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Here are 11 groceries shoppers are now refusing to buy because of shrinkflation.
“I used to like Birdseye frozen mixed vegetables.
“That is awful.
Walmart
Doesn’t look like the advertised photo at all smh,” anothercommented.
“I hadn’t had Old El Paso regular taco shells in years up until last week.
They’re TINY compared to how I remember them being.
Walmart
Absolutely ridiculous,” anothercommented.
Febreze
One shopper noticed the bottles of Febreze are smaller but the price remains the same.
“New shrink-wrapped bottle design to hide 100 ml less… same price!”
Walmart
“Maybe they’re following the route of the chip manufacturers??”
Bertolli Chicken Carbonara
Customers are not happy about the servings in some Bertolli products.
Should be 2 and 1/2 cups, barely two cups in the package,” one shoppersaid.
Bertolli
“Man, this started a couple of years ago.
Bertolli Sausage and Rigatoni was my go to after work bag of food.
Then one time it seemed to be half empty.
Aldi
Tried again a week later and the same thing, half empty.
I haven’t had it since,” anotheragreed.
Exactly 25% less food by weight, same price,” one shopper pointedout.
Walmart
“Lemi Shine dishwasher booster 24 oz to 20 oz,” one Redditor pointedout.
“Lemi do some shining shrinkflation for you…” another joked about the shrinkflation on display.
Rose’s Marmalade
Shoppers say Rose’sMarmaladeor Jam is guilty of shrinkflation.
Walmart
“Rose’s Marmalade/Jams the worst shrinkflation I’ve seen to date,” one shoppersaid.
That’s like 5 sandwiches worth, the audacity.
I like the Smuckers triple better anyway," anotheradded.
GIANT
The packaging is different for the old vs new sizes.
“Noticed while searching Walmart,” one Redditorshared.
“The old version even looks better,” another added.
Funyuns
“Funyuns not so fun anymore,” theywrote, with a side-by-side picture showing the difference.
Even the clubs only get the price per oz down to slightly above 60c/oz," another commented.
“Another one bites the dust ,” a Redditorcommented.
Fage
However these 2/3 full yogurt is containers is a great, creative excuse by the company.
Actually, I call it creative marketing!
I do give them credit for that!"
Costco
“Ghirardelli downsized, same price.
30 grams less in the package” they wrote, sharing a side-by-side picture of the packaging.
“I can’t confirm with actual proof but I just know they’ve gotten thinner.
The chocolate has no structure because it’s so thin they just break easily,” anothersaid.
