Comment on Shrinkflation is out of control

01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

Some countries have outlawed this behavior. If the seller/producer wants to decrease the package contents and keep the package size and price the same, they can (of course), but they must write on the package that the contents have decreased in large bright characters that are hard to miss. Something like this:

255g now 200g

I’m not sure where you are (assuming USA, based on the packaging), but it’s not illegal in the USA, since consumer protection is near to nonexistent.

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CompN12@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Pretty sure this is Canada, no frills is a franchise chain under Loblaws. Loblaws is the kind of company that increases a product price by 20% and then puts up a “same price everyday” sign to gaslight customers.

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- droans@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Meanwhile Kroger raises their prices and then puts a giant yellow tag on them labeled “Everyday Low Prices”.
  
  It’s not on sale, it’s always more expensive than it was before, but they want you to think it’s a discount.
  
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- 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Cool business move… NOT!
  
  (Should we even be bringing back the ‘not’?)
  
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- ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Bob Loblaw Lobs Law Bomb.
  
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- NarrativeBear@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  Same price everyday (only for the day)
  
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Saneless@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
In the US it’s actually illegal for companies to do something that benefits the consumer

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