Have you ever stopped and noticed the product you bought a while ago being smaller now than it was before? Well, perhaps you weren’t dreaming when you thought that. With recent inflation that has touched most countries all around the world, companies now more than ever are trying to hike up the prices for their products, and some of them are smaller than before, be it a roll of toilet paper or even a pack of gummy bears.
A popular subreddit called “Shrinkflation” has consumers posting and discussing all the ways the manufacturers are trying to trick our eyes into thinking that the product is still the same, whether it may be the size, formula, or even subtle changes in the packaging quality.
If you’d love to see more products that were “shrunken” in size, make sure to check out our previous post on Bored Panda by clicking here.
#1 Hellofresh 10 Oz Meat Package
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#2 I Really Hate These Tactics To Deceive
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#3 Dove Soap Shrinks Again!
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#4 The Big Mac Pickle Is Thicker Than The Big Mac Patty!
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#5 Wtf, Crayola??? I Spent $9 On A Set Of Colored Pencils With A Good Variety Of Colors, Only To Find Out The Pencils Aren’t Full Size. Nowhere Does The Packaging Indicate They’re Colored Golf Pencils
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#6 Gatorade Using Same Size Bottle With Bigger Indent
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#7 I Noticed The Cans Were Shaped Differently — Taller But Narrower — Then Found Some Older Chunky Cans Hidden In The Back
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#8 School Meals In 2022
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#9 Where’d The Rest Of The Tube Go?
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#10 They Are Coming For Our Shop Towels, Same Price As Before
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#11 They’re Starting To Get More Creative
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#12 Thought This Group Was A Joke… I’m Sorry
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#13 Chobani Raised Their Prices And Then Cut The Amount Of Toppings By 2/3rds On The Flips. Won’t Be Buying These Anymore
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#14 Yeah, Nobody Is Gonna Notice The One Missing Chocolate Bar. First Time Posting On Here, So Sorry If Something Similar Has Been Posted Before
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#15 Jack In The Box Taco. 4 Tacos All Like This
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#16 “500g Ain’t 500g These Days“
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#17 20 Fewer Tabs And Also 20% Price Increase
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#18 They Shrunk My Grilled Fish
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#19 This Is False Advertising “The Original”
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#20 Coke Machine vs. Product Dispensed
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#21 Big Mac Has Now More Pickle Than Meat On The Top Bun
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#22 Either The Dish Grew Or Dr. Oetker Is Shrinking Their Frozen Pizzas, They Used To Fit Perfectly
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#23 Figured Out What “Improved” Means
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#24 Haven’t Been To Chipotle In Awhile. What The Actual F*&# Happened To Their Burrito Sizes? They Used To Be Footballs
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#25 Hellofresh. Only Weighed Because I Saw Another Post A Few Days Ago Like This
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#26 Old Stock (64oz) On Sale To Make Room For New Stock (48oz) – Both $7.99
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#27 Some Trickery From Trader Joe’s
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#28 Colgate Total Same Price New Size
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#29 The Bastards Got Me. 14 Oz Ice Cream In The Same 1 Pint Package. Yes That’s An Air Gap To Try And Hide It
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#30 It’s Real
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#31 Oh You Were Hoping For 10? Sorry
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#32 Aveeno: Oh Hey We Have A Brand New Look! Be Distracted By The Slightly Reformatted Bottle And Ooh New Oats! Yup That’s It, Nothing Else To See Here!
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#33 What Is This Bro
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#34 Campbell’s Soup New Taller (But Smaller) Cans
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#35 More Dough For Less Bread. Thanks Aunt Millie
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#36 Is It Just Me Or Are Digiorno Half The Size It Use To Be?
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#37 I’ve Been Lied Too. I Payed $2 For A 20 Oz Water Bottle Not For A 16.9oz
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#38 I’ve Been Using The Same Toothbrush For Over A Decade. Glad They Decided To Save Maybe A Fraction Of A Penny With The Design. Still Almost $7…
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#39 A 12ct Box Of Ortega Taco Shells Are Now Almost An Ounce Lighter (About The Weight Of Two Shells) For The Same Price (I Paid $2.29). The New Shells Are Laughably Smaller. And Now A Single Serving Is 3 Shells Instead Of 2. Just Sell Me A 10ct Instead. They’re Not Far Off From The Mini-Size Now
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#40 Klondike Bar Chocolate Thinner? And A Plastic Wrapper Instead Of Foil
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#41 On The Left, Purchased Last Month 11.3oz For $4.98. On The Right, Purchased Yesterday 9.6oz For $5.32. And The Lid Doesn’t Fit Properly On The New Can, It Won’t Stay On
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#42 Glass Coke Bottles Shrunk
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#43 I Want My 1.6oz Back
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#44 Well Now They’ve Gone Too Far. [keebler Rainbow Chips Deluxe – Should Have 3 M&m’s Per Cookie]
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#45 Not The Santitas Chips!!!
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#46 The Gag Is, They Raise The Prices Anyway
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#47 Almond Breeze Shorting The Weight. I Reported It To My Weight And Measures Agency
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#48 Ichiban Flavour Packs Have Gotten Smaller. Found An Old Pack In My Spice Drawer, Old Has Much More Spice Than New
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#49 Ordered A Bec. 7 Bucks. I Actually Laughed When I Opened It
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#50 Ihop’s Full Stack Of Pancakes. Not Even Half The Plate Anymore
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