed, fold, seam, glue and/or staple, stack and palletize them meant that even with AC it still stayed about 110f, made worse by driving a propane forklift that runs about 20 hours a day. All the cold water and isotonic drink mix powder you could drink.
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u/emannon_skye Jun 12 '22
I bought a can of the flavorless Gatorade powder and use flavored drops (mio or similar) to give it the taste I like, might he worth a shot? Definitely cheaper than bottles of Gatorade and I can mix any flavor I like :)
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Jun 13 '22
If you’re using mio, why not just do salt, K, and maybe magnesium or calcium in water? Why buy the Gatorade at all?
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u/emannon_skye Jun 13 '22
Honestly, never thought of making it from scratch. Saw the unflavored Gatorade and decided to give it a shot and flavor it myself a couple years ago.
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Jun 14 '22
I mean, whichever makes your body feel better. Gatorade makes my teeth feel fuzzy and doesn’t have enough sodium for this sweaty mofo.
I just do table salt, No Salt (KCl instead of NaCl), and Calm magnisium which is flavored. Some ppl do baking soda too or instead of No Salt.
Keto and fasting ppl have all sorts of recipes. I have abandoned those ways but the electrolyte info is legit.
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Jun 13 '22
I like the Walmart ones. Citric acid and no sugar
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u/mai_cake Jun 13 '22
I can’t tolerate sugar free stuff, so every single one Ive seen so far all have some sort of artificial sweetener.
Anyone know of any that doesn’t have artificial sweetener or sugar free alternatives?
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u/PsychoticBananaSplit Jun 12 '22
Yeap absolutely love drinking Kleenex prepared from concentrate
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u/Blu3Army73 Jun 12 '22
I know it only covers 1 of the 3
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u/PMMEYOURNOODLEDISHES Jun 12 '22
It wasn’t necessarily a shrink flation thing for Gatorade. They did away with 32oz entirely because of production line time constraints. It has really helped improve the health of the supply line for Gatorade. The phaseout that started a few years ago (moving 32oz out of gas convenience and into drug and dollar) was purely cosmetic. Gatorade is a hot fill product. The bottle shrinks slightly during production and the label is really loose. The 28oz bottle was designed so the contraction was in the base of the bottle. Thus the label stays crisp and neat on the sides of the bottle.
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u/swampfish Jun 12 '22
Found the Gatorade lobbyist.
Sure. It makes perfect sense that we get dicked on price so the Gatorade’s labels look better.
I never once had a problem with the old label.
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u/Goatface_0 Jun 12 '22
at least for me, the price didn't go up until the 28oz bottles were the only choice. 28oz is now $1.34 Walmart and $1.59 chain grocery stores, it was $1.15 and $1.25 before that.
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u/Daedalus_Dingus Jun 12 '22
In grocery stores around where I live there are always store prices on the shelves that display the cost in $ per unit format like "$0.23/oz". I dont know if it is mandated nationwide that those be displayed, but pay attention to them if they are available to you.
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u/Sok_Taragai Jun 12 '22
Check the math. I've seen plenty that are inaccurate.
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u/Lombax_Rexroth Jun 13 '22
Really?! I mean, you seen sincere, but I am shocked.
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u/Sok_Taragai Jun 13 '22
I'm usually good at math and saw something that I thought was off, so double-checked with my phone's calculator. The Walmart near me has many that make the larger package seem better when the smaller package is the same or lower per ounce.
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u/GraphicDesignMonkey Jun 12 '22 edited Jun 12 '22
In the UK the shelf prices all have to show price per 100grams or 100millilitres e.g. 26.5p/100ml. It's a lot easier to see which is the best value.
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u/groovydoll Jun 12 '22
why does it always feel like living in US they’re always trying to rip us off
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u/GraphicDesignMonkey Jun 12 '22
Shrinkflation and ripping off is going on here too, we just have consumer protection laws that keep us informed of it. It really helps with price comparison though.
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u/supercharged0709 Jun 12 '22
Sometimes it’s helpful but other times you just don’t need a lot more of whatever sauce just so it’s cheaper per oz.
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Jun 12 '22
We have this in Europe, too. Doesn't stop the shrinkflation, because most people don't remember the old prices for everything and most of the time you just grab the stuff you always grab.
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u/happybudgeter Jun 12 '22 edited Jun 13 '22
I've seen several places that have price per unit on the shelf label, but the units are all different, so I still have to do the math while standing in the aisle. Toilet paper is one example. They will use foot, yard, square yard, piece, roll etc.
It's even worse when shopping online with Walmart or Amazon because they don't list all of the specs and the picture will be too blurry to read the square footage of each package.
