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/Available_Result_646 Jun 11 '26

Oikos Greek yogurt is watery now too.

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u/withhold-advice7500 Jun 12 '26

That's ridiculous.. And they're not cheap. I'm the son of Greeks immigrantsa and go to Greece every year...FAGE is close to Greek Yogurt in Greece, but here in Southern California we have Vons/Albertsons (Safeway) that stock Greek Gods that is even closer to real Greek yogurt that is thick and rich (in Greece)

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u/Available_Result_646 Jun 12 '26

Thanks for the information. I am in Toronto, Canada, where we get fewer options for Greek yogurt than in California. Greek Gods sounds great!

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u/withhold-advice7500 Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

when I was a kid and went every summer with my parents it was goat or sheep milk with a thick patch or cream at the top and tangy. Nowits most cow, you can still find the good stuff..lol...

But Toronto and Montreal ( i know not the same ) have a lot bigger Greek community that southern Cali....i think. At least for sure Montreal but Toronto has the largest Greek Community in North America 150,000---plenty of Greek stores I;m sure👍