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vanblessed<p>Ieri ho preso la Gocciole al supermercato.<br>Ho visto che il prezzo era lo stesso per la versione Chocolate (quella standard) e quella Caramel, che però non era in offerta.</p><p>Prendo in mano il sacchetto.<br>Mmmh, leggerino.<br>300 g?</p><p>Ora, non è propriamente un caso di <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrinkflation</span></a>, perché le Caramel non ricordo se siano mai state da 500g, ma vi assicuro che la grandezza esterna era mooooolto simile.</p><p>Per fortuna in Italia abbiamo una legge contro queste pratiche!</p><p>Però siamo in Italia e... [continua]</p>
Joey BoughtACola<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AllOrNothingAnything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllOrNothingAnything</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HashtagGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HashtagGames</span></a></p><p>Getting less and less for more and more.<br>Pretty soon nothing will cost everything. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shrinkflation</span></a></p>
Dirk Haun<p>756 ml. Langsam wird‘s echt albern.<br><a href="https://tinycities.net/tags/Shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shrinkflation</span></a></p>
jonathankoren™<p>I’m a big fan of hostess cupcakes. I have been for my whole life. My dad bought a box of them this week, and I noticed compared to the last box, they’ve changed.</p><p>They’re smaller, and icing is thinner and doesn’t go to the edge. They’re uglier.</p><p>This is trash. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shrinkflation</span></a></p>
Rui Seabra<p>Really, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gillette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gillette</span></a> ? Your fabric machines can't actually properly count 1, 2, 3, 4, and you're banking on it, or is it just ye old <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrinkflation</span></a> ? Because it's either one or the other to me, and I really don't know which one is worse... 😒</p><p>A 3x pack of 4 is mysteriously lacking one and you're making it look like a prom?</p><p>Really?</p>
Tammy Garrison, MLIS<p>I’m not losing my mind—those used to be 5 lb bags of sugar, right? Now the sugar is a pound less and two times as much. <a href="https://babka.social/tags/shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrinkflation</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Andreas<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@zucker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zucker</span></a></span> </p><p>aus der Süddeutschen... ich ärger mich nur noch bei Aldi :(<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrinkflation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/skimpflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skimpflation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aldi</span></a> (haha)<br>Die Deutschen kaufen gerne beim Discounter. Aber ein exklusiver Preisvergleich zeigt: In vielen Ländern Westeuropas sind Lebensmittel günstiger zu haben. Wie konnte es dazu kommen?<br><a href="https://archive.ph/SNgr5#selection-447.267-447.275" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/SNgr5#selection-447</span><span class="invisible">.267-447.275</span></a></p><p>Preisvergleiche auf <a href="https://smhaggle.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">smhaggle.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>/2</p><p>Of ‘shrinkflation’ (which Hershey calls “price pack architecture”), the CEO said:</p><p>“It’s not a direct price point increase, but rather, it’s kind of a combination of sizing and price, which can tend to offer perhaps a better value perception for consumers.”</p><p>(🥴)</p><p>(Omg it’s such utter nonsense and I have a degree in it lol)</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cocoaprices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cocoaprices</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hershey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hershey</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrinkflation</span></a></p>
Lukas HvG<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrinkflation</span></a> hin oder her..<br>Der Skandal ist doch: wie sollen schülys denn jetzt lernen: </p><p>1N ist die Gewichtskraft von 1 Tafel Schokolade</p><p>Also wenn sich in zehn Jahren wieder jemand beschwert, die jungen Leute würden die einfachsten Zusammenhänge nicht verstehen: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/milka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>milka</span></a> ist schuld! </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bildungsauftrag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bildungsauftrag</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FediLZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediLZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/physik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physik</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/goldenerwindbeutel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goldenerwindbeutel</span></a></p>
Tanuva<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.execbase.net/@scrat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>scrat</span></a></span> Ist mir heute grade in der Picnic-App bei Bounty aufgefallen. Die normalgroßen Riegel gibts ja irgendwie schon lange nicht mehr, jetzt werden die „minis“ teurer.<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrinkflation</span></a></p>
