Both been "re-formulated" in recent years, this following the change in Cadbury's ownership in/after 2005, and are almost undoubtedly now made using cheaper / inferior quality ingredients. "Shrinkflation" of sorts!
I think she should be named - Irene Rosenfeld. Disbarred, certainly, unfortunately too late to do that now, she has retired (and probably living on a a sizeable bonus for getting the deal done so easily, very generous pension, and share dividends), but she should have a restraint order preventing her from ever going within 100 miles of Birmingham, Bristol and York. Likewise the spineless management (the chairman got a knighthood in 2011). The Cadbury name used to mean something, not just in terms of chocolate - no more. Kraft means synthetic tasting cheese slices, and still does! (Actually those cheese triangle things seem to have shrunk too, judging by the box.)
My supermarket own brand loaf is still 800g, still they have to pay for the Clooney ads somehow!
The tuna is Princes Tuna Chunks, it went to that size in August 2020*. I now buy the Princes Drained Tuna Steak which is more expensive than chunks for the same drained weight, but is it better than chunks? I don't know yet, I've only just consumed the last of my stock of chunks. Tuna is one of those things you can easily keep in a cupboard for years 'just in case' there is some kind if supply problem, or a worldwide virus epidemic or something.
| Princes tuna steaks drained | 110/102g drained | £ 1.50 | 8/20 |
| Princes tuna steaks drained | x 3 offer | £ 3.00 | 8/20 |
| Princes tuna chunks | 145/102g drained | £ 1.25 | 8/20 |
| Princes tuna chunks | x 4 offer | £ 3.50 | 8/20 |
Having concerned myself with the ever-shrinking weight of Persil, I looked at the alternatives. Fairy non-bio powder is made in the UK (Proctor & Gamble), whilst Persil (Unilever) is made in Spain. Might as well support British manufacturing jobs where you can.
I do like Quality Street in principle - unfortunately the fact that the brand is Nestlé-owned means I'll never buy it. I won't decline it if offered by someone else, as the chocolate itself is quite good, I just refuse to put any money myself into that abomination of a company.
Correct? Really?! Why, then, does this Swiss company spell their own name with an é (acute) ?
Correct? Really?! Why, then, does this Swiss company spell their own name with an é (acute) ?
Should therefore, IMHO, be pronounced "nest-lay" or "ness-lay".
Anyhoo, perhaps we can return back to our previously-programmed topic of conversation, which was, if I correctly recall, "Shrinkflation".
I have occasionally seen the same. For a short while there was a box of some own brand (Christmas?) biscuits at, I think, the old Safeway that was £2 per box, but £5 for two. However, it was only a few days before the individual price was increased; I think the mistake was what head office had fed into the computer.
Definitely off topic as regards 'shrinkflation', but that's just plain bonkers. Surely on a "BOGOF" deal (= buy one get one free) the cost of one book (the one you wanted) would have been the same as two. What crazy till system is making you buy two (unless the overall cost of two books would then somehow have been less than just one).
I've had something similar, but this did make some sense. It was some sort of crisp like snack, all flavours were 2 for £2.50 or 1 for £1.50 - except one which was £1 (genuine - they were trying to clear it out). That was a favourite so I had two, used self service and put the second through as a separate transaction (I thought a third as another transaction was pushing it).
You haven't seen the piles of stock they have got round the back! People have been clearing out during lockdown.
In that case, don't go back! It will be Buy One Get Two Free - and she won't accept re-donations!
Dunno, has that ever happened except as a promotion? Even less likely a larger pack and a lower price.
Think originally that most multi packs at discount outlets were same sized as those from supermarkets, but gradually this equivalence seens to have been eroded away; as @Peter Mugridge mentioned upthread in post #33, multipacks of Walkers crisps at certain "poundshop" outlets now contain as few as four individual packs of the product. Buyer beware!
Think originally that most multi packs at discount outlets were same sized as those from supermarkets, but gradually this equivalence seens to have been eroded away; as @Peter Mugridge mentioned upthread in post #33, multipacks of Walkers crisps at certain "poundshop" outlets now contain as few as four individual packs of the product. Buyer beware!
Shrinkflation is not new, it has been around for decades. Eventually there is a round of 'New Bigger Size', with a higher price of course.
I would call 'shrinkflation' 'outflation', the opposite of which is ....
'Outflation' is the collapse of a currency by the printing of too much paper money.
Already in use, with another meaning. Suppose we could always merge those two meanings together!
So we'll get two for the price of one, a sort of flation BOGOF, the coming outflation coupled with shrinkflation. Those 'interesting times' many craved for will provide some nasty bites!'Outflation' is the collapse of a currency by the printing of too much paper money.
So not really to do with being short-measured when buying food items and similar.
Like your thinking, though!
