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500ml to 440ml?
Edit: the 440 on the right, is the last of a can that I bought in a four pack. The 500 on the left, is one of three I bought as singles.
Packaged Guinness comes in 440 milliliters. Single cans of Guinness come in 500 mL.
Apparently, that's how Guinness does it here in Canada.
And apparently, I lazily avoided any attempt to research or apply any level of critical thinking before posting.
That is not new though? I am fairly certain I bought both sizes at various places all over Europe. I guess the 440 is meant for the british market while the 500 is intended for civilised countries.
Yeah, this is not new and not shrinkflation… here in Canada the 440ml has been around for over 20 years in multi-packs, and the 500ml is available as individual cans.
Germany has the 440, Belgium has(had?) the 500.
My local Aldi had the 500ml cans here in Germany this week so I guess you could get both.
In Britain lots of beers come on both sizes, and it makes comparing prices #mildlyinfuriating. Is 6x500ml at £7.99 better than 4x440ml at £4.50? What if there's an 12 pack of 330ml stubbies for £15, but it's Buy One Get One Free?
440ml is a UK variant. No one has a confirmed explanation for its existence alongside 500ml.
However 440ml of water would be 0.44kg which is just under one pound imperial weight (0.45kg). Presumably the fluid plus the aluminium can would weight about 1lb which may explain the odd volume measure (given transport costs and possibly even how customs costs may have used to work?).
This is not shrinkflation.
440ml is a UK variant. No one has a confirmed explanation for its existence alongside 500ml, but it's been around for decades.
However 440ml of water would be 0.44kg which is just under one pound imperial weight (0.45kg). Presumably the fluid plus the aluminium can would weigh about 1lb which may explain the odd volume measure (given transport costs are often by weight and possibly even how customs costs may have used to work?).
Guinness in the UK is sold in pints, like any other beer and ale (and milk) https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/310651734
1 pint = 538ml
P.S. I'm wrong, a pint is 568ml. Shrinkflation for real!
In a pub yes. But in cans both 500ml and 440ml are common sizes and have been for a long time. Pint sized cans are sometimes available but are much less common and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen them in a big multipack
I always wonder how far companies will go with this. Do they stop at 300ml? 200ml? Are we going to see 100ml cans of Guinness?
While I agree with the general sentiment, these are both standard sizes for Guinness and the 440ml 4 packs and 8 packs have been around for well over 20 years. Here in Canada, the 440ml are available in the multi packs while the 500ml are sold as individual cans. I’ve seen the same in the states. I think OP just saw the smaller volume can next to the slightly bigger one and jumped on the shrinkflation hate train without checking.
Guinness is owned by diageo a company know for having no bottom, toptier shit heads. They'd charge you full price to spit in your mouth if they could.
Also unpopular oppionion don't drink this mediocre beer. Support local brewery's there is probably one with a porter on nitro (guiness is barely a stout).
Sorry Irish people your cultural touchstone is a bit shit.
Fun fact. Arthur Guinness was a staunch Unionist.
Definitely an interesting man and brewery for sure don't get me wrong. The problem I have with guiness is the same I have with many famous breweries. Is that as soon as they are bought out by soulless mega corps be it AB inbev, Heineken, asahi or lion Nathan all that culture and history may as well be thrown out the window. The past of these great breweries is nothing more than a tool for the marketing team to increase sales numbers. Which is definitely a shame. Support local small business that are actively involved in your community over international mega corporations. Be a conscious consumer and vote with your dollar in everything not just beer.
Didn't Asahi acquire all of lion Nathan breweries over a decade ago?
Edit, actually kirin owns lion Nathan, but asahi definitely aquaired some of their brands a while ago.
Any famous beer that is associated with a country is usually shit.... Like molson canadian, fosters, or bud light
It took me a while to realize guinness falls firmly into this category as well
They'd charge you full price to spit in your mouth if they could.
TIL Guinness is owned by dominatrixes...? Dominatrices?
I did local-ish. Then they were bought out and shrinkflated.
https://lemmy.ca/post/11674959
Was drinking Guinness til I found another.
shot cans. by germany's definition, cus that's only 20 ml.
Do they stop at 300ml? 200ml? Are we going to see 100ml cans of Guinness?
Speaking purely for frozen vegetables, there doesn't seem to be a bottom. I was buying packs that were 1.2 or 1.3kg, then it went down to 1kg, then 750, now 500g... seeing a 500g package at MORE than what 1KG was selling for is hilariously infuriating. Not to mention, it uses twice the plastic to get the same amount of food.
I curse any company that does this.
Shrinkflation is the worse. Not only is it a sneaking price hike, it's like the company is trying to gaslight you into thinking it was always that size.
Good one to cross post here: https://lemmy.ca/c/shrinkflation
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !shrinkflation@lemmy.ca
On that note, I'm kind of annoyed that the Threadiverse doesn't have a standard way to link to a post or comment in a cross-instance way, just to a community.
6 pack bottles used to be 12 fl. oz. and they changed to 11.2. This was 5 or more years ago though.
Dafuk is a floz
About 0.000124 hogsheads
A unit of measurement they use in Florida.
Fantasy ounces, I think it's used in D&D. What's an ounce, though? Beats me.
fluid ounces
Imperial weight, thank the Brits.
An imperial pint is 568 mL.
A pint in the American customary unit system is 473 mL.
I don't think anything is 440 mL.
I think that beer on the right is 440mL.
Check out the big brain on Brad!
The 440ml beer + can weight is an imperial pound.
440ml = 440g + 14g can weight
Not only in Canada. My wife just commented that she has never even seen a 500ml Guinness can, both single and multipack come in 440ml here.