Housing, food, energy, education, and vehicles have all massively accelerated in cost while wages stay the same. We're plummeting toward a crash in the US.
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025
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luckily you also get less of them for the increased price
“Waiter! This food is terrible! And the portions are so small.”
I love picking up packages and seeing 90 grams, 450 grams etc. That's how you really know that the quarterly doubling prices and shrinkflation go hand in hand :3
I also like that they no longer align with typically required measurements for recipes. Nothing gets me off more than having to calculate fractions for amounts of ingredients.
Thankfully it hasn't caused many issues to me personally :3
Usually the differences are small enough that they don't change the consistency or the taste to a significant level, at least in the shrinkflation I've seen where I live
I am probably too pedantic for that. If the recipe says 500g of this with 250g of that, it's typically a good 2:1 mix and the packaging sizes often aligned. Now you have shit like 400g and 220g and you can't easily align them anymore. Realistically it probably won't matter even if it's not a nearly perfect 2:1 mix either. But .... I can't help myself :D
That doesn't work for me because part of the issue is the number of servings I get at the end and the size of the cooking container. Example: random veggie casserole calls for 1 pound frozen broccoli, 1 pound frozen caulflower, 1 medium onion, 3 stalks celery, and a bunch of other stuff (rice, cheese, spices, breadcrumbs, etc.).
Frozen veg is now mostly bagged at 3/4 of a pound instead of a full pound (same with certain pasta). While I can theoretically use 1.5 bags or reduce other measures by 25%, I don't want a bunch of half-bags in the freezer -- and if I make a casserole that's 75% the size... well, I don't have a 75% sized casserole dish so it still has to bake in the dish I've used to decades, but now as a sad thin version of what it ought to be -- and it typically dries out while cooking (if I don't try to fix it).
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Fair :3
I just can't be bothered to go dig out more ingredients if a recipe says 400g of butter and the packages are 180g each or smth lol
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