How Companies Raise Prices Without Raising Prices

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Companies hope that by making price increases hard to see, they can escape notice and avoid a customer backlash

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How Companies Raise Prices Without Raising Prices
Companies hope that by making price increases hard to see, they can escape notice and avoid a customer backlash.

[OnlinePoker]

1. Shrinkflation is a big factor.

Make the packages smaller but charge the same. It has gotten so much worse in the past few years.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. The last "gallon" of Tandil bleach I bought at the Aldi contained 121 fluid ounces. NT

[keithbvadu2]

5. Clorox bragged about their new stronger concentrate percentage but...

Some years back, Clorox bragged about their new stronger concentrate percentage but they ignored the fact that a gallon became three quarts. This resulted in less total cleaning power.

I don't think they even list the % anymore.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. I always read that part. On the Tandil, it's 6.00 percent sodium hypochlorite.

The next time I go to the store I'll see if that's been cut.

[Auggie]

3. Yeah, and it's not new either. Been going on for decades.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Smaller bars of soap get down to that little unusable scrid much faster.

Smaller bars of soap get down to that little unusable scrid much faster.

The hollow roll in toilet paper gets a larger diameter while the outside diameter stays large.

[RicROC]

7. A pound bag of coffee is now 12 ounces.