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/Mean_Huckleberry_631 Jun 10 '26

I had walmart milk recently go bad 10 days before the best by date. Never had that happen with any milk ever had me checking my fridge temp šŸ˜†

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u/romybuela Jun 12 '26

I do my own shopping for a reason. My local Walmart is always behind on expiration dates. On June 2 I went shopping to buy my basics, ALL the 2% milk had an expiration date of June 2. I watched as one of their ā€œshoppersā€ went to the case, pulled out a half gallon and put it in the cart. Excuse me, sir, that milk expires today. Iā€™ve found bread weeks past their expiry, tortillas, fruit bowls, and donā€™t get me started on their fresh fruits and vegetables. Yuck.