silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTo Fight ‘Shrinkflation’ France Will Force Retailers to Warn Shoppers: Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cutwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up11.31Karrow-down13
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minus-squaredeo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoor cut the size but keep the price the same, then release a new “jumbo size” that’s as big as the previous size (with the new and improved higher unit price), then discontinue the “standard” size.
or cut the size but keep the price the same, then release a new “jumbo size” that’s as big as the previous size (with the new and improved higher unit price), then discontinue the “standard” size.