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From household basics to frozen foods, these staples have changed.
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Here are 7 popular groceries shoppers are convinced have drastically declined in quality.
“I work in the kitchen and fill the hot bar,” one Redditorshared.
Now they wind up tearing mid-sheet," one shoppersaid.
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“Boneless, skinless chicken thighs are terrible now.
Half of them have bones in them and they’re tiny,” one Redditorsaid.
“They look [like] they were deboned with a rusty chainsaw.
Sam’s Club
“I noticed this as well!”
“Seems like quality is changing.
They also didn’t taste as good.
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I should have actually weighed the bars though lol.
Looks like I might have to switch .”
“I noticed this about the orange chicken too!!
Barebells
The past several packages I’ve bought have been very low quality chicken,” one customersaid.
“Quality of the chicken has gone way downhill gristly and/or burnt breading.
Sam’s Club TP
The Sam’s Club toilet paper has decreased in quality, shoppers say.
Trader Joe’s
“Members Mark toilet paper has decreased in quality.
Now is almost shredding and leaving ‘dust’ on the sides of the cabinet if that makes sense.
Been in the last maybe 6 months or so?
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I actually looked online to check that it wasn’t just me with a bad batch!”
Costco Produce
Costco members are disappointed in the quality of the fresh produce.
Tasty prepared foods are also becoming harder to find,” one Redditorcomplained.
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“Produce quality is suffering all across America.
Other parts of the world, too.
We have had record-breaking storms that include hurricanes and tornadoes.
There has been flooding in some areas and droughts in others.
Crops are getting harder to grow due to extreme swings in temperature,” another commenteradded.
