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Changing consumer habits could spell the end of bagged milk (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
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"Consumption of milk per capita has gone down every year over the last 30 years," says Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. "Actually, it's gone down by more than 20 per cent since 2015."

While bagged milk is often cited as a unique Canadianism, it's actually not sold west of Ontario. Those who prefer it, however, say it's more cost efficient and some even believe it tastes better.

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[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 months ago

Is it "changing consumer preferences", or is it the industry seeing an opportunity for shrinkflation.

[-] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Clearly it's the shrinkflation

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Personally, I stopped buying milk. My daughter has a dairy allergy but I used to buy almond milk for her and dairy milk for myself, but I've switched to just almond milk for both of us to reduce my contribution to the beef industry. I'll still buy some dairy products like cheese and ice cream, but generally am trying to minimize my demand.

[-] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

This.

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