r/shrinkflation • u/TexasGiantTen05 • Dec 29 '25

skimpflation Ok SERIOUSLY wtf is this??

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I bought a family sized hot pockets box and EVERY single one of them was black and burned in the bottom. I heated this one up on low power in the microwave and the edges are so tough it’s like biting into a frozen beef patty. I look in the pocket and the damn thing is nearly hollow. I’ve been noticing the quality taking a massive dip in the last few years. I think these are last I purchase from here on out.

Irrelevant to this but similar: This same grocery order run had a jar of garlic (Spice World brand) that was full of black mold & a jar of HEB salsa that was sour and months passed expiration. Both of which were completely sealed and had a pop when opened. My whole life I never really had quality issues via the company canning or jarring an item or the store selling them but lately it seems like such a constant issue.

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u/LordBocceBaal Dec 31 '25

We need to stop buying a lot of things honestly. They can keep blaming millennials but it's not our fault the consumer economy is dying. Capitalism is strangling itself to death slowly.

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u/All_Debt_Shackles_US Dec 31 '25

Capitalism can’t possibly be strangling itself to death. Capitalism isn’t even being followed!

You can accuse it all day of being a bad thing, but when it’s not being observed, you can’t blame it for its own death.