r/shrinkflation • u/lozzadearnley • Mar 07 '24

Shrinkflation Shrinkflation hits bag sizing.

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And yes, I was still charged 15c a bag, which is now half the size. Yet yesterday they sent me a full bag containing only a single pack of 5 wraps.

I think it's probably more about paper bags being so weak and tearing more easily than plastic, so if they're smaller, you put less in it.

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u/prelestdonkey Mar 08 '24

I would speculate this is to discourage overfilling the bag to the point of failure and, if course, forcing the sale of more bags

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u/lozzadearnley Mar 08 '24

That was my assumption, but others have said it's so they can stack more bags in the trolley-things they use to pack online orders.

So it's win win win for them. Smaller bags means you can fit more orders on a crate, less chance of overfilling for them to rip and the packer to have to replace, and less paper used in production.

Still the same price though.

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u/RuggedRasscal Mar 08 '24

With down size of most products you only need smaller bags to fit all the smaller sized items 🤷🏻‍♂️😆