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Ronald P. Society Hill • 2 Nov •
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The sneakiness of manufacturers!
One has to be so aware of how manufacturers dupe their customers.
We have been a big fan of Chock Full O’Nuts Coffee for many years. Always liked to wait for when the coffee went on sale for $1.99 per can. The new sale price at ShopRite reducing it from $5.69 a can is now $2.99. We put the coffee in a canister instead of using it out of the can. Suddenly the canister did not get filled. Apparently the amount of coffee that is now in the can is 10.3 ounces instead of 13 ounces! So now the sales price went up 50% and the quantity of coffee went down over 20%.
I have found that manufacturers slip in a new reduced package size when they put the item on sale and customers don’t pay attention to the quantity.
This is not unique to this company but seems to be practiced widely. It is always buyer beware.
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Let’s not ignore the Gooferment’s role in all of this.
It has inflated the number of dollars in circulation by several trillion.
Don’t you think that has some role in all this?
See my blog rants about penny candy, nickel cigars, and dime comics!
Shrinkflation is the manufactures’ response to a dollar devaluation.
“Dollar stores” are proliferating because that’s what people can afford.
I can’t imagine shopping for food in a dollar store, but I think we are going to see more of this. Not less.
Time to vote the clowns out and just resist.
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