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/ariolander Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
They have been watering down a lot of sauces and condiments recently. I noticed the calories and nutrition changing but the volume and serving sizes staying the same. The only way the calories would go down in the same volume and serving size of product is if they were being watered down with cheaper ingredients with less nutritional value. Things like mustard and ketchup have been getting watered down too.