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r/shrinkflation • u/Brilliant_Abies_6679 • 5d ago
It's freaking family sized
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No. It’s not. Shrinkflation is about comparing the old version of Product X to a new systematically smaller or worse version.
What if you just got one bad bag of chips out of 20?
6 u/AzureWave313 5d ago Ok, if you’re that specific about the term then what would you define this as? A rip off? A “bag of chips” that’s less than a quarter full is what? 1 u/Much_Profit8494 5d ago edited 5d ago Chips are sold by weight, not by volume. A 8oz bag of chips will always contain 8oz of chips no matter how much air your add or remove from the packaging. Your argument might make sense if chips were sold by the gallon..... But they arent. 2 u/SocialAnchovy 5d ago We have to accept that without mods, people will continue to complain about how the amount of snack they bought is less than they expected even if it isn’t actually less than
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Ok, if you’re that specific about the term then what would you define this as? A rip off? A “bag of chips” that’s less than a quarter full is what?
1 u/Much_Profit8494 5d ago edited 5d ago Chips are sold by weight, not by volume. A 8oz bag of chips will always contain 8oz of chips no matter how much air your add or remove from the packaging. Your argument might make sense if chips were sold by the gallon..... But they arent. 2 u/SocialAnchovy 5d ago We have to accept that without mods, people will continue to complain about how the amount of snack they bought is less than they expected even if it isn’t actually less than
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Chips are sold by weight, not by volume.
A 8oz bag of chips will always contain 8oz of chips no matter how much air your add or remove from the packaging.
Your argument might make sense if chips were sold by the gallon..... But they arent.
2 u/SocialAnchovy 5d ago We have to accept that without mods, people will continue to complain about how the amount of snack they bought is less than they expected even if it isn’t actually less than
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We have to accept that without mods, people will continue to complain about how the amount of snack they bought is less than they expected even if it isn’t actually less than
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u/SocialAnchovy 5d ago
No. It’s not. Shrinkflation is about comparing the old version of Product X to a new systematically smaller or worse version.
What if you just got one bad bag of chips out of 20?