Chris :mastozany:<p>Ich finde ja, dass Lebensmittelhersteller gesetzlich dazu verpflichtet werden sollten, für den Verbraucher nachteilige Änderungen am Produkt in der gleichen Designsprache auf der Verpackung aufzubringen, wie sie es bei dem sonstigen Marketinggewäsch auch tun:</p><p>"Jetzt neu: Dauerhaft 50g weniger Inhalt!"</p><p>"Neue Rezeptur: mit 20% mehr Palmöl"</p><p>Das würde es den Verbrauchen einfacher machen, Mogelpackungen zu erkennen und im Regal liegenzulassen.</p><p><a href="https://toot.execbase.net/tags/shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrinkflation</span></a> <a href="https://toot.execbase.net/tags/gierflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gierflation</span></a></p>
b-rain<p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Milka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Milka</span></a> erhält den Goldenen Windbeutel 2025 für <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shrinkflation</span></a>.<br><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/foodwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foodwatch</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/GoldenerWindbeutel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenerWindbeutel</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/mondelez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mondelez</span></a><br><a href="https://www.foodwatch.org/de/milka-alpenmilch-erhaelt-den-goldenen-windbeutel-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">foodwatch.org/de/milka-alpenmi</span><span class="invisible">lch-erhaelt-den-goldenen-windbeutel-2025</span></a></p>
Okuna<p>Sollte man sich durchlesen und vielleicht überlegen, ob man nicht mit den Füssen abstimmt<br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrinkflation</span></a><br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/milka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>milka</span></a></p><p>Ich finde ja, manches ist echter Betrug.<br>„Eistee Dirtea Glow der Rapperin Shirin David. Bei der Margarine bemängelte Foodwatch, dass sie mit der Angabe "100 Prozent natürliche Zutaten" beworben wurde, obwohl sie voller "Zusatzstoffe und industriell hergestellter Zutaten" sei. Shirin David bewarb ihren Eistee mit einem sichtbaren Glow-Effekt für "schöne Haut und Nägel".“</p><p><a href="https://www.zdfheute.de/panorama/dreisteste-werbeluege-milka-geschrumpft-verteuert-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zdfheute.de/panorama/dreistest</span><span class="invisible">e-werbeluege-milka-geschrumpft-verteuert-100.html</span></a></p>
maexchen1<p><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Foodwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Foodwatch</span></a> hat die <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Milka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Milka</span></a> Alpenmilch-Schokolade dank <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shrinkflation</span></a> zum<br><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/GoldenerWindbeutel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenerWindbeutel</span></a> verholfen</p><p>Ein <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/LuxusProdukt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LuxusProdukt</span></a> </p><p>Bezahlbare <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Lebensmittel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lebensmittel</span></a> des täglichen Bedarf sind denen wohl egal geworden... 🤢</p><p><a href="https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbraucher/milka-schokolade-shrinkflation-goldener-windbeutel-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbr</span><span class="invisible">aucher/milka-schokolade-shrinkflation-goldener-windbeutel-100.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Mondelez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mondelez</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Alpenmilch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alpenmilch</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Schokolade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schokolade</span></a></p>
tagesschau<p>"Shrinkflation": Milka gewinnt Schmähpreis "Goldener Windbeutel"</p><p>Die Verbraucherorganisation Foodwatch hat Milka Alpenmilch-Schokolade zur "dreistesten Werbelüge des Jahres" gekürt. Hersteller Mondelez hatte zunächst den Preis deutlich erhöht, und dann auch noch die Tafel verkleinert.</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbraucher/milka-schokolade-shrinkflation-goldener-windbeutel-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&amp;at_campaign=tagesschau.de" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbr</span><span class="invisible">aucher/milka-schokolade-shrinkflation-goldener-windbeutel-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&amp;at_campaign=tagesschau.de</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ard.social/tags/Milka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Milka</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/Schokolade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schokolade</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/Preis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Preis</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/Shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shrinkflation</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/GoldenerWindbeutel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenerWindbeutel</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/Werbel%C3%BCge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Werbelüge</span></a></p>
Georg Ehring<p>Die Schokolade schmilzt, bevor sie die Zunge erreicht. Milka bekommt den goldenen Windbeutel von <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bewegung.social/@foodwatch_de" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>foodwatch_de</span></a></span> . Die Tafel Schokolade wurde kleiner und dafür teurer. Was bleibt ist die Verpackungsgröße. <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/Shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shrinkflation</span></a> .<br><a href="https://www.foodwatch.org/de/milka-alpenmilch-erhaelt-den-goldenen-windbeutel-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">foodwatch.org/de/milka-alpenmi</span><span class="invisible">lch-erhaelt-den-goldenen-windbeutel-2025</span></a></p>
