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    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-w...king-1.3001602
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    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.
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    retail-insider.com/retail-insider/2018/5/Shrinkflation - when less is not more at the grocery store:

    https://www.retail-insider.com/retai...-grocery-store
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    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...-grocery-store
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    Related topics:
    cbc.ca/news/business/Competition Bureau to probe grocery pricing:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/com...cery-1.6627144

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

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/cana...says-1.6180887

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

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/grocer...ring-1.6303774

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

    https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...ve-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/lib...lled-inflation

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

    https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...o-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/foo...ving-1.6989053
    Last edited by Kevin Pacey; 10-09-2023 at 06:17 PM. Reason: Adding link
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