Have You Noticed This at the Grocery Store?

Amala Ekpunobi

Education

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Everyone’s pretty well aware that groceries are getting more expensive, but did you know that they’re also getting smaller? Welcome to the world of “shrinkflation,” the practice of companies giving you less or lower quality product for the prices you’re used to paying, instead of increasing their prices. I’ll share some of the best examples I found—drop yours in the comments below!

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0:00.0	Like some kind of Pizza Ninja, Domino's are slicing their prices.
0:05.0	Domino's price slice.
0:07.0	Small pizzas now 8 quid, medium now 10 quid,
0:10.0	and large now 12 quid.
0:12.0	Yet we're making cuts too.
0:14.0	In 11th of February 24, minimum delivery spend charges and areas may apply.
0:18.0	Ties and see, see Domino's dot code at UK.
0:20.0	Have you noticed that your favorite bag of chips now has less chips in the bag, or your toilet paper or paper towel roll is getting thinner?
0:27.5	Maybe the baby formula that you buy for your child has less formula in the container.
0:31.5	Or that favorite snack pack that you buy has fewer snacks in it.
0:35.0	Well, you, my friend, might be a victim of shrinkflation.
0:38.0	And while I believe you should be entitled to compensation, if you call now, nothing will be done. Let's talk about it.
0:43.3	Yeah, you better.
0:44.3	You're better.
0:47.0	Yeah, you better.
0:48.3	Yeah, you better.
0:51.3	Because before we get into this video, big shout out to all the patrons who have been
0:53.5	supporting me on a Patreon you really keep the content going on this channel and I
0:56.8	cannot thank you enough so shout out to y'all now let's talk about shrinkflation
1:02.0	it's a phenomenon that I've just really become privy to and started looking into, but I've been experiencing it and I just didn't know.
1:09.0	I was on a flight a little while back with my boyfriend. I bought a bag of chips at the airport so that we could have a little snack
1:14.0	you know while we're up in the air my boyfriend digs into this bag of chips and all of a
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