can,

Alright, I know they’ve had twenty years and are allowed a few stinkers, but is this the worst cyanide and happiness ever?

samus12345,
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troyunrau,
@troyunrau@lemmy.ca avatar

This is a marketing trick, part of the shrinkflation treadmill.

(1) Step one, make a box with three rows of cookies.

(2) Step two, make two products, one with two rows (at a slightly lower price than the three rows), and introduce a Family Size/Share Size/etc. with four rows that costs just under double.

(3) Step three, return two step one, but now with a higher price.

Repeat ad nauseum.

The thing is, as a single consumer who is trying to buy at the best price point at any given time, I’ll fall for it repeatedly.

isVeryLoud,

Astroturfing, but I just launched lemmy.ca/c/shrinkflation today, if you want to post your Oreos.

I hate opening Oreos, whippets, etc. and just seeing those little plastic pegs in the packaging where three cookies should have gone instead. >:(

sxan,
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Oh, they know. They know.

dohpaz42,
@dohpaz42@lemmy.world avatar

This hits way too close to home.

Coldgoron,

I read this in Anya’s voice.

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