Andreas<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nrw.social/@Speckdaene" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Speckdaene</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/s%C3%BCddeutsche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>süddeutsche</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrinkflation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/skimpflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skimpflation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aldi</span></a> (haha)<br>Die Deutschen kaufen gerne beim Discounter. Aber ein exklusiver Preisvergleich zeigt: In vielen Ländern Westeuropas sind Lebensmittel günstiger zu haben. Wie konnte es dazu kommen?<br><a href="https://archive.ph/SNgr5#selection-447.267-447.275" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/SNgr5#selection-447</span><span class="invisible">.267-447.275</span></a><br>was ich seit einem dreiviertel Jahr bei Aldi verfolge an faking ist surreal<br>vielleicht <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smhaggle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smhaggle</span></a>.com</p>
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦<p>i reckoned they’re automated conversions because all patterns produced by Simplicity (Butterick, McCalls, New Look, Vogue, Burda) have measurements for 45" and 60" fabrics, but the past 10-15 years have brought us the 54" and 35" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrinkflation</span></a> of fabrics, along with the ocassional 90" and 120" specialty fabrics.</p><p>i believe MimiG’s fabric measurements and the old patterns. the newer patterns? not so much. </p><p>so i don’t guesstimate fabric until i drape the pattern pieces &amp; find the patterns logic.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Similarly, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> cut back on <em>"non-essential spending"</em> as well, as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Greedflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greedflation</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shrinkflation</span></a> bleeds them dry.</p><ul><li>Cuz even when they are <em>able and willing to pay</em>, they get <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwuXF1AyKak" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">treated like shit and shafted hard</a> to the point that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piracy</span></a> is not just ramping up, but getting <em>socially accepted</em>.</li></ul><p>Or to put in the words of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GabeNewell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GabeNewell</span></a>: <em>"Piracy is always a service problem!"</em></p><ul><li>And given how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Valve</span></a> turned their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OnlineDRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineDRM</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steam</span></a> into something that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IndieDevs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDevs</span></a> get <em>bullied into publishing on</em>, there's certainly some weight to it, as even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EpicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpicGames</span></a> struggles to get even a tiny market share from Valve's <em>de-facto <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a></em> despite burning through millions <em>if not billions</em> of money to give away <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> (after all they still need to pay the licensees/publishers/creators of the games they give away)...<br></li></ul><p>Add to that the obnoxiousness of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AlwaysOnlineDRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlwaysOnlineDRM</span></a> that makes modern Games <em>literally unplayable</em> when the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publishers</span></a> decide to kill the infrastructure needed for it. </p><ul><li>Steam at least does have contingencies in place to actually remove it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a> and allow users to get a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRMfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRMfree</span></a> copy of their games <em>if they were to close shop</em> but that's not the norm in the industry. Otherwise <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StopKillingGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopKillingGames</span></a> would not be necessary as a petition.</li></ul>
ishotjr ✨💙✨💗✨<p>I boarded the MAX to <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PDX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PDX</span></a> at 5:42pm yesterday; after many delays, my Alaska Airlines flight touched down in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Detroit</span></a> at 5:24am. During that entire period, the only sustenance offered was this single ***half-ounce*** packet of pretzels. I've heard of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/shrinkflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shrinkflation</span></a> and corporate <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/kleptomania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptomania</span></a>, but this literally takes the biscuit... ☹️</p>