Fall. While it's a season for weather, it has now become like a shopping season. Like,

it's like a thing to celebrate with. Now, there's something wrong with spending money

on some of these things as long as you budget for them, you have the money. But again,

if we're not careful, we can just overspend.

Hey, guys. Welcome to this episode of the Rachel Crucio podcast. I'm so glad that you're

here. So in this episode, we're going to talk through traps to avoid this time of year.

I'm going to go over 10 things to avoid wasting your money on this fall. And pumpkin spice

lattes might be on the list. Love them, hey, dumb. You know, let's be honest. We're going

to just break down how you can still save money this fall, not waste your money because

it's so easy. But first, let's talk about shrinkplation. Yep. Kind of a different word.

You may or may not have heard of it. But I can tell you that it is definitely affecting

you, whether you know it or not. So let's talk about it. Take a listen.

So today, we're going to talk about something called shrinkplation. Yes, I saw this and

I was like, this is fascinating. So I wanted to share it with all of you. So first, we're

going to define what it is and then go over some of the major products that are being

impacted by this. So shrinkplation is caused when items that you buy shrink in size, but

you pay the same price for it. So it's not the same thing as inflation, but it tends

to go hand in hand. So when inflation makes costs go up for companies, sometimes you'll

choose to shrink the product instead of driving up the price for the consumer. So the price

of the item goes up on the back end, but you as the shopper don't see the price difference.

So you're getting your paying the same price, but you're getting less of the item. And yes,

companies are doing this and they have to measure places where they can stay in business.

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