More and more people are beginning to point out the shrinkflation they are encountering throughout the economy.
Dish soap.
Gorilla glue.
Kahlua.
Toothpaste.
Crackers.
Gatorade.
Bacon.
Eggs.
Chewing gum.
Everything is getting smaller while prices remain the same or increase.
https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1327-shrinkflation-is-not-included-in-cpi-data/
Mandibles!
Letās not forget the food adulteration as well. Killer combo
Think about the quality, and durability of things being produced now vs 10/20/30 years ago.
- houses
- cars
- furniture
- shoes
- appliances
- phones (!)
I live in a beautifully and lovingly updated house built in 1922. Charm retained. The craftsmanship, woodworkā¦ donāt exist in the cookie cutter track homes that are nothing more than cheap early coffins.
One of my favorite details:
Thatās pretty awesome.
I live in an house built in 1925 and it has its unique issues but overall quality and durability aināt it.
The walls are ārealā
Itās insidious in America. At every turn, weāre being cheated. This is why we Bitcoin.
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you know something I SWEAR is smaller
McDonaldās quarter pounder with cheese
Ordered one maybe a month ago..for the first time in many years
theyāre smaller guaranteed
Iām not from the US but, I have seen silver of wall street posting #shrinkflation and there are so many that is mind-blowing
We opened up a box of Costco pizza this weekend and almost all the cheese has gone. Just dough and tomato paste.
everything is going down in quality too
Thatās already been going on for years. Stuff made back in the day was way more robust. But if you create robust stuff people donāt have to buy a ānew versionā, so quality is made less robust on purpose.
Consume, consume, consume. The whole economy is built like that
Hard times ahead.
Did you go into how CPI figures are calculated and if they took into consideration of the smaller quantities? I couldn't find that in your article.
What Iām hearing you say is that corporations are greedy regardless of the money supply
Noticed this with butter, cream cheese, condiments, chips bags, basically everything that isnāt sold by weight or standard sizes.
My kid wanted Cool Ranch Doritos. Shrinkflation-sized bag for $6.50. I passed. SIX. FIFTY.
Your post is getting a lot of positive feedback.
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I've heard this happens because marketing research has shown that consumers are mostly resistant to price increases. I feel like that preys on those less intelligent. People aware of inflation just become frustrated with shrinkflation. I can't wait for the new wave of premium products to get released to fix this problem.
And the roof over your head
Not the Kahlua š
It's everywhere for sure
Eggs are smaller?
This is the reason why inflation isnāt going away. Preston Pysh explains it well. The Treasury and Fed are giving mixed signals. They are raising rates (hitting the brakes) and yet still expanding the money supply (hitting the gas).
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This is a reverse repo.
āThe party executing the reverse repo sells assets to the other party while agreeing to buy them back later at a slightly higher price.ā
Marty Bent has an excellent post on how visible this is in the grocery store through something called shrinkflation. Basically, everything is getting smaller as a way of hiding that the dollar is losing value rapidly.
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My deodorant is noticeably 30% smaller
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