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dandu3@lemmy.world to Shrinkflation@lemmy.ca · 1 year ago

Iced tea is now a 20 pack instead of a 24.

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Iced tea is now a 20 pack instead of a 24.

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dandu3@lemmy.world to Shrinkflation@lemmy.ca · 1 year ago
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  • entropicshart@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Fuck Nestle

    • Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      So say we all.

      (well, except that one guy who down voted you)

    • Presently42@lemmy.ca
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      Eh, nestle isn’t quite my type. Gonna have to pass

  • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de
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    If “Nestle” is written on the package, don’t buy it.

    Moreover, it’s dead simple to make iced tea at home, brew a gallon of strong black tea (way stronger as you normally would for hot tea) in a big pot, leave it to cool with sugar (to taste) and pieces of fruit (apple, orange, lemon…), put in the fridge when cold.

    Enjoy, whenever you want pour a ladle into a cup or fill a reusable bottle to drink on the go.

    • madcaesar@lemmy.world
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      I don’t know love this, especially since you get to control the sugar content.

  • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    michael jackson eating popcorn meme captioned "mrw someone posts an image of a nestle product"

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    I don’t understand why buy tea, it’s stupid easy to make in large quantities too, specially the quality that’s in nestea.

    • Skeezix@lemmy.world
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      People would feel bad about shovelling teaspoons of sugar in it. Easier for the mind to just buy it and assume it’s beyond DIY.

    • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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      It’s a cold alcohol-free bewerage like coke but seemingly healthier, that’s not as boring as just a bottled water? I see how it can be popular on the street, from vending machines and shops when it’s hot outside, but buying them in a quantity, for home, is beyound ridiculous imho.

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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      it’s because people don’t have time to boil water, make tea, then cool it down again for ice tea. so they buy it finished or as powder.

      they should buy another brand tho.

    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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      So we can make you angry.

      • Avg@lemm.ee
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        I was running low on anger so I appreciate you caring this much.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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      For me Nestea/Brisk/Sweet Tea in the US is often the only option when I want a super sweet fountain drink that doesn’t have carbonation in it.

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    “Crap full of sugar that shouldn’t be named tea” is now a 20 pack: Goodflation.

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    But is it priced as 20 or 24-pack?

    • SPRUNT@lemmy.world
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      Priced as a 24-pack, advertised as an 18-pack with 2 bonus cans.

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        SMH at the marketing manipulation.

      • jenny_ball@lemmy.world
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        terrible

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      Remember that time a massive corporation chose to make less profits? Me neither…

    • dandu3@lemmy.worldOP
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      Yes.

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    Isn’t it only shrinkflation if the price stays the same or the price per unit goes up?

    We usually get the option between 24, 20, 12 or 6 units here

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    were the cans there always that odd size or did they shrink, too?

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    Go metric when it suits.

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A community about companies who sneakily adjust their product instead of the price in the hopes that consumers won’t notice.

We notice. We feel ripped off. Let’s call out those products so we can shop better.

What is Shrinkflation?

Shrinkflation is a term often coined to refer to a product reducing in size or quality while the price remains the same or increases.

Companies will often claim that this is necessary due to inflation, although this is rarely the case. Over the course of the pandemic, they have learned that they can mark up inelastic goods, which are goods with an intangible demand, such as food, as much as they want, and consumers will have no choice but to purchase it anyway because they are necessities.

From Wikipedia:

In economics, shrinkflation, also known as the grocery shrink ray, deflation, or package downsizing, is the process of items shrinking in size or quantity, or even sometimes reformulating or reducing quality, while their prices remain the same or increase. The word is a portmanteau of the words shrink and inflation.

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Consumer advocates are critical of shrinkflation because it has the effect of reducing product value by “stealth”. The reduction in pack size is sufficiently small as not to be immediately obvious to regular consumers. An unchanged price means that consumers are not alerted to the higher unit price. The practice adversely affects consumers’ ability to make informed buying choices. Consumers have been found to be deterred more by rises in prices than by reductions in pack sizes. Suppliers and retailers have been called upon to be upfront with customers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinkflation

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