Shrinkflation getting worse

 

    Have you notice something strange happening to your food or your laundry detergent, or anything else that you've been buying lately at a supermarket? Have prices been getting...higher and the size of a Pringle or a Dorito is.... smaller?  Well, I think the reason we have seen drastic changes in prices as well as what we purchase....is because of Shrinkflation.

   When did this start....and how? Well, when I was young back in the 90's a lot of things were considered less frugal. Cheap if you want to say. But since the mid to late 2000's, prices started to change and the product of a graham cracker or a soda drink started to show a change as well.

  And it's not just food. It can be the size of a tissue box or even gum. Yes...even gum is feeling the shrinking. And as the years gone by, it starts to get worse. With certain companies changing the flavor of chocolate or increasing sales while shrinking their product to save money. It's everywhere and I don't think it's gonna stop anytime soon.

  What is causing all this to happen? Could be the lack of material used to make not only the product the container itself. Have you noticed certain foods have changed? I hate Toblerone, but I know they have changed their bars recently. Breyers ice cream has felt the pain as well. Changing the name 'Ice Cream' to 'Frozen Dairy Dessert' Is it because of Shrinkflation? Or is it a change in certain flavoring of a certain ice cream?

    There are many ways to avoid Shrinkflation when at a supermarket. Going to those huge chain stores like Sam's Club or Costco and buy in bulk. Some others suggest it's best to go organic since some of their certain foods have avoided the shrinkflation. Others think just to ditch the brands. Instead of getting Cheerios, getting an organic brand of cold oat cereal would be best. But I don't think many people are going to be doing that.

  No matter if you buy your brand or in bulk, the prices are still going to skyrocket. Some people complain that it isn't fair. Sadly, life isn't, but we can always find ways to better our life to save money as well as not worry about the Shrinkflation.

 Shrinkflation will never stop. Many governors have tried for corporations to put an end to it with no avail. Even now around mid 2020's, it seems prices are getting higher, and products are getting smaller. A never-ending cycle with companies trying to save money by using cheap fillers or chocolates in their products. Even Hershey is guilty of doing this by using different chocolates to make their bars taste not only disgusting, but smaller.

   It's hard to save money in desperate times. We all need to food to live as well as many other amenities. Knowing it will be a long time before things are back to normal (God knowing if it ever will be). All we have to do is try to survive in a world that isn't fair but know one day things will get back to normal and Shrinkflation will end. We just have to dream that it will one day happen.