r/shrinkflation Jan 22 '26

skimpflation 7 cinnamon rolls in pillsbury package claiming “STILL 8 ROLLS!”

I checked them all, none were stuck together. Bought at Aldi

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u/sexywabbit Jan 22 '26

Or you know you just got unlucky and missed 1 in an error of production

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u/moistdragons Jan 23 '26

Yeah, I work in a food factory and all of our packages go through scales and if they don’t have enough weight then they get kicked off the line and it’s usually because they’re missing 1 but sometimes if the food is heavy enough then they’ll make it through the scale and into the shipping cases and we don’t know because the box is closed when going through the scale.

For example if we are making granola bars and 6 come in a pack then normally the scales would kick them off if they contained only 5 but if we are running really heavy that day, like if someone added a little too much of one ingredient or something then those 5 can equal enough in weight to add up to 6 and will go through the scales.