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Old 08-14-2021, 08:21 AM
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ZippyNH
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Originally Posted by PerfInit View Post
Notice that consumer products are now shrinking in size/quantity to offset the inflation.
Compare rolls of TP from a year ago (420 sheets) to now only 380 sheets...
For real! They think we are stupid...
It's pure marketing...
They will introduce"bigger" later....
Happens every few decades...it's just a cycle....
you get old enough, you can sit back and watch.
Maybe for some might not realize it...but think MOST do...
More to do with supply chain...it's easier to update a size than do price increases...from a marketing perspective, it's "easier to swallow" as people see the basket in of goods not change in price to take home even if they get less.
You print money....things are going too go up in cost!!
Just like increases in minimum wage....
Nothing is free....now more $$$ chasing the same amount of goods/service.
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