On: Shrinkflation Tracker

[M3L0NM4N]

I don't particularly care about shrinkflation. It gets calculated in the CPI (obviously) and most of the time it's goods that are unhealthy and overpriced to begin with.

[phreeza → M3L0NM4N]

It's basically a dark pattern. Not illegal or anything, but designed to mask relevant information from the consumer.

[ClumsyPilot → M3L0NM4N]

> most of the time it's goods that are unhealthy and overpriced to begin with

Like British housing, horribly overpriced and half of it has mould.

[andy_ppp → M3L0NM4N]

Sure, most of these items also cost next to nothing to make too and costs to actually make have barely risen (as a percentage of the item cost). So mostly it’s companies using inflation to squeeze more money out of people.

[M3L0NM4N → andy_ppp]

I agree that material cost is not a major component of the cost in a lot of these products.

It's marketing, distribution, etc. I don't think inflation is their excuse to squeeze more money out of you as it is to spend more in other areas of the business, as they should.

[cactusplant7374 → M3L0NM4N]

But a lot of us enjoy eating unhealthy foods. And as long as we don't have diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, etc then it's not a problem.

[switch007 → cactusplant7374]

I think it's just a wild theory at this stage, but some doctors are saying that eating unhealthy food leads to diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure

[cactusplant7374 → switch007]

If one is sedentary and obese, yes.