I disagree with the whole premise of this article. For example, three years ago a can of my favorite energy drink cost $1.50. Today, that drink still costs $1.50. No inflation there.
It should be noted that three years ago, the drink came in a 12 oz can. Today it comes in an 8.9 oz can. But I think that was caused by global warming.
/s (of course)
Yesterday I stopped and got “fast food,” which for me is a whole roast chicken. I used to being them home for dinner, then use another portion to make salads, then the remainder would be torn up for chicken soup. The chicken I got yesterday was the size of a game hen. It actually fit in a salad bowl. I got two extra salads out of it, but nothing left over for soup. And it was the same price as always.
Very good point. I too have noticed how the retail packaging of food has resulted in smaller quantities of food, at higher prices! Smaller everything was tried to hid the inevitable price increase. You pay more for less.
Chocolate and peanut butter are two funny examples. They have marketed both with an old trick. They inject air bubbles that reduce the weight of the product. Product is sold by weight, so WOW, you pay more for less!
They even promote it as somehow adding flavor to the product!
AIR changes the taste? Oh geez, these marketers really know how to BS the public!
...”I disagree with the whole premise of this article. For example, three years ago a can of my favorite energy drink cost $1.50. Today, that drink still costs $1.50. No inflation there.
It should be noted that three years ago, the drink came in a 12 oz can. Today it comes in an 8.9 oz can. But I think that was caused by global warming”...
So, you noticed that, eh! It has been happening for a while now and to some products which have also gone way up in price. Just wait until we can’t afford our electricity because of not being allowed to use our now clean coal. How can anyone not think this is a plan to destroy our nation which means destroying most Americans. No logic on earth can level with the idea of destroying your own people..You save your hatred for your enemies. I guess those of us who love this nation and are distressed over the “revolution,” are the enemies.