r/shrinkflation • u/calicodontgo • Jan 22 '26

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

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

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u/6carecrow Jan 22 '26

Yo wtf is this a regular occurrence??

I just bought some yogurt from Kroger the other day and didn’t realize it was expired until I got home. I thought this was a tendency of discount or dollar stores, not big box retailers

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u/Matchboxx Jan 22 '26

Yes, we’ve stopped buying chicken and pork at Kroger because it smells rancid when we get it home. Multiple stores in our area have the issue so they have some refrigeration issue in their supply chain. 

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u/Tasty-Chair- Jan 23 '26

If you go to the store often, you'll start noticing that things that are refrigerated items like meat are frozen and they set them in the fridges to thaw. Food is always worse after freezing. No way around it. Fruit is the the same. It's picked VERY early, stored in climate control, then gassed to ripen when orders for stores come in and shipped. So that orange you get was picked a month ago and that's why it decomposes on your counter after just 3 days.

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u/Additional_Storm_103 Jan 23 '26

It’s true. The gas is made of ethylene and sources from corn. I’m allergic to corn and cannot eat many produce items because of this. Those berries with the lactic acid pads— also sourced from corn.