forum threadRokket | Staff posted Mar 04, 2024 12:04 AM
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forum threadRokket | Staff posted Mar 04, 2024 12:04 AM
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This is why I don't believe the government's inflation numbers (18% total in last 3 years). I am certain these were $3.99 when not on sale 3 years ago. That's a 150% increase in price. Ditto a million other things at the grocery store.
I've entirely quit, but not because I want to. Not because of health reasons. It's because I can't f*cking afford it anymore.
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The power to combat these practices doesn't lie with the government (their control over private business is limited, and with good reason), it lies with the consumers. If brands shrink their packaging and charge the same price, find another brand that doesn't, buy a store brand, stop buying that produce altogether. Only when a brand pushes far enough that their decisions start to cost them money do they have any incentive to change those decisions.
We aren't talking about "core" foods here, things like milk, eggs, meat, fruits and vegetables, etc. all cost more too, but usually not due to "shrinkflation". You aren't seeing 11-packs of eggs, or 9lb bags of potatoes so far. The brands that do this are almost exclusively highly processed, conveniently packaged, and frequently unhealthy items that humans can probably live without. If enough people start to live without them, they will get the message. Not because government asked them nicely to stop the practice, but because that practice started to cost them money.
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