silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTo Fight ‘Shrinkflation’ France Will Force Retailers to Warn Shoppers: Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cutwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up11.31Karrow-down13cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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minus-squaremindlightlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIf you buy the same package size cereal every week you will notice if the price went up. Compare prices neutralizes shrinkflation. My guess ( <- guess!) is that most people who don’t care about compare prices won’t care much about the signs.
If you buy the same package size cereal every week you will notice if the price went up. Compare prices neutralizes shrinkflation.
My guess ( <- guess!) is that most people who don’t care about compare prices won’t care much about the signs.