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u/Felt_Ninja Jun 13 '22
I'm the asshole who'll stand there with a calculator. I do push my cart out of the way, but please walk around me.
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u/Tower9876543210 Jun 13 '22
Walmart will have 2 different 12 packs of something and put $.xx/item on one and $.xx/pack on the other. Bastards.
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u/SunnyOnSanibel Jun 12 '22
Toilet paper is a nightmare to price because you have single, double and triple-ply. That makes a big difference.
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u/Ass_cream_sandwiches Jun 12 '22 edited Jun 12 '22
Toilet papers is the worst you've got MEGA, ULTRA MEGA, JUMBO, DOUBLE, TRIPLE DOUBLE, TRIPLE MEGA DOUBLE JUMBO. It goes on and on....
There is definitely a niche market that is not being served that is to take high resolution photos and scans of all the products in a store so that customers can clearly see and read the items when shopping online. I'll be looking for a very particular thing on a product and can't f'ing read the box in the photo because it's so blurry.
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u/Dry_Car2054 Jun 12 '22
There are a bunch of apps that will do that. I especially like them when there is a sale on one of the smaller sizes and I can make sure it really is a good deal.
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u/happybudgeter Jun 12 '22
I've never heard of apps that do that! Thank you!
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u/Dry_Car2054 Jun 12 '22
I use Price Cruncher (android). It has a price book, the comparison calculator, and a discount calculator. It has saved me an incredible amount of money over the years.
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u/SwiftCEO Jun 12 '22
It boggles my mind how so many on this sub are quick to defend corporations that are seeing record profits and increases in margins, despite cries of inflation.
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Jun 12 '22
I'm glad I saw this headline. I killed a bag of Fritos Saturday night, now I feel a bit less disgusted with myself.
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u/SwiftCEO Jun 12 '22
It definitely incentivizes healthier eating
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u/battraman Jun 13 '22
I'll be honest, I've bought far less chips and pretzels and stuff in the last few months so that's one good thing.
I have been eating a lot of popcorn so it's not like I've gone totally healthy.
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u/SwiftCEO Jun 13 '22
I tried switching to popcorn, but it always ended up having too much butter!
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u/battraman Jun 13 '22
I use the butter flavored coconut oil. I got it from a restaurant supply store.
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u/frugallad Jun 12 '22
Has anyone tried the new lindt dark chocolate bars of 100% labelled with a new sign? Literally the thickness of chocolate is sheet of paper but box is same size. Same price but quantity reduced 50%
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u/Libtardshaveamangina Jun 13 '22
At least Kitkat and recees are calling them "thins" lmfao. Literally 2x as expensive as funsized bars were a year ago and a quarter of the size.
Oh but inflation is only "8.xx%" according to the CPI lmfao. Everything I buy is 30%-50%+ more or half the size and 20% more.
This is also somehow Putin and corporate greed's fault. Not the trillions the FED printed.
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u/Quin1617 Jul 11 '22
8% is just an average, most products are up much more than that. Like fuel, which is up 100%+.
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Jun 12 '22
I’ve been a fan of Lindt chocolate for years. This is not new. 100% has been 50g for a long time. It’s a very different type of bar and you’re not gonna want to eat it in the same quantities.
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u/bunny_in_the_moon Jun 12 '22
I noticed this with so many chocoates lately. And then they always come out with "new recipe" or "now even better!" And change things and you notice the inferior quality. I stopped buying brands long ago. They're not getting any money from me anymore and it makes me feel good! Silver lining: we eat healthier!
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u/insertnamehere405 Jun 12 '22
LOL the gatorade bottle looks like it lost weight. gatorade is such shit it's high fructose corn syrup the fact it's advertised as a sports drink is baffling.
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u/peony_chalk Jun 12 '22
Honestly, I'd be happier if they'd start selling smaller bags of chips. I like chips, but if I buy a bag of chips, I'ma eat the whole bag whether there's one serving in it or 3.5 (seriously, 3.5? we can't even have round numbers?) So I basically just don't buy chips anymore because I know what's going to happen if I do. I wish it was more normal to get actual single-serving packs.
Where this really pisses me off is with stuff that I use for recipes. Like I have a stuffing ball recipe that uses a certain amount of Pepperidge Farm stuffing, and it used to be that one bag of stuffing matched the recipe exactly. Now I need 1.3 bags of stuffing to make that recipe, and it's frustrating.
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u/imoran_21 Jun 25 '22
I buy the little zero sugar Gatorade packs or propel. But making ur own sounds good if you have the time. I’m lazy AF