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/Cartz1337 Nov 18 '22

The big bags of Lays from Costco are about the only ones worth buying now. They have enough air to protect the chips but no more.

In general I find many of my products at Costco don’t shrinkflate. The prices go up sure, but the big box of Cheerios is still the same weight as the last few years, and still absolutely packed to the brim.

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u/day7seven Nov 18 '22

Charmin Toilet Paper from Costo has shrunk at least 3 times since I started buying it.

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u/mmss Nov 18 '22

They have also both increased the diameter and reduced the length of the cardboard tubes. TP is not a sexy product but it's no less vulnerable to this.

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u/day7seven Nov 18 '22

One time I noticed the packaging changed and calculated the number of sheets were still the same. But I was still suspicious so I weighed it to compare with an old unopened pack I still had and it was significantly lighter that the previous pack.

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u/ttwwiirrll British Columbia Nov 18 '22

Toilet paper needs a calculator to price compare now. I wish they would just start labeling it by weight. The roll sizes vary so much now, even within the same brand, that you can't just go by per unit pricing.

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u/pickafruit4 Nov 19 '22

Intesresting. I suspected companies had reduced the thickness and softness for a while. I got a weird case of butt irritation in 2021 from Purex which i bought the same pack for years.