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pothead <
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On 2024-02-20, dyno dan <logic@is.important> wrote:
On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:57:40 +0100 (CET), "Nalph Rader" >><keeping@eyeonjoe.com> wrote:
To be fair, the $30 didn't include the tip of $6, and the $60
includes a tip of $10. That's only if the waitresses are hot
and do a good job.
But still, that's an increase of $14 and the food hasn't changed
a whit.
Want to feel bad? Compare your last grocery store bill to one from
three years ago. Also compare the size or weight of the packages, and
the quality of the ingredients. For example, Hungary Man chicken TV
dinners, in the ingredients after "Chicken," list "chicken meat"
followed by three types of soy. What do you want to bet that the
chicken ingredient is actually larger than the total soy ingredient?
But this way chicken gets to be listed first.
-dan z-
All true.
And this is happening in restaurants as well.
Portions are smaller and prices are higher.
Yea, it's great that unemployment is down, but that isn't helping
those employed when prices of staple foods and goods are up ~20% or
more.
Corporations sseking record profits
while blaming the very inflation they
created.
'Shrinkflation' dupes customers as companies
seek profits during inflation spike
June 14, 2022
Rather than risk losing business by
raising prices, corporations are
turning to "shrinkflation" to pad
their profits while consumers are
left in the dark about the changes.
Corporations are taking advantage of
the tightening post-pandemic economics
to downsize their products, often while
prices remain unchanged or even rise,
according to experts who spoke with Fox
News. The practice, known colloquially
as "shrinkflation," involves lessening
the unit size or weight to turn more
profits per package.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/shrinkflation-dupes-customers- companies-seek-profits-inflation-spike
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