From chips and chocolate to soap and soda, major brands have been giving customers less for their money. Shoppers are starting to notice, and social media has become a spotlight for exposing these tactics. These twenty companies thought they could pull it off without anyone realizing, but consumers are making sure the truth comes out. Let’s take a look at 20 brands that thought they could get away with shrinkflation.
1. Three gushers in one pack, what’s going on here, gushers?
2. That isn’t a large pizza, Dominos
3. 50% cereal, 50% disappointment
4. Mars Bars have the same size package, but a way smaller product
5. Ah, yes, the $5 McDouble meal is now $6
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6. This is getting out of hand
7. These “six” Domino’s brownies are $6
8. New cheese sticks only have 1/2 the weight of the old ones
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9. We’re even shrinking tools now?
10. Massive shrinkflation, just one month apart
11. Sometimes, shrinkflation isn’t about size; it’s about quality
12. Even Swiss Rolls are shrinking
13. “A Pringles can I saved for an art project a few years ago, vs one I bought yesterday.”
14. What happened to Taco Bell?
15. This is a new low, Colgate
16. $6 for this is just inhumane McDonalds
17. KFC is calling this a chicken tender now?
18. Dole didn’t just shrink the carton; they watered down the juice as well
19. That can not be 1/4 a pound
20. This person captured the day Snickers ice cream switched from 6 bars in a box to 5
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