So I had to buy two of them to get as much as I used to get with one. Each one of these now cost $12. The total ounces of salmon you see here used to cost $7.
Shrinkflation by greedy companies combined with our de-facto oligopoly of grocery stores trying to convince us that prices must go up because they’re barely scraping by.
I want to see how the new tax credit for groceries pans out. But it feels like a bit of a (maybe necessary?) Band-aid.
I would absolutely LOVE to see the government finally tackle the oligopoly issue with grocery chains and telecoms.
A bit of a tangent. I had a Bell rep knock at my door today, nice guy. But I told him that their deals are predatory, the way they lock in discounts but not the rate. Then they up the price while you’re locked in, effectively nullifying your discount. He told me, at least in my area that they are supposedly offering real rate lock ins. But it doesn’t fix the root of the problem spurred by blocking competition and blatantly predatory and misleading “deals”. I despise telecom companies in Canada.
Edit: I wanna add, it doesn’t have to be like this! I lived abroad for a while and any time essential groceries went up in price, people got mad and the government curbed it realllll quickly. And telecoms offered true unlimited for reasonable rates. It can be done. We have good infrastructure in much of the country (sorry to those in mega rural areas), now let’s get some legislation to manage and/or break up these oligopolies. I’m no politician so I don’t know what exactly is the best solution, I only know that it needs to happen.
I feel like a guest at Bilbo’s Eleventieth trying to parse that title.
So I had to buy two of them to get as much as I used to get with one. Each one of these now cost $12. The total ounces of salmon you see here used to cost $7.
And so you rewarded them for their new pricing model.
Go to Target. Walk the store, and eventually you’ll see “New lower price”.
It’s not a new lower price. It’s the old price before they raised the price, but nobody bought that item. So they lowered it back.
When companies raise the price, and cut the content, and people still buy it…what reason do they have to charge the old lower price?
If I had left the store without buying that, do you think they would feel the sting of my protest and they would all go bankrupt?
Likely not.
But I would be fucking HUNGRY because I was craving only specifically this. I went to the store to buy this and only this. When I left the store those were the only two things I had purchased. Because that’s what I went to the store to buy.
And society dies in the small fire of individualism
What does that mean?
Why is social media full of these posts?
“This used to cost $3 but today I paid $13.”
Why did you pay? Are an imbecile with zero control over your actions? Don’t give them money. It’s that simple.
Man’s gotta eat
You’re asking me why I bought that? I’ve been buying these for years, and I had a strong craving for it today and I went to the grocery store solely for this, the only thing I bought at the store today, because that’s what I went to the store to buy. I had no intention of leaving the store without it, in some pathetic meaningless form of silent protest, fuck no, I was hungry for this, and this only.
It’s not silent protest, you’re voting with your wallet.
Voting with one’s wallet is silent.
Ok, go verbally complain like a Karen to the manager. That’ll definitely help. 😂
It also does literally nothing lol. I’m continually shocked at how many people continue to think it’s an effective form of resistance despite all available evidence.
Edit: since this comment seems to have rustled a few jimmies, I found this thread about the nintendo situation which contains some pretty good info since I’m not one to spend loads of time and energy arguing with randos on the internet: https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/SocialistGaming/comments/1jr93bv/vote_with_your_wallet_and_other_liberal_arguments/
It absolutely works…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-sales-decline-value-meal/
That’s not “voting with your wallet” lmao it’s not being able to afford food
I could always afford, I just stopped going because it was bad value. I am not alone on this. That is literally what voting with your wallet means.
You need to work on your logic skills, you appear to have almost none and have zero awareness of this deficiency. I’m sure you’ll ignore me or get emotional but keep in mind that is exactly how someone will poor logical skills reacts.
it is literally the only thing that matters unders capitalism. or rather, any “protest” that doesn’t also target the bottom line is useless when government/courts are captured.
In the absence of clear demands and organization (which would make it a boycott, which is something that works), “voting with your wallet” just looks like random noise to them. You really think because you stop buying a product or go to the grocery store across the street instead anything will change?
So you feel like you shouldn’t have to pay this much but you’re unwilling to fight and endure some discomfort for what you think you’re owed. That sounds like a metaphor for a broader societal issue.
For a piece of food in a plastic packaging no less. 🤦🏻
It’s the textbook definition of inelastic demand.
Supply and demand.
Once they know you will pay they will keep raising the price.
Atlantic salmon is farmed in unsustainable and environmentally insensitive ways. Skip it completely and buy wild caught fish from your local fishermen.
