Inflation? Not happening

[Mtsoxfan]

Just different packaging. BOTH 48 count and 72 count in a 4 pack ARE STILL AVAILABLE.

On Amazon both sizes are priced the same, i.e, 1/3 less for same price, your choice. Also saw same pricing for different size packaging on Walmart website.

I have found when shopping on Amazon, you can have identical items for a wide price difference. I usually go up to 3 pages in when checking.

 

[tacticalturnip]

No, it didn't. SARS had been around long before the Covid 19. We just didn't pay any attention to it. You can't say the virus mutated at any one place. That was political. And Nature isn't political.

It certainly wasn't the weaponization of nature or anything. All natural, for sure.

Humanity hasn't spent over 100 years doing just that, we absolutely know better.

 

[sd455dan]

I thought it was caused by a petri dish.

I am still waiting for my Gain of function, every year older seems things are going the wrong way!

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

Eating Biden-box cereal is nearly impossible. The sides of the boxes are so close together, the cereal can't get out. The boxes are shaped like magazines.

The CPI report came in low day before yesterday, so it looks like Trump is winning again.

 

[JasperFrank]

It certainly wasn't the weaponization of nature or anything. All natural, for sure.

Humanity hasn't spent over 100 years doing just that, we absolutely know better.

NO ONE WOULD WEAPONIZE A THING THAT WOULD KILL US ALL. Oh wait..... We already did that...

 

[rontaki]

I am still waiting for my Gain of function, every year older seems things are going the wrong way!

You are experiencing Pain Of Function.
Ask me how I know...

 

[sd455dan]

You are experiencing Pain Of Function.
Ask me how I know...

I am stealing that.

Yep, lately with all the weather changes - as the wife says we are having another Arthur day, a visit from Mr. Arthur Ritis...

Brain fade as well, wife corrected me.. It is husband and wife Arthur and wife Itis.

 

[RayIN]

I am stealing that.

Yep, lately with all the weather changes - as the wife says we are having another Arthur day, a visit from Mr. Arthur Ritis...

The itis twins, Arthur and Burs. I've been pestered by both since my motorcycle wreck in 1987.

 

[tacticalturnip]

NO ONE WOULD WEAPONIZE A THING THAT WOULD KILL US ALL. Oh wait..... We already did that...

We absolutely love that stuff, I mean, we weaponized the sun.

 

[hoozie]

It actually did start under his watch. ‘21-‘23 was REALLY bad inflation.
Over 9% in mid 2022.
Inflation was ~2% before that. It’s in the mid 2’s now.

Inflation is a trailing indicator behind the M2 money supply.

During covid we added a significant amount of money to the system. That is what caused the inflation from 21-23. Whoever won the 2020 election (lol) would have had to deal with it.

M2

View data of a measure of the U.S. money supply that includes all components of M1 plus several less-liquid assets.

fred.stlouisfed.org

 

[deserteagle71]

I ran out of bleach (Chlorox) a few days ago. That jug of bleach was 5 quarts (160 fluid ounces), 4.73 liters. The new jug I just bought is 3.78 quarts (121 fluid ounces), 3.57 liters. Can anyone tell me a logical reason for the provided quantities??? It appears to be a 1 gallon jug...but 3.78 quarts????????

 

[Jstpssng]

I ran out of bleach (Chlorox) a few days ago. That jug of bleach was 5 quarts (160 fluid ounces), 4.73 liters. The new jug I just bought is 3.78 quarts (121 fluid ounces), 3.57 liters. Can anyone tell me a logical reason for the provided quantities??? It appears to be a 1 gallon jug...but 3.78 quarts????????

What was the percentage of active ingredient? (Sodium Hypochloride)
That matters as much as size of the jug.
I shock my well every year and once bought 2 gallons at what I thought was a good price. When I got home and opened it you could barely smell the bleach.
I had to go out and buy 2 more gallons with something in it.

 

[bigtiller]

I ran out of bleach (Chlorox) a few days ago. That jug of bleach was 5 quarts (160 fluid ounces), 4.73 liters. The new jug I just bought is 3.78 quarts (121 fluid ounces), 3.57 liters. Can anyone tell me a logical reason for the provided quantities??? It appears to be a 1 gallon jug...but 3.78 quarts????????

The 3-lb coffee can was a staple of American kitchens for over 50 years until shrinkflation.

 

[deserteagle71]

What was the percentage of active ingredient? (Sodium Hypochloride)

The same. 7.5%. I just want to know why, even with shrinkflation, someone chose such an odd quantity. Not an even 4 quarts or 3 quarts, but 3.78 gallons? I've seen them go to an even number in liters but in this case even the 3.57 liters makes no sense.

 

[Jstpssng]

The same. 7.5%. I just want to know why, even with shrinkflation, someone chose such an odd quantity. Not an even 4 quarts or 3 quarts, but 3.78 gallons? I've seen them go to an even number in liters but in this case even the 3.57 liters makes no sense.

The only answer I've ever come up with is an error in calculations gave us the odd size. Or maybe they got a deal on a bottle making machine...

 

[Hay Dude]

I ran out of bleach (Chlorox) a few days ago. That jug of bleach was 5 quarts (160 fluid ounces), 4.73 liters. The new jug I just bought is 3.78 quarts (121 fluid ounces), 3.57 liters. Can anyone tell me a logical reason for the provided quantities??? It appears to be a 1 gallon jug...but 3.78 quarts????????

Could be efficiency in warehousing, weight, height, et.
Those jugs may stack better in warehouses or trucks or might weigh a more desirable weight.

 

[dj1701]

What happened to the lettering on the package?

AI and poor prompts.

 

[turbo36]

Thr federal reserve actually works to create inflation.

So, if you want to stop inflation, end the fed

That's a very interesting theory, would you care to explain how that works?

 

[Mtsoxfan]

As far as shrinkflation goes, marketing has tried to maintain profits for company while making us feel better. Well, maybe that was the original plan. (remember the movie Mr. Mom and the tuna fish pricing?) No one wants to see the price of anything go up. I'm not sure when it started, but I feel safe to assume it was during inflationary times. So, for people on a budget, pretty much the majority of middleclass, they feel better about the struggle when prices remain the same. That is a short lived happiness, as it is discovered the product doesn't go as far. So then, portion sizes to family changes (not that is entirely a bad thing) to reflect the smaller product and to maintain budget. Short term, consumers remained brand loyal. Store brands have been around quite some time, although it seems they have gained popularity over the years, as they stretch the budget, and not always as a taste compromise.
It is evident that shrinkflation has run rampant for multiple reasons. Bottom line, while we know about it, people are still buying based on product cost, and not per ounce price. This keeps people on budget. I struggle to not give my advice to people who "look" like they are struggling with money when I'm out shopping. I've never gotten reamed when I did, but do recognize it can make people uncomfortable. On another thread, there was talk about online shopping, and there it's even more important to look at price per (whatever) to get the best deal. Not everyone is savvy enough to do this, as simple as it can be. I believe that people still look at bottom line price to stay on budget, rather than price per (whatever).
We could go round and round on pricing, do manufacturers need to always make record or near record profits? The days of American manufacturers etc. doing what's best for American people has been waning for quite some time now. Who can blame them when everyone is doing it, under pressure from shareholders etc. There are exceptions, and those are the ones we need to support if we can.

 

[lman]

That's a very interesting theory, would you care to explain how that works?

Greed, inflation helps to artificially cover some of the debt.