Shrinkflation Happening Again

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hodedofome
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1:18p, 5/5/26
I noticed 2 products at HEB - tortellini and tortilla chips - shrank the size of their products by 20% while keeping the price the same.

Wonder how many more products this is happening to right under our noses.
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In reply to hodedofome • 1:49p, 5/5/26
hodedofome said:
I noticed 2 products at HEB - tortellini and tortilla chips - shrank the size of their products by 20% while keeping the price the same.

Wonder how many more products this is happening to right under our noses.

Noticed this as well.
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2:20p, 5/5/26
I hope it's happening on junk food. That would help me out.
What I also notice is the lower grade packaging on things like breakfast cereal.

Now if it happens on bone in ham… smaller pigs?
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3:14p, 5/5/26
This was the 'fresh' HEB tortellini, so not the frozen or cheaper stuff that's out there.

The tortilla chips are the more natural Xochitl kind, already on the expensive side. Not the cheap stuff.
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3:30p, 5/5/26
Sadly, nothing new here. Cereal boxes have gotten 50% more thin in the last ten years.
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3:49p, 5/5/26
Yes, Ice Cream has gone to smaller packages except Blue Bell.
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In reply to Coke Bear • 5:09p, 5/5/26
Coke Bear said:
Sadly, nothing new here. Cereal boxes have gotten 50% more thin in the last ten years.

Even the wax paper liners have gotten thinner.
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In reply to hodedofome • 7:38p, 5/5/26
hodedofome said:
I noticed 2 products at HEB - tortellini and tortilla chips - shrank the size of their products by 20% while keeping the price the same.

Wonder how many more products this is happening to right under our noses.

DIY Tortilla Chips are easy.

Crispy Baked Flour Tortilla Chips

Way better than the store bought corn stuff.
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9:41p, 5/5/26
If you want to spend the time making chips for me, I'll let you.

I ain't got the time with 3 kids and no drivers.
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7:25p, 5/6/26
It's not just the retail side.

100% of my t-shirts are now skin tight. They weren't like this before.
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In reply to boognish_bear • 11:11p, 5/6/26
boognish_bear said:

Not saying this isn't true, but might want to remember these are these people proving this...

NBC Admits It Rigged Crash, Settles GM Suit



In its apology, NBC admitted that it had used incendiary devices to ensure that a fire would erupt if gasoline leaked from the truck being hit by a test car. The 15-minute segment was addressing critics' charges that GM's full-size pickup trucks built between 1973 and 1987 are unsafe because their gasoline tanks are on the sides of the trucks, outside the frame.
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In reply to EatMoreSalmon • 5:08a
EatMoreSalmon said:
boognish_bear said:

Not saying this isn't true, but might want to remember these are these people proving this...

NBC Admits It Rigged Crash, Settles GM Suit



In its apology, NBC admitted that it had used incendiary devices to ensure that a fire would erupt if gasoline leaked from the truck being hit by a test car. The 15-minute segment was addressing critics' charges that GM's full-size pickup trucks built between 1973 and 1987 are unsafe because their gasoline tanks are on the sides of the trucks, outside the frame.


It seems everybody has an agenda.

In the battle of truth vs agenda, who wins?
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In reply to boognish_bear • 5:22a
boognish_bear said:

"Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight." (Proverbs 11:1).

Keep in mind that shrinkflation isn't counted in official inflation numbers.
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