How's your shrinkflation going?

[bucolic_frolic]

By my calculation the name brand ice cream I buy is about 2% underfilled compared to last year, before they dropped the price. So we may be paying 36 cents less, but we're also giving some of that back in volume. Time was the container was filled to the brim when opened. Now it's only filled in the middle, and around the sides it is 5/8" below the brim.

Be interesting to see what retailers do with pricing of ice cream in the summer. Time was, recently, where they raised the price in hot weather because there's more demand and refrigeration costs are higher (I think).

[wcmagumba]

1. I like those chocolate Hostess cupcakes, they have definitely gone down in size and up in price...

I guess I'm going to start buying box cake mixes and such. These have gone up in price too but still cheaper...

[Permanut]

2. When I was a kid (1950's) my favorite candy bar was a Mountain Bar..

They should change the name; by the size now they should be called Molehill Bars.

[Bristlecone]

3. The change from a 12 pack to an 8 pack, or 6 pack to a 4 pack

Of liquids infuriates me every time I’m in the store.

[Wednesdays]

4. Ice cream used to always come in 1/2 gallon containers.

Now, they're merely "3 pints" with rare exceptions.