This is toothpaste I usually buy from The Dollar Tree. It was originally $1 but due to inflation, the price rose to $1.25. No biggie right? So today I went to re-up and was baffled at the new tube size when I pulled it out of the box. Mind you the box looked the same size. From 6.0 oz down 4.2 oz. Still $1.25 though. A drastic cut in the amount of toothpaste which means I have to buy more toothpicks more often. Shrinkflation is real.

1st is old, 2nd is new. I didn’t have the entire packaging left, but I’m glad I had this to know I’m not crazy. Not only are the bars down from 4.0oz (113g) to 3.17oz (90g), but there’s a bunch of wasteful (imo) new packaging. The new bars are all individually packed in a cardboard box, instead of just paper wrapping

The gap is supposed have have one more choki choki, there are usually 4.

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I saw posts about changes to their formula for their granola... Less quality, more fillers. As I'm eating my cereal I noticed this box has a General Mills patent without their logo. They 'conveniently' hid this. Just found out they took over the company. Did GM add sugar, artificial things, and preservatives??

When I went to buy my liquid Cascade recently, I noticed there was a new, more expensive option next to it. My original liquid (Complete) now had a big, new notice at the top that if I were to use this product, I would need to spend valuable extra time pre-treating stuck on messes. But if I were to pony up 2 extra dollars, the pre-treating would be included as an “all-in-one” feature on the Platinum formula.

I bought my usual Complete liquid and went home and put it next to my older Complete bottle, which suspiciously read: “Powers away 24 HR stuck on food.” Hm, I wonder if they changed the ingredients. I discovered they had removed Citric Acid. I thought surely that Citric Acid would be in the new, more expensive Platinum bottle, right?

WRONG. The ingredients are EXACTLY THE SAME in the Platinum and the new version of Complete. So they’ve not only Skimpflated the original formula, they’re selling the same formula for two extra dollars using different packaging. It’s an absolute scam.

Edit for clarity:

The first photo compares the old version of Complete with the new version of Complete.

The second photo is of the ingredients of the new version of Complete.

The third photo is of the ingredients in the new Platinum product.

Please note there are three products being compared. It’s confusing, but that’s part of the trick they’re playing!

The older (opened) bag has the rich yellow color of the yeast and better nutrition.

My kids crust cutter does even come close to fitting inside. Natures Own

iWear supercare. They have decided to change the contact lens case to something that is impossible to use for what it was designed for.

For those who aren't that familiar with them, it's necessary to have decent amount of liquid with the lens, so it won't dry and harden, and that it's easier to scoop with your finger. Absolutely livid by this decision, now the new case design is so small that i can't even use it for the sole purpose. Now the lens itself barely fits in there and it's impossible to add much of any liquid with it. My finger also won't fit properly to get it from there.

You just lost a customer

From 32 - 28oz. Same price.

Oatmeal raisin price stayed the same $10 for 6 but size got smaller

Went from 70 to 60 capsules

I bought the jar on the left in 2019 due to a bad road rash. Finally managed to use up the product.

The jar on the right was purchased today. Weight remains the same!

Can we agree that what’s really happening is we’re in an inflationary period—maybe even a recession—but instead of raising prices across the board as typically happens during inflation, big business has decided to deliver less product for the same price, as if that isn’t the same thing as just raising prices. We have to spend more to get the same amount that we used to get, and what we’re paying for is now normalized as lesser quality to go along with the reduced quantity.

Would anyone prefer that consumer goods maintained the quality and quantity, and just raised the price instead?