Do you really think I should’ve walked out of that grocery store empty-handed then get on an airplane to fly to a fisherman who catches this fresh from wherever the hell they get it from, just to send an imperceptible signal to the food insustry price-gougers?
Not only can I not afford a plane ticket to any such place, nor my work schedule or logistics allow for such a weird journey, I would have been dead from starvation by then.
I weigh 105 lbs. Food is a clinical emergency for me when I get hungry. I went to the store specifically for this, saw it, bought it, posted this post, then immediately ate the delicious salmon.
It’s high time to quit buying any product that ends up this way.
Also, if you can get them, hemp hearts have better levels of omega-3’s in them than fish.
But you don’t understand, they were craving this specfic brand and food sustenance and would have literally starved to death and died had they not purchased it.
This is an example of being poor because of avocado toast.
If this were a sane world this would be a parody but they are clearly very serious.
Good luck getting anything from the store then, I haven’t seen much that isn’t hit by both inflation and shrinkflation. And the shrinkflation is directly caused by the inflation as the manufacturer knows people have a spending limit on the product they are selling, so they have to cut into the product to keep below that limit.
Smoked?
Fucking hell. How much plastic?
That’s Atlantic salmon? God, it’s barely even pink. Salmon used to be as red as my investment portfolio is now.
The color of the flesh doesn’t say anything about its flavor necessarily, but it’s been common for a long time for producers to add food coloring to Atlantic salmon.
To be fair, I’m used to the Alaskan stuff and I don’t think they’re dyeing it.
Tell us more about your investment portfolio. Is red a good thing or a bad thing?
I think the green crayons are pretty, but the red ones taste better.
Given the stock market is about the only thing doing well in this economy I’m worried about your investment choices.
And probably with 28% more microplastics too! What a time to be alive.
That totally sucks. I’m glad you got a fun treat, and I hope the price doesn’t prevent you from enjoying it.
It’s never a bad time to start checking lot vegetarian recipes. A few years ago I got a vegetarian cookbook and a vegetarian Indian cookbook. I started a meal or two a week to mix things up. It turns out there’s some veg recipes that I really love, and over time I’ve found so many that I now almost never cook meat at home.
As I’ve eaten less meat, I’ve grown to crave it less, and oddly my lifts have gotten better and I’ve put on some serious leg and shoulder muscle. Most meals are some combo of beans, lentils, tofu, and just lots of veggies. I’ve become a better cook, and almost every dinner is significantly better than what I can get at any restaurant.
It costs way less to get into even the most basic beans and rice dishes. Veg recipes can still have great macros. I found that meat dishes are usually so savory that folks rarely spice them very much, or if they do you can’t taste the meat anyway. So my veg chili, stews, sauces, curries, and stir fries taste pretty much the same because it’s mostly the seasoning you taste. Some texture is a bit different, but I have found I really prefer the texture of mushrooms, seitan, and tofu. I still occasionally crave my 24hr smoked brisket or my all day braised short rib, but I don’t mind saving them for a rare treat rather than expecting it every meal.
I do hope though you enjoy your fish, pay respects to the animal that died to bring it to you, and make an amazing meal out of it. I hope it’s the best you’ve ever made, and it nurishes your body. If the inflated prices are getting to be to much, have hope that there’s a world of interesting affordable meals out there.
Interesting that they’re each 4 ounces. I wonder if the moisture content or something else has changed.
Uhhhhh…these are both the same purchase.
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Yeah I tried to explain in the original post this is not a “before and after” shrinkflation photo. I literally just this evening had to purchase two of these to get as much as I used to get with one purchase.
One pre-cooked seasoned vacuum-sealed salmon fillet used to be 7 oz and cost $7. I’ve been enjoying these for years. I haven’t had one in a while but went to purchase one today and look what we have here. I had to buy two packages: each was only 4 oz, and each cost $12.
Where on earth are you from that hot smoked is called “smoke roasted”?
I bought this in california.
how do you know when someone is cruel and violent don’t worry they never stop telling you
loving the irony of people downvoting you
How do you cook these op?
Microwave on high for 5 minutes, squirt of ketchup, bone apple teeth!
It’s pronounced “bone apple TEA”, it’s french.
I cut it open with scissors and eat it straight from the package. This here is travelin’ fine cuisine. It’s the easiest quickest most delicious healthiest satisfying thing ever.
You don’t need to cook smoked salmon.
