As the economy shrinks, so does the size of many consumer products. The price stays the same, but what you get for your money is reduced. One example is the pictured shower cleaning product...down three ounces in the past couple of weeks. There a story in an industry website that discusses the stealth ploy by manufacturers, and it says there's nothing new here other than the fact that is is becoming more widespread. The story also says consumers tend not to notice the difference, or to ignore it when they do. Of course that's exactly what manufacturers are hoping for.
Noticed that this morning when my husband went into the store to get a small bottle of orange juice. It was much smaller than usual and had a $2 price tag on it. He skipped it.
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