We’re asking people around Cardiff if they’ve seen items in the shops get smaller while not getting any cheaper. ‘Shrinkflation’ is a cunning type of inflation that seems to be affecting consumers more than ever.
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00:00Crisps and chocolate they've shrunk a lot
00:04Yeah, yeah, I think that's about it that's all I've seen really myself, but I think
00:09Yeah, things have gone up in price and down in size. Yeah, you're correct everything
00:17Everything it definitely chopped up
00:21Miles bars are smaller Snickers are smaller. Yeah, definitely a thing. Are you open a packet crisps off the crisps?
00:27Yeah, yeah, yeah for sure. No, it's that I've definitely noticed that yeah
00:31And the shots you're all
00:33dedicated to their
00:35Carbon net zero by 2050 are now making things smaller or expensive
00:40But wrapping them with more similar use plastics. Oh, yes
00:43Oh, yeah, so the price goes up and the product as well goes down
00:47So basically that's bigger inflation, but you don't see it really unless you look into it. I sort of thing. Yeah, it's disappointing
00:55Half a packet of crisps sad
00:57to double the price