French supermarket using ‘shrinkflation’ stickers to pressure PepsiCo and others

Re:French supermarket using ‘shrinkflation’ stickers to pres... by satvikpendem on Saturday September 16, 2023 @12:22PM (#37536164)

If you shop often enough, you do start to remember it. I buy a lot of groceries every week and would absolutely notice if things got smaller or the unit price got larger.

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Re:French supermarket using ‘shrinkflation’ stickers to pres... by blibble on Saturday September 16, 2023 @12:40PM (#37536346)

they never reduce it enough for you to notice

(unless you're explicitly checking the weight each time)

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Re:French supermarket using ‘shrinkflation’ stickers to pres... by satvikpendem on Saturday September 16, 2023 @12:45PM (#37536385)

Then the unit price changes.

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Re:French supermarket using ‘shrinkflation’ stickers to pres... by blibble on Saturday September 16, 2023 @12:47PM (#37536403)

which changes all the time with regular price fluctations/discounts/etc

I have noticed e.g. with toilet roll when they decrease the weight they bundle it with a temporary discount so that the unit price remains the same (or even decreases for a bit)

then once the discount ends you've forgotten that they decreased the weight

it's a random walk, with the shrinkflation causing it to go upwards over time

it's the same trick e.g. Google does with Google Workspace, when they want to increase the price they:

  - increase regular price, but introduce a new permanent "12 month plan" with the previous price
  - six months down the line the 12 month plan is discontinued

then they repeat next time they want to increase the price

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