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There are many ways to mask inflation. Notice how small candy bars are getting these days or how much more compact cereal boxes have become….etc etc.
Have you gone shopping for a woman lately? Sheiss.
https://www.officialdata.org/us/inflation/2019?amount=100
Ah, yes, the (((official))) inflation rate…
Like Texas Hold’em, I match your rate…and raise it three fold, to get the true rate of 12%….
Like the following poster states…
According to Shadow Stats see second chart, based on 1980 inflation calculation is about 12-13%.
http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts
Shrinkflation is my favorite! Young’uns probably won’t remember 3 pound coffee cans, 1 pound potato chip bags, gallons and half gallons of ice cream. And the list goes on!
How about the giant Baby Ruth bar for a dime?
https://www.candywrapperarchive.com/candy-collector/1950s-baby-ruth/
A lot of COSTCO’s products are are reduced in quantity as you demonstrated or are reduced in quality which you have to comb thru the piles to insure. The steaks (NYstrip) are tasteless with poor marbling or they are run thru with other fat like substances. Additionally you go expecting to pick up products that are there all the time until all of a sudden they are not available or on line only. Some of these like the Costco coffee is available on Amazon.com. Why should I go to cost co then?
You cannot buy appliances and high value electronics every trip and think you are getting over like a big dog.
In the past, one of the reasons I had a Costco membership was because of the superior quality of their NY Strip steaks. They used to be restaurant quality and very thick. The last time I bought them (about 6 months ago before I let my membership expire) they were like you said. Definitely disappointing.
I’ll never bother to renew my membership again. Plus, they are a leftist company.
Works out OK because in 2021 I give way less of a shit than I did in 2020.
When even Costco starts to quietly screw you …. you know its bad.
They didn’t hide the change. That label is several inches by several inches. They even changed the outer packaging so one could tell that something changed.
And by the way, COSTCO didn’t do the SCREWING……THE FED DID!
I like precision and accuracy with my displeasure. +1