Shrinkflation

[Drago]

Brand is Fudco

They love a nice bit of fud in Scotland!

 

[sevenfourate]

Snack bars that have gone from 5 in a box to 4: have RUINED the 5-days-in-a-week packed lunch equilibrium 👎

 

[annedonnelly]

Snack bars that have gone from 5 in a box to 4: have RUINED the 5-days-in-a-week packed lunch equilibrium 👎

You need to ask for a four-day working-week.

 

[Electric_Andy]

In Sainsbury’s they now sell many spices in the “ethnic” aisle in plastic bags of 100g or more. Brand is Fudco and they are many times cheaper even than Sainsbury brand, let alone Schwartz

Edit to add a link
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/product/fudco-cinnamon-powder-100g

Yep, if you use a lot of a particular spice they are much cheaper. And often more authentic to their region

 

[PeteXXX]

You need to ask for a four-day working-week.

Or a 2 day week like me and they'd last for a fortnight 😉

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Schwartz seasoning and spice jars, which used to come in glass jars, now come in plastic containers. And surprise, surprise! At the same time of this change, they have shrunk considerably. In the case of ground cinnamon, contents have dropped from 39 grammes to 30 grammes. To be fair, I have no idea how much they cost previously but I doubt very much if the price dropped at all, never mind by nearly 25%.

Like mentioned above, for dried herbs and spices you're better off buying them in plastic bags from your local Asian supermarket, then decant them elsewhere.
Dried herbs and spices do not go off, I have some in sealed tubs that are years old, still smell like they should.

Bars of chocolate were a sneaky one - a lot of the 100g bars quietly became 90g (and the price went up which you can kind of understand because of the price of cocoa), but overall chocolate really feels like a rip off these days.

A few years ago there was a failure of the cocoa crop in some countries, that has of course put the price up.
But also the sugar tax introduced (I think) during the Boris government has made the prices of goods containing sugar really spike.

 

[Brandane]

A few years ago there was a failure of the cocoa crop in some countries, that has of course put the price up.

So when they have a bumper cocoa crop, will the price of chocolate come down again? Ehhh, I think we know the answer .

 

[Pat "5mph"]

So when they have a bumper cocoa crop, will the price of chocolate come down again? Ehhh, I think we know the answer .

Well, it should: cocoa beans are traded in the financial markets like shares or, better analogy, crude oil.
However, the British sugar tax is here to stay - supposedly to deter folks from consuming sugary goods for their own health.
I don't drink fizzy drinks, but I have noticed that the sugar versions are much more expensive now, while the zero sugar versions can often be found on special offer.
Also, if you notice, the dark chocolates, the ones with little or no sugar (like 75/80/90% cocoa) are cheaper than milk chocolate (high sugar content).
This time of year I buy a lot of chocolate for Christmas baking

 

[lazybloke]

In Sainsbury’s they now sell many spices in the “ethnic” aisle in plastic bags of 100g or more. Brand is Fudco and they are many times cheaper even than Sainsbury brand, let alone Schwartz

Edit to add a link
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/groceries/product/fudco-cinnamon-powder-100g

I buy spices that way. They're "inflation proof" because each bag lasts too long to remember the price

 

[Shut Up Legs]

It's basically a marketing strategy that assumes the consumers are idiots. The product sellers know the customers don't like price increases, so they keep the prices the same and shrink the product instead. But as I implied, the customers aren't stupid (well, most of them aren't).

Yes, I know I stated the obvious, I just wanted to vent.