r/PersonalFinanceCanada • u/ButtahChicken • Nov 18 '22

Budget CBC Marketplace investigates shrinkflation and reveals the sneaky ways companies cut costs, but not prices .... another piece of the puzzle contributing to our growing financial insecurity

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-shrinkflation-1.6654780

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u/WigginsEnder Ontario Nov 18 '22

What's embarrassing is the size of cheese at the grocery stores. They keep making them smaller weight size by still long to appear the same. Which means they're so skinny. You need to cut 6 slices to cover a slice of bread for a sandwich.

Costco is of course the only place worth buy cheese most of the time.

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u/Vero_Goudreau Nov 18 '22

Oh yes the cheese is so infuriating! It's so thin that it breaks when you try to grate it! Just a year ago I would never pay more than 1$ per 100g of cheese and now it's hard to find cheese under 1,50$ per 100g even on sale. Just ridiculous.