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Grocery Coupon Guide
Grocery Coupon Guide
Shay Huntley

11 Foods Shrinking in Size but Not Price And Costing You More Per Bite

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Food companies use clever packaging tricks to protect their profits when the cost of raw agricultural ingredients rises. Instead of raising the sticker price, they put less actual food into the familiar cardboard box. Economists call this quiet practice shrinkflation and it is destroying your weekly household grocery budget. Shoppers are paying the same amount of money for significantly less nutrition at the checkout lane. Let us uncover the 11 foods shrinking in size but not price and costing you more per bite.

1. The Breakfast Cereal Illusion

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