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Kevin Pacey
12-23-2019, 01:57 AM
Here's an oldie but goodie re: reduced sizing of products:

cbc.ca/news/business/4 ways your groceries are shrinking:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/4-ways-your-groceries-are-shrinking-1.3001602

Kevin Pacey
01-02-2020, 11:44 PM
One example of shrinking groceries that really annoys me is the reduction of Kleenex (and such) box sizes; we go through one box in no time, now. That's only part of it, though - these sleazy companies probably think we don't even notice, or that if we do, we cannot do much about it anyway.

Kevin Pacey
01-18-2020, 11:57 PM
retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2018/5/Shrinkflation - when less is not more at the grocery store:

https://www.retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2018/5/shrinkflation-when-less-is-not-more-at-the-grocery-store

Kevin Pacey
02-17-2022, 03:07 PM
Slightly old article...
Shrinkflation: How Canadians are coping with rising food prices at the grocery store [A new report examines how Canadians are coping with a food inflation rate of nearly five per cent]:

https://nationalpost.com/life/rising-food-prices-shrinkflation-how-canadians-are-coping-at-the-grocery-store

Kevin Pacey
10-24-2022, 02:08 PM
Related topics:
cbc.ca/news/business/Competition Bureau to probe grocery pricing:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/competition-bureau-grocery-1.6627144

ctvnews.ca/business/Canadian families will pay $1,065 more for groceries in 2023, report says:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canadian-families-will-pay-1-065-more-for-groceries-in-2023-report-says-1.6180887

ctvnews.ca/canada/Grocery CEOs deny accusations that food price inflation is driven by profit-mongering:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/grocery-ceos-deny-accusations-that-food-price-inflation-is-driven-by-profit-mongering-1.6303774

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/LILLEY: Galen Weston's big raise was really dumb move for Loblaws:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-galen-westons-big-raise-was-a-really-dumb-move-for-loblaws

nationalpost.com/opinion/Rex Murphy: Liberals put hypocrisy on the menu with grocery 'rebate' [It’s the 'we have your back' theme again from the very politicians who left that back exposed in this first place]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/liberal-grocery-rebate-wont-touch-liberal-fuelled-inflation

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/trudeaus-ridiculous-promise-to-tax-grocers-to-lower-prices:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/trudeaus-ridiculous-promise-to-tax-grocers-to-lower-prices

cbc.ca/news/business/Need a reminder of food inflation? Look no further than your Thanksgiving dinner [Amid year of high prices for food, many holiday staples are much more expensive this year]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/food-inflation-thanksgiving-1.6989053