{"id":48078,"date":"2022-06-13T02:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T02:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/food-containers-getting-smaller-but-prices-are-rising\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T02:34:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T02:34:00","slug":"food-containers-getting-smaller-but-prices-are-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/food-containers-getting-smaller-but-prices-are-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Containers Getting Smaller, But Prices Are Rising"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the United States, India, Britain and Japan, people are starting to see smaller containers and higher prices for food.<\/p>\n
The cost increases are affecting snacks<\/strong> food, cheese, drinks, soaps and more.<\/p>\n Economic experts say the changes in package<\/strong> sizes are a result of inflation. They call it “shrinkflation.”<\/p>\n In the US, a popular kind of facial paper once had 65 sheets<\/strong> in each box, now it has 60. A container of yogurt that once had 150 grams now has about 125 grams. In Britain, a kind of coffee once had 100 grams in each package. It now has 90 grams. In India, a kind of soap is smaller by 20 grams.<\/p>\n In some cases, people who buy these products are getting less for the same price. Some are seeing higher prices for smaller packages. Experts say the move by food companies is not new, but it is common in times of inflation.<\/p>\n Around the world, people paid on average seven percent more for goods in May than they did the year before. A company that researches prices, S&P Global, said people should expect the inflation rate to stay the same at least until September.<\/p>\n Edgar Dworsky is a former lawyer for the American state of Massachusetts. He runs a website called Consumer World. He noted that price increases and smaller packaging “comes in waves.” He added, \u201cWe happen to be in a tidal wave <\/strong>at the moment. “<\/p>\n Dworsky said he started seeing smaller food containers last autumn. He notes coffee containers have less coffee and bathroom paper has fewer sheets.<\/p>\n