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Economic Activism and Progressive Living

KY_EnviroGuy

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4. Those changes are a double whammy for consumers and higher profits for business.

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 4, 2019, 07:01 AM

Sep 2019

Packaging costs and fixed unit sales costs (packaging, shipping, stocking, etc.) are a significant percentage of each item's price, and we pay those costs for each purchase.

The manufacturer and retailer makes far more money selling us a 12-oz version vs a 16-oz. because we'll be back to buy again sooner than before the change.

Smaller packages are also more stressful on the environment because they use more materials and put more stress on recycling and landfills.

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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