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It's cheaper to put less product in the same packaging than it is to put less product in different packaging. You are paying for the product, and I believe there is a "net wt" shown. That's (supposed to be) for the product alone without the packaging. If you were to buy a greater amount of product in the same packaging, it would cost more, and you would complain about that instead.
Same with chips (crisps if you're outside of FreedomLand). The extra space in the bag is to prevent crushing, and is often filled with nitrogen or some other relatively inert gas to extend freshness. The product is sold by weight of the product.
In this case, it's deceptive. If the packaging used to contain more product, you could reasonably assume the same package would contain the same amount of product. This is shrinkflation. If you're going to raise prices, just do it. Don't try and trick people, because many will notice and get pissed off.
Are you seriously implying that you check the net weight of every single product you ever purchase, especially ones You've purchased regularly in the past?
And how are you even supposed to know how many uses that amount corresponds to?
I get the sense that a LOT of people are idiots and just make the observation that “big bag, lot product” instead of simply looking at the net weight… it’s on EVERY label ffs!
Yea these poor companies artificially inflating their product containers to provide a sense of more product within while stating the actual product amount in 6 pt font at the bottom of the packaging are getting a bad wrap! Sure the net weight is provided and without comparison to another package it's difficult to ascertain exactly what that weight equates to but that should be on the consumer and not the poor company trying to deceive you into thinking you're getting more than you paid for!
When will the consumer finally accept how dumb they are and apologize to these conglomerates?!
I’m not defending corps here, I’m just tired of hearing people complain and whine and moan about the same bullshit over and over. If you aren’t researching and comparing price per ounce between brands to get the best bang for your buck, you are LAZY and have no right to complain you got “cheated”. You see, people like that me that grew up poor all our lives HAVE to tirelessly be on the lookout for this shit because we have no other choice. If we waste money needlessly, we are FUCKED. You can fight this corporate trickery nonsense by just paying attention, just doing a little math, it’s not hard, I promise you!
That’s dumb. I get dozens of items on every trip, of stock that’s constantly changing, and where different brands have different sizes to try to stand out. Brands repackage and re-label all too often: with shrinkflation, a lot of my normal for one person sizes have been relabeled “family sized” to look like more. Plus I do try to change things up, so I’m not getting the same things every week, and usually get something I’ve never gotten before. There is no reasonable way to have known all the typical weights, typical ingredients (same goes for sneaky reformulations), typical prices, and be able to compare them to some history, while I’m walking through the store