Peanut butter isn’t even safe!  take a look at this it went from 16.3 oz to 15 oz, yet the price probably stayed the same!  sneaky skippy peanut butter makers!

Looks like the Clorox Disinfecting wipes got zapped by the dread grocery shrinkage!  The old container was 78, the new smaller packaging is 75.  wow, nothing gets past the grocery shrinkage phenom!

As you can see the old bag of Purina One Adult Dog food for Large Breed Dogs was is 20 lbs.  The new bag is only 18 pounds, 2 pounds less. Thanks Purina one and Petsmart?

WOW, not even cheese is safe from shrinkage! Just take a look at this pic.

mini baby bell pre-wrapped cheese was 132 grams, now it’s 120.  The pieces are still 6, just 20 grams per serving instead of 22.  Thoughts?

It’s not just food that’s getting shrunk.  According to this shot, it’s also hitting diapers!  If you notice real closely 84 diapers are in the old packaging, 80 diapers in the new! Wow!

not even your yogurt is safe from grocery shrinkage!  Yup, Yoplait Yogurt LOOKS like the old container but as these pictures show, the bottoms are very different! I guess that little ‘package enhacement’ leaves yogurt 2 ounces lighter! Yikes!

Not even your grocery store brands are safe from grocery shrinkage!

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Kellogg Co. is using smaller packaging while charging the same prices for five of its cereals sold in the United States, effectively raising their prices for the second time this year. The company started shipping the new boxes to stores in early June. Boxes were reduced by an average of 2.4 ounces for 14 items sold under the Apple Jacks, Cocoa Krispies, Corn Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks brands, said Kellogg spokeswoman Susanne Norwitz. Source

Yikes, Food Shrinkage is all over the place

A Savvy shopper at walmart caught this Sun Chips bag of Garden Salsa shrinkage and snapped a shot!  Thanks for pointing this out to us

Food shrinkage has hit Science Diet as this picture clearly shows, the old packaging use to be 17.5 pounds.  The current item on the stock shelf is for 12 pounds!  Thats a 5.5 pound food shrinkage.  The consumer contacted the manufactor and they had this to say. 

Hill’s® is a significant purchaser of quality ingredients used in the production of our pet foods. In the last several months, the cost of these ingredients has substantially increased. We are passing along a portion of these increases in the form of a product price increase.

Hill’s® has always maintained the highest quality pet food and manufacturing processes, and will continue to do so. This quality is reflected in the superior nutritional benefits we provide pets, at cost of just pennies more per day than grocery brands.

We can certainly understand your concern, as we have personally been impacted by rising costs of essential items like gas or food. However, Hill’s® is unwilling to compromise our high quality standards by using less costly, lower quality ingredients or manufacturing methods.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that some bars and tarvens are serving smaller portions of beer for the same price.  According to the reports, 14 oz glasses are being used instead of the traditional pint size, 16 oz.

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