Marketplace: Busted: Incredible Shrinking Products

Notice that many of your favourite products are getting smaller and smaller, but the price is not?

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News & Politics

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• CBC
• Marketplace
• downsizing

[sarzamineiran]

It's called inflation....deal with it

[BubbleGumNipples]

Actually, reducing the size over being forced to increase the cost seems reasonable.

I assume of course there may be some reason why they might have to increase cost.. perhaps the economy isn't doing so well right now?

[duros00]

In Canda milk comes in bags so who really cares?

[analucuta]

you need to look at detergents too. 2x more concentrated , less amount for double price....

[RetroCaptain]

Good day This has already taken place in the area of automotive chemicals and cleaning chemicals a few years ago! They switched from METRIC containers to AMERICAN containers (which are smaller) & quote the Met. equivalent! The Trudeau years brought us the WORST $CAM.... The Metric system!!!! Many items instantly $HRANK from our *Imperial units* to Metric...hehe price stayed! NOW..hehe, we are now paying for U.S smaller weights, & being charged for Metric weights "Grin & bear it" EH :-)

[swankrecords]

tomatoes are still the same size

[MJMyrna]

The manufacturers have been doing this for years and years. My Home Ec. teacher warned us about checking the amount of food contained in the package or jar back in the early '70s.

[Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh]

This is a scam !

[moneyman10k]

lol what a scam. of course people prefer less for the same price. ITS BECAUSE THEY DONT KNOW ITS LESS

[katakanadian]

Consumers don't "prefer" smaller packages over higher prices. They are merely more easily fooled.