Cost of Living - Shrinkflation is speeding up at an alarming rate

adam cool dude said:
I worked in processed food for 15 years. From Pizza's, Lasagne's to Salads and Cakes and they are all rubbish. Some things I could say would put you off for life.

It is not just the ingredients but the chemicals involved to increase shelf life etc.
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Big food manufacturer starting with the letter B?
 
413x said:
We have extra bins here now.
It is a bit of a hassle in a smaller house.
We have to separate
-glass
-paper/card
-metal/tetra/plastic
-food
-landfill

You go round the estate and there's so much wrong in people's sorting. Or heavily soiled food containers. I bet loads ends up in landfill.

I have one recycling bin and every week I empty the bin piece by piece into the bags.
It takes to too much space to have 5 indoor bins for 3xrecycling 1xfood and 1xlandfill

The bags are floppy which is annoying as the bin men chuck them on floor and if it's rains they get dirty. So they have to stay outdoors. I bought a hard plastic cheap storage thing for them.

Do also take the other plastics (crisp packets, etc) to supermarket. Most of this is plastic packaging that comes from buying stuff online that gets delivered. Ie plastic bags clothes come in.

I do prefer bins to supermarkets though. As it's very rare I go to one and the rubbish builds up.


I do wish more would come in paper. Why can't mail. Order clothes comes in paper? Some multi pack crisps are now in paper too.
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I hear you on this. They are a pain.
 
chrcoluk said:
Seen an article that has finally caught on to what the supermarkets are doing.

It compares Tesco price matched goods to Aldi, Tesco seemingly achieving it by reducing the % of the primary ingredient, a stealth form of shrinkflation.
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It was discussed briefly a few pages back, tesco being the only one doing it.
Post in thread 'Cost of Living - Shrinkflation is speeding up at an alarming rate' https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...up-at-an-alarming-rate.18964758/post-37376311
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chrcoluk said:
That would have been pretty bad as singletons already have it tough.
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It did seem odd, especially given that some elderly would suffer a double wammy with their fuel payment going.


Regarding the processing of food, bread seems to get a free pass despite its heavy processed nature. White bread is definitely one of the most crappy foods out there. I'd argue that the better ready meals contain far less rubbish that the bread. Though it really depends on meat type and type of meal to some extent, eg bacon with nitrites etc
 
Not really shrinkflation but relates to Cost of Living I guess -

I went to my local Morrisons today for some shopping and something caught my eye in the Spirits aisle... All the spirits now have locked glass doors over the shelves (they kinda look like the big freezers for the frozen veg etc).... You have to press a button on the door for a member of staff to come and open them up for you to get your bottle of Vodka etc. On the doors are sticker stating this is because of theft of these products with the slogan "theft costs us all"

I can imagine the shop assistants getting bored fast having to traipse over there over and over and over... Unless someone is posted there at busy times permanently

This is a followup where I noticed their large packs of chicken e.g. their 2kg of chicken breasts have anti theft stickers that set the door sensors off if you try and leave with it... I mean WTAF :(
 
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Richie said:
"theft costs us all"
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Thieves are playing the same game as the supermarkets, and the supermarkets' next move is to manipulate their customer in to thinking it's a good guy vs bad guy game.

Reality is that supermarket competition, growth, and shareholders are all not willing to take a hit, if they would, then paying out for increased security measures would not be portrayed as a you problem.
 
Or in reality, people have seen there are limited recourse for shop lifting so they just crack on and take what they want as long as it’s below the threshold the be hauled into court.

Tesco wouldn’t be fussed if it was a tons of potatoes that’s going missing, every day, in reality it’s high value good like hard alcohol that no one really needs.
 
Even Aldi have now put in high chrome barriers that block the closed till aisles - which you can't step over like previous ribbon barriers if you leave with no purchase
Sainsbury's have their automatic gates to get into shop - if you have a basket, carry it in front of you as as buffer for when they are slow to open.
Waitrose with their useless minuscule self checkouts and massive cctv tablet - a design disaster.
how much has all this pushed up food prices -
Security is paramount ... just like people in the Bezos Ring cult.

... was disappointed not to find any easter eggs yet.
 
jpaul said:
Even Aldi have now put in high chrome barriers that block the closed till aisles - which you can't step over like previous ribbon barriers if you leave with no purchase
Sainsbury's have their automatic gates to get into shop - if you have a basket, carry it in front of you as as buffer for when they are slow to open.
Waitrose with their useless minuscule self checkouts and massive cctv tablet - a design disaster.
how much has all this pushed up food prices -
Security is paramount ... just like people in the Bezos Ring cult.

... was disappointed not to find any easter eggs yet.
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They'll show up end of November :D
 
I wonder if there will come a time, when you have to identify yourself to get in the shop, and do a pre-auth thing with a card.. so that if you end up stealing.. they can charge you.. no pre-auth.. no entry..
 
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SimonRigga said:
I wonder if there will come a time, when you have to identify yourself to get in the shop, and do a pre-auth thing with a card.. so that if you end up stealing.. they can charge you.. no pre-auth.. no entry..
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Some supermarkets don't let you out the gates if you haven't made a purchase. If you don't buy anything security have to come and let you out.
 
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