Food Theory: They're STEALING Your Food!

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  @Shadow_Dragon_666 · 4 years ago

  Food products aren't only getting smaller, they're also getting less nutritious and less healthy due to using lower-quality ingredients to save production costs

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• GE

  @Gecko998YT · 4 years ago

  Our family always gets suspicious and disappointed when a food product has "NEW LOOK! SAME GREAT TASTE!". We go "oh great, how are they ripping us off this time"

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  @deanobro69 · 4 years ago

  As a child of the 70&apos;s (Yes I&apos;m Old AF), I started to notice &quot;Shrinkflation&quot; in the 90&apos;s. <br>Some people even tried telling me &nbsp;&quot;You just got bigger&quot;<br>So thanks Mat Pat, this topic needs more exposure.

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• GA

  @garykuovideos · 2 years ago

  Seeing the words “Share Size” also makes me laugh. Every instance of shrinkflation gives me another reason to completely abandon a product I shouldn’t be eating anyway.

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  @Mysterios1989 · 4 years ago

  In Germany, the consumer protection agency gives out a yearly award for the &quot;Mogelpackung&quot;, which is a figurative word for a sham, but literally translates as deceptive packaging. Here, the worst offenders of shrinking packages and most air in packages are publically shamed.

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• PR

  @privacyvalued4134 · 4 years ago

  &quot;Sizes never really go back up.&quot; &nbsp;Actually, they do go back up. &nbsp;When they say, &quot;Now 20% more!&quot; on the packaging, they mean both the amount of food AND the price. &nbsp;So they shrink, shrink, shrink until enough people complain and then they increase both the size and the price at the same time and simultaneously spin in it in a way that most people won&apos;t notice.

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• MI

  @mikhail7140 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I work in different grocery stores all around the Triangle in NC and I&apos;m seeing this a lot. Packaging is shrinking and the price is still raising on them at the same time. Check out Breton Crackers as one example, they shrunk 20% and raised by 1$. They hide the price raise by putting them on sale right after, then after the sale you are left with the higher price and smaller packaging.

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• MO

  @morganh4710 · 3 years ago

  The issue isn&apos;t that they&apos;re trying to make up costs. These companies are shrinking products, increasing cost and cheaping out on ingredients all despite posting record profits.

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• UR

  @urfaes6878 · 4 years ago

  Shrinkflation is insidious. &quot;We cut back to keep your prices the same.&quot; However, there is still 8% inflation, so you&apos;re paying more for less.

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• DU

  @duderodoli · 4 years ago

  In Brazil there&apos;s a law that makes it mandatory for the companies to clearly state in the package that the product is smaller/lighter when they do it.

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• TH

  @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache · 4 years ago

  Just like your theory on why company logos are getting more and more simplified and worse, looks like their products are doing so as well.

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• CR

  @CrAck-MoNey · 2 years ago (edited)

  Cereal is one of the most noticeable of this. I&apos;ve worked in 4 grocery stores in the last 10 years, and when you work around it you notice it all the time.

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