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Re: Shrinkflation Tracker

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Post by KomoD »

switch007 wrote: post #75

Warning: rant about brands The sadistic think about brands is that people are paying for marketing team to continue to lie to them and brainwash them, to convince them to continue buying their products! Media is full of brands - gosh I wonder how they have all that budget for expensive marketing campaigns ! It's so incredibly hard to wean someone off brands. I've been campaigning my family for years, but they still s…

> but that's not the comparison to make

It is one a lot of people make, also... you make that comparison literally one line down.

Re: Shrinkflation Tracker

#83

Post by [deleted] »

switch007 wrote: post #75

Warning: rant about brands The sadistic think about brands is that people are paying for marketing team to continue to lie to them and brainwash them, to convince them to continue buying their products! Media is full of brands - gosh I wonder how they have all that budget for expensive marketing campaigns ! It's so incredibly hard to wean someone off brands. I've been campaigning my family for years, but they still s…

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Re: Shrinkflation Tracker

#84

Post by jstanley »

switch007 wrote: post #75

Warning: rant about brands The sadistic think about brands is that people are paying for marketing team to continue to lie to them and brainwash them, to convince them to continue buying their products! Media is full of brands - gosh I wonder how they have all that budget for expensive marketing campaigns ! It's so incredibly hard to wean someone off brands. I've been campaigning my family for years, but they still s…

I also find the Lidl Ginger Nut biscuits are vastly superior to the McVities ones, which taste burnt. I don't understand why McVities aren't better.

Re: Shrinkflation Tracker

#85

Post by daveoc64 »

xwdv wrote: post #76

I don’t get it, would people rather pay higher prices up front? A lot of times people don’t even use the entirety of a product they pay for. Shrinkflation can essentially just cut that part out. Even if you eat 100% of something, your brain was probably satiated after eating 80%, the rest is excess. For stuff like candy you won’t notice a missing gummy bear or two. You’ll get the same satisfaction.

A lot of people resent how sneaky shrinkflation feels.

Manufacturers would gladly boast about increasing the size of their product if they did so, but do everything they can to hide when they've shrunk it.

Manipulative tricks like oddly shaped packaging or plastic fillers to take up the space that was previously product are examples of why people hate shrinkflation.

If something goes up in price but the quantity and quality stayed the same, people wouldn't feel like they're being tricked.

Re: Shrinkflation Tracker

#86

Post by [deleted] »

KomoD wrote: post #81
switch007 wrote: post #75

Warning: rant about brands The sadistic think about brands is that people are paying for marketing team to continue to lie to them and brainwash them, to convince them to continue buying their products! Media is full of brands - gosh I wonder how they have all that budget for expensive marketing campaigns ! It's so incredibly hard to wean someone off brands. I've been campaigning my family for years, but they still s…

> but that's not the comparison to make It is one a lot of people make, also... you make that comparison literally one line down.

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Re: Shrinkflation Tracker

#87

Post by xwdv »

daveoc64 wrote: post #85
xwdv wrote: post #76

I don’t get it, would people rather pay higher prices up front? A lot of times people don’t even use the entirety of a product they pay for. Shrinkflation can essentially just cut that part out. Even if you eat 100% of something, your brain was probably satiated after eating 80%, the rest is excess. For stuff like candy you won’t notice a missing gummy bear or two. You’ll get the same satisfaction.

A lot of people resent how sneaky shrinkflation feels. Manufacturers would gladly boast about increasing the size of their product if they did so, but do everything they can to hide when they've shrunk it. Manipulative tricks like oddly shaped packaging or plastic fillers to take up the space that was previously product are examples of why people hate shrinkflation. If something goes up in price but the quantity and…

They wouldn’t feel tricked, but then they’d be pissed off at the rising prices, which affects their ability to enjoy the product.

If someone sells you a bag of chips but they’ve already eaten two of the chips, your enjoyment of the bag will still be the same as if you had the whole bag. If they reveal that fact to you though, then your experience will be soured.

This is for the consumer’s own benefit.

Re: Shrinkflation Tracker

#88

Post by switch007 »

jstanley wrote: post #84
switch007 wrote: post #75

Warning: rant about brands The sadistic think about brands is that people are paying for marketing team to continue to lie to them and brainwash them, to convince them to continue buying their products! Media is full of brands - gosh I wonder how they have all that budget for expensive marketing campaigns ! It's so incredibly hard to wean someone off brands. I've been campaigning my family for years, but they still s…

I also find the Lidl Ginger Nut biscuits are vastly superior to the McVities ones, which taste burnt. I don't understand why McVities aren't better.

> I don't understand why McVities aren't better.

People pay McVities to brainwash them in to thinking they're better, so they don't need to be better LOL

Re: Shrinkflation Tracker

#89

Post by hankchinaski »

switch007 wrote: post #75

Warning: rant about brands The sadistic think about brands is that people are paying for marketing team to continue to lie to them and brainwash them, to convince them to continue buying their products! Media is full of brands - gosh I wonder how they have all that budget for expensive marketing campaigns ! It's so incredibly hard to wean someone off brands. I've been campaigning my family for years, but they still s…

the choice as you say it's not between kellogs vs aldi cereals. But between highly processed and industrially produced crap and organic high quality raw foods. I personally don't buy any of the products on this list. But for a lot of people, there isn't a lot of choice but to go to a discount because that's literally only thing they can afford unfortunately.

Re: Shrinkflation Tracker

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Post by dweinus »

kepano wrote: post #44

In a high-inflation environment your profits are constantly shrinking. The problem also affects small and independent makers of all kinds. If you are an indie maker and priced your product at $10 in 2020, you're now effectively making $8.38 USD[1]. Assuming inflation will remain elevated and you want to maintain the same margins, you need to either: 1. increase prices 2. reduce quality/quantity/features 3. reduce sup…

That's a good explanation, but problems with silently reducing quantity are: - It attempts to trick the customer - As a customer, it makes it harder to depend on your product or buy predictably (a box of cereal used to last me through the week, now suddenly it doesn't) - It is now harder for me to comparison shop because I need to calculate cost per volume/weight - It is often done at a rate higher than inflation

This site is great, people need more transparency and companies need to be called out

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