Sneaking Inflation Past People

[starshipcat]

Does it seem like food gets consumed more quickly? Are you wondering if someone in the family is sneaking some midnight snacks?

It may actually be "sneakflation." Faced with price resistance, especially on non-essentials, companies try to slide inflation past consumers by shrinking package sizes. A one-pound bag of veggies becomes twelve ounces,

Comments

[marycatelli]

The 18 oz box might have passed as reasonable, but I remember a 19 oz box - which no one could take for anything but shrinkage, because no one would make one except to shrink.