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Is there a term similar to "shrinkflation" when food is made cheaper instead of smaller? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by jballs@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] webpack@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think when the op said "cheaper" they meant the quality of the product is lowered, not that the price is lowered (I also thought this is what they meant at first and was very confused)

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah you're right. I stuck to the old askreddit rule of not adding clarifying text and put it in my comment instead. That kind of gets buried though. My bad.