No before shot as it's been a while since I bought this, but the previous item was in the same can, filled almost to the top, and 500g.
First of all, yes fuck Nestlé.
Things like this aren't meant to be received filled - they naturally compact. Not to be confused by things like chips, which are meant to have air as a buffer.
That 400g v 500g however - 100% shrinkflation
20%
This guy/gal did the monster math
Yeah there was a bit of a gap in the original packaging, "to the top" was relative to whatever this is.
Obligatory bad words against Nestlé..
Yeah fuck em, see my other comment. This is basically the only thing I buy from them.
Oddly enough, probably the least evil thing Nestlé has done.
Definitely very low down the list. I wouldn't buy it except it's the only one my partner likes lmao
Divorce the lawyer and fuck up a gym.
Don't forget to face your delete book.
Not to mention how the ingredients are gradually changed for the worse so we won't notice.
It's actually not awful
It actually is cuz it's nestle
True!!
A community about companies who sneakily adjust their product instead of the price in the hopes that consumers won't notice.
We notice. We feel ripped off. Let's call out those products so we can shop better.
Shrinkflation is a term often coined to refer to a product reducing in size or quality while the price remains the same or increases.
Companies will often claim that this is necessary due to inflation, although this is rarely the case. Over the course of the pandemic, they have learned that they can mark up inelastic goods, which are goods with an intangible demand, such as food, as much as they want, and consumers will have no choice but to purchase it anyway because they are necessities.
From Wikipedia:
In economics, shrinkflation, also known as the grocery shrink ray, deflation, or package downsizing, is the process of items shrinking in size or quantity, or even sometimes reformulating or reducing quality, while their prices remain the same or increase. The word is a portmanteau of the words shrink and inflation.
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Consumer advocates are critical of shrinkflation because it has the effect of reducing product value by "stealth". The reduction in pack size is sufficiently small as not to be immediately obvious to regular consumers. An unchanged price means that consumers are not alerted to the higher unit price. The practice adversely affects consumers' ability to make informed buying choices. Consumers have been found to be deterred more by rises in prices than by reductions in pack sizes. Suppliers and retailers have been called upon to be upfront with customers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation
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