You ever notice?
- Thread starter Belt Fed
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Annihilator
Hellion
Cereal boxes, smaller, all products are now smaller but the same price when they were bigger….
The Night Rider
Professional
Shrinkflation. It's been going on for 2 or 3 years
Belt Fed
SAINT
longer than that
Recusant
Hellcat
Ya ever notice how today a glass of tap water has a head on it and your glass of beer doesn't any more?
TurboDog910
Master Class
It’s been going on for much longer than 2-3 years.
First time I noticed was just after the housing crisis in 2008.
First time I noticed was just after the housing crisis in 2008.
SimonRL
Ronin
Except Pickup Trucks…
Onewolf426
Hellcat
Actually, their motors have gotten smaller. No V8 but starting at V8 prices.
HayesGreener
Ronin
Still driving a 12 year old Super Duty. Smaller pickups do not enter my thinking
Lab4Us
Custom
My favorite is watching the fast food commercials…and seeing things called the “Whopper” and the “Big Mac” now being the size of what we used to call “sliders” because they were half the size of things called the “Whopper” and “Big Mac”, yet now costing twice as much, if not more.
No doubt corporate America thinks its’ consumers are idiots…
No doubt corporate America thinks its’ consumers are idiots…
Skunkhouse
Custom
It's silly what they try to pull over your eyes
Old_Me
Emissary
i dunno about Gatorade.....
i only drink it with Miralax a day before my colonoscopy......
i can't really taste any such difference going in, cuz it comes out just as fast, taste difference or not.
Grayfox
Professional
I remember when What-A-Burgers were huge. I loved 'em back then. Not long ago they opened a new one near me. I was severely disappointed to find that now they're the same size as everybody else's and just as bland.
Belt Fed
SAINT
They just opened one up here not long ago, went and got one. was dry and not very good. i won't go back.I remember when What-A-Burgers were huge. I loved 'em back then. Not long ago they opened a new one near me. I was severely disappointed to find that now they're the same size as everybody else's and just as bland.
Jsimon78
Custom
It’s been happening for a while. The cars been getting smaller and smaller. Meals at fast food restaurants are getting smaller too. The prices keep going up too. Yes I understand making a profit keeps the doors open but it’s to the point that greed from different aspects play a factor. Tax’s, wages, utilities, and whatever else is in there drives prices up. Another factor is how much of the price is actually taxes we are paying (yes corporations pass it along in the prices)?
Here's a question for some, since prices have been going up and portion sizes - prepackaged in stores, on the plate at restaurants etc have been getting smaller, why aren't some people getting smaller? No offense to the larger set but have rarely seen so many plus sized folks and clothes in stores/online.
Lab4Us
Custom
Just because ONE what-a-burger got smaller and cost more, doesn’t mean one can’t order 3-4 and a couple large fries to boot
! To go with the carton of cigarettes and case of Lone Star!As an aside, I’m not opposed to smaller portions at restaurants (or smaller fast food meals) - they should just cost proportionally smaller as well.
SimonRL
Ronin
Yeah, when I’m stuck behind one in my Porsche or Mini - which is all the time here in TX - and my entire view forward is blacked out I’m not thinking about the Turbo 4 cylinder under its hood. Or when I’ve got one behind me at night and it looks like something out of Close Encounters.