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jamcg wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 7:37 am

Gavster wrote: Sat Feb 28, 2026 6:37 pm

Mito Man wrote: Sat Feb 28, 2026 1:34 pm It's a piss take, especially all the chocolate based stuff being replaced with god knows what horrible substitutes. The price of wholesale cocoa has fallen for over a year

I’m doing a vid about Easter shrinkflation and asked a bunch of big manufacturers why they have increased the price of products when cocoa dropped something like 40% last year. They all came back with varying length replies saying approximately “we do everything we can to maintain high standards of flavour and taste, and ultimately pricing is up to the retailer”

Talk about passing the buck

German court has made a ruling against Milka in relation to shrinkflation, if this is upheld when it goes to appeal I guess it could cause quite the upset for manufacturers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmp428zylko

jamcg wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 7:37 am

Gavster wrote: Sat Feb 28, 2026 6:37 pm

Mito Man wrote: Sat Feb 28, 2026 1:34 pm It's a piss take, especially all the chocolate based stuff being replaced with god knows what horrible substitutes. The price of wholesale cocoa has fallen for over a year

I’m doing a vid about Easter shrinkflation and asked a bunch of big manufacturers why they have increased the price of products when cocoa dropped something like 40% last year. They all came back with varying length replies saying approximately “we do everything we can to maintain high standards of flavour and taste, and ultimately pricing is up to the retailer”

Talk about passing the buck

German court has made a ruling against Milka in relation to shrinkflation, if this is upheld when it goes to appeal I guess it could cause quite the upset for manufacturers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmp428zylko

unzippy wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 8:35 am Or even worse and still common, reduce the weight and increase the price.

Gavster wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 8:17 am

jamcg wrote: Thu May 14, 2026 7:37 am

Gavster wrote: Sat Feb 28, 2026 6:37 pm

I’m doing a vid about Easter shrinkflation and asked a bunch of big manufacturers why they have increased the price of products when cocoa dropped something like 40% last year. They all came back with varying length replies saying approximately “we do everything we can to maintain high standards of flavour and taste, and ultimately pricing is up to the retailer”

Talk about passing the buck

German court has made a ruling against Milka in relation to shrinkflation, if this is upheld when it goes to appeal I guess it could cause quite the upset for manufacturers

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmp428zylko

Ohhhh that's very interesting, thanks for sharing, I'll make a vid about that one!