Can we get a thread about grocery shrinkflation? It’s getting completely out of hand.

I assume everyone else has noticed this, but as bad as inflation is the amount of food being cut out of serving sizes is hurting my wallet just as much, and has received almost none of the public attention.A “full size” bag of chips is 200 grams. An article I found from 2014 was arguing shrinkflation was a problem – when that same “full sized” bag was 280 grams.Dempsters bagels have substantially larger holes than any other brand, and are now listed at 75 grams each. A decade ago they were 90.A box of lemon cookies I bought last month had enough space for two more cookies at least in each row.And the same practice is obvious with toilet paper, shampoo, soap, and anything that can be manipulated.This is completely fucked. The bake shop at my grocery store hasn’t been doing this, but the largest corporations and “brand names” – the ones they say are best able to sell the most food for the lowest price – are the ones blatantly ripping us off.Is there anything Canadians can do? Any laws we have protecting consumers when companies arbitrarily cut their own costs when they’re clearly capable of providing what they have in the past?Regardless, this practice is completely reprehensible, inexcusable, and basic goddamn groceries shouldn’t be something I have to treat like a potential scam.Here’s a website that has recent examples of this trend, even if the page itself is straight out of 2004I think having a user-driven Canadian version of this – with retail pricing – would be a fantastic tool. via /r/canada https://ift.tt/opKa5Zm