Shrinkflation. A real and really annoying thing. It’s been around since the early 50s at least: I remember when the “dime size” candy bars got smaller.
They really ought to make peanut butter jars closer to tuna can size. The tall jars make getting the last bits out without getting messy very difficult.
It’s an insidious corporate thing. Put 120 pills in a bottle that holds exactly twice as much. I don’t understand how this makes marketing a product more desirable. You’re using twice as much material to make the containers.
Concretionist 12 days ago
Shrinkflation. A real and really annoying thing. It’s been around since the early 50s at least: I remember when the “dime size” candy bars got smaller.
BigBoy 12 days ago
The all new JUMBO JAR !
Mikeswolvesbane 12 days ago
‘Skimpy Peanut Butter’- this is worthy of the “Wacky Packages” of the early seventies!
ddl297 11 days ago
They include the words, “By weight, not by volume”, but mislead you by using a larger jar or cereal box. Cheaters!!
Darryl Heine 11 days ago
Did the original 1967 and 1973 Wacky Packages first series include a spoof of Skippy Peanut Butter calling it “Skimpy Crunchy Beanut Putter”?
Doug K 11 days ago
It is closely rivaled by Jipped Peanut Butter.
ladykat 11 days ago
Shrinkflation is getting more and more aggravating.
Pluggergirl 11 days ago
Bidenomics
ElwoodP 11 days ago
A pound of coffee is now 11.5 ounces. A dime candy bar is two bucks. (That reminds me of the price of Deer Nuts…just under a buck. hahaha)
Alberta Oil Premium Member 11 days ago
And the price went up as well.. a bargain for sure.
Stocky One 11 days ago
If that is the case, then the jar should only be one quarter full of peanut butter. Clearly it is not.
Norris66 11 days ago
Shrinkflation they have pills for that.
kathleenhicks62 11 days ago
What about the “half-gallon” ice cream cartons? It’s a gyp!!
Frank Burns Eats Worms 11 days ago
Whether you consider it half-full or half-empty, it still sucks.
The Brooklyn Accent 11 days ago
But it only costs peanuts!
Lablubber 11 days ago
When the peanut butter jar was empty I’d hand it to my dog for cleaning. Kept her busy for hours.
braindead Premium Member 11 days ago
Market concentration is a wonderful thing. It is a significant component of inflation.
MAGAts believe there is no such thing.
KEA 11 days ago
They really ought to make peanut butter jars closer to tuna can size. The tall jars make getting the last bits out without getting messy very difficult.
sbenton7684 11 days ago
It’s an insidious corporate thing. Put 120 pills in a bottle that holds exactly twice as much. I don’t understand how this makes marketing a product more desirable. You’re using twice as much material to make the containers.
jpozenel 11 days ago
I see photos from when I was a kid, and obesity was pretty rare, compared to today.
j.l.farmer 11 days ago
She couldn’t tell that there wasn’t much in it when she bought it?
geese28 11 days ago
Looks like she’s been skimmed