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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
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Good then, it was fixed. This was not the case originally. I suspect that it is only the tip of the iceberg. Let's face it, Roblaws has a history of ripping off customers (the great bread pricing debacle). I am sure it is not just a Roblaws problem, and probably extends to many other retailers.
The combination of shrinkflation, underweighting and inflation are killing consumers.
I worked for years in retailing, and I can say, with confidence, that price changes are asymmetrical in terms of what consumers end up paying. For example, prices go up but this may not be reflected on the label/tag. So consumers pay more than they should. Companies argue that sometimes consumers get a better deal, when prices drop and said price drop is not labelled/tagged, but an investigation revealed that in almost every such instance of a discrepancy between the advertised price and the actual price, overwhelmingly consumers pay more (not less) than the advertised price. Guess what firm was one of the worst offenders? Yep, you guessed it, the place with already inflated prices, Shoppers Dog Fart. Which is now owned by....Roblaws.
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Hey, I am squarely in the camp of believing that the grocery chains are profiting greatly at our expense, on items that we can't do without (food). My opinion is that Covid supply chain issues got consumers accustomed to the idea that we may have to pay more for less, and that the grocery chains have taken advantage of our acceptance of higher prices to their financial gain. I think it's scandalous.
I've been watching shrinkflation for years, like 20 anyhow. Companies have long adhered to the practice of plateauing pricing for a period of time while shrinking their content weight (but usually maintaining the same packaging size so that the customer doesn't notice). After some period of time they will then bring the contents up to the previous weight with "new larger size" or such printed on the package, with a 'new larger price' attached. Or keep the shrunken product at the same price, while introducing a "jumbo size" of the old content weight at a higher price. It's slimy and it pisses me off... and everybody else out there who are struggling to keep their heads above water.
As far as the chips go, that's not 'shrinkflation'... IMHO it's most likely a supplier fuck-up, and also IMHO a poor example on which to base a conspiracy theory. If folks want to do it up, then find out who the supplier is, talk confidentially to the employees to see if there have been some directives from Loblaw's to intentionally remove content, randomly or whatever. That won't happen because it's difficult and risky, unless the CBC or somebody gets their hooks into it... but I suspect they won't because it's more likely that somebody pushed the wrong button on the bagger and accidentally changed the weight calibration, or something like that.
Anyways... I'm in agreement with you. I hate them and how much money they are taking out of my pocket for items that I can't live without (and I'm not talking about chips).
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