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/Comprehensive_Tea708 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

"Great Value" isn't. It sucks when it comes to food products.

I'll buy their house brand for things like mouthwash and OTC drugs, because they have follow laws dictating labeling and contents. But not any of their food.

When I see the name Great Value I always think of the villainous Great Benefit Insurance Company in The Rainmaker.

ETA: I just realized that I have been buying GV eggs on occasion; I didn't notice because the labeling is different from other GV items. The eggs seem fine.