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Economic Activism and Progressive Living

Sherman A1

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1. This has been going on for years

Reply to Sleepscratch (Original post)

Wed Sep 4, 2019, 04:15 AM

Sep 2019

while I don't have a link or a story one need only visit the supermarket to find the answer.

The 20# bag of charcoal is 18#s. The half gallon ice cream is some smaller derivative, the 1# bacon is 12 oz's, the 5# sugar is 4#'s and more as products are "Right Sized" for us consumers and much more importantly the corporate bottom lines.

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Hidden inflation is back! [View all] Sleepscratch Sep 2019 OP

This has been going on for years Sherman A1 Sep 2019 #1

Those changes are a double whammy for consumers and higher profits for business. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2019 #4

Trash costs Sleepscratch Sep 2019 #8

Back? I've referred to it as 'inflation by deflation'... WePurrsevere Sep 2019 #2

I hear ya there! Sleepscratch Sep 2019 #7

Purina downsized 16# Cat Chow to 15# a couple months ago. bearssoapbox Sep 2019 #3

Corporate and investor insatiable greed will never end. democratisphere Sep 2019 #5

People power! Sleepscratch Sep 2019 #6

If they don't shrink the quantity while upping the price, corporations are adding crap Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #9