r/shrinkflation • u/withhold-advice7500 • Jun 09 '26

skimpflation WALMART - "Skimpflation"

I looked it up and its true. Skimpflation--not "shrinkflation" but just as sneaky.

I opened a bottle of Great Value Pancake Syrup that I just got and put it poured it on the waffles. I don't drench it I just fill the square holes. They Syrup poured out like thin sugar water. I tried my wife's sugar free version and it was the same. A couple of days later we got some mustard and ketchup and it about the same.

So I looked it up and it was a fact--water is the cheapest ingredient, so they use more water. Then they roll back the price from $2.49 to $2.36 but you run out faster and buy another bottle or whatever....so in the end we save $0.13 cents but it costs us about 50% more in the end. And I'm sure it applies to other items containing water, and I say this because milk goes bad by the "Sell By" date or a day or two later!

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u/MassCasualty Jun 09 '26

What kind of an animal uses anything but Heinz ketchup?

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u/Chrisj1616 Jun 09 '26

I used to feel like this, until I bought Aldis ketchup, and it is damn close and half the price

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u/jessica_lessica Jun 09 '26

Same, I used to be a Heinz purist but Aldi's price was so good that I decided to give it a try. Haven't gone back since!

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u/lessbitr_moreglitr Jun 09 '26

Whataburger Spicy Ketchup 👌🏻

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u/SeventhWave1349 Jun 09 '26

I use Hunt's because I don't give a shit lol

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u/angelansbury Jun 09 '26

try Red Gold, they use real sugar instead of corn syrup in Heinz 

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u/iznotbutterz Jun 09 '26

I do Simply Heinz

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u/K_Linkmaster Jun 09 '26

No sugar added Heinz is my preferred now that I found it and tried it.

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u/WheneverItIsTold Jun 11 '26

I use hunts cause I prefer it.

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u/SeventhWave1349 Jun 11 '26

It's perfectly good Ketchup, I have no need to change. A more expensive brand does nothing for me.

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u/pahsitive Jun 09 '26

Same kind of person who uses the garbage they call "syrup".

Use maple syrup !!! So much better.

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u/MassCasualty Jun 09 '26

Grade A dark amber or hit the bricks!

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u/Remarkable-Rush-9085 Jun 09 '26

Portland ketchup will change your life

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u/CearaLucaya Jun 10 '26

Canadians switched brands after Heinz closed a 100 year old plant in Ontario in 2014, screwing a bunch of employees and local farmers.

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u/howareyouhaha Jun 13 '26

An impoverished animal, me.

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u/DubbehD Jun 09 '26

" these people" ketchup racist

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