Shrinking products: Food packaging tricks to watch for (CBC Marketplace)

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I've even seen shrinking items marked with Now 20% less calories! when they made the size 20% smaller.

[@danielwaughn5835]

+FortNikitaBullion that's just brilliant

[@danielwaughn5835]

+PhantomAct theyre also marked in serving sizes which is normally based on the package size

[@danielwaughn5835]

+PhantomAct can you not speak normal language you brainless noob. If they reduce serving size and keep the same amount of servings the net gets smaller and they can say 30% less calories per serving.

[@danielwaughn5835]

+PhantomAct not from there you clueless dumbo

[@danielwaughn5835]

+PhantomAct To which part do you not understand serving size isn't 100g? Go buy yourself a bag of crisps and see if the serving size is 100g.

[@SierrasCoolChannel]

I've noticed cereal boxes decreasing the amount of product inside by changing the shape of the actual box to be more tall and thin. This actually appeared to make it look like there's more cereal inside, yet there's less. I believe Special K has done this with their cereals.

[@asdf7108]

In europe we have "price pr kilo" under the pricetag. It is really helpful :)

[@Maul505]

asdf we have it in Canada too

[@shasterdhari]

Alex Gris Haven't seen it in Toronto or the GTA...

[@Maul505]

SimmonSays really? I live in eticoke for a couple weeks during the summer and I saw some guess it varies depending which store it's at... I live East of Burlington and all our supermarkets have it

[@thehALomolov2]

asdf in Canada I always look for the price per 100g, we also have price per kilo on larger quantity items.

[@asdf7108]

thehALomolov2 cool

[@jamesdoble7580]

I have a cheerio box from the 1980's, I can fit two of the new cheerio boxes inside of it. they are narrow, thinner and shorter then the old box.

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

James Doble keep that old box put a new box next to it take a photo send it to them and RANT about the smaller size then say yeah I noticed u didn’t fool me to them

[@starbattles1]

OMG the old Cheerio boxes were HUGE!! I remember.

[@Leanne_w]

Do you collect old packing?

[@chloexianah3070]

Shame the people who ate all those cereals aren't narrower & thinner

[@RandomPerson-ml8ej]

The only prize they could give them was that cheap bag?! Looks more like a freebee than a prize. Maybe they should make an episode on how shows have shrunk their prizes over the years.

[@syxepop]

Most likely THE UNION makes CBC pay an "extra" wage to them, as it would be the case in the States (which is probably the case on the show they are parodying from). This is also the case on those "celebrity" competitions on which they go for a donation for the charities of participants choice, they do get an "extra" wage as stated in the Union's rules.

[@RattPoison80]

Random Person you understand it's a joke right? The whole segment was a parody basically while still doing research and explaining their point

[@phantomstrider]

The contestants tried so freaking hard too. I felt kinda bad for them getting such a shoddy prize.

[@bikinggal1]

best comment so far!!

[@maryluwhittle6366]

It appeared to me they got to keep the groceries at the end, so it wasn't just a bag.

[@jfaustin1742]

Kimberly the lady in green won She held an impressive array of knowledge and observations and they should have AT LEAST paid for her groceries Unfair for her

[@infalliblebeautyandcosmeti6956]

I think production fed her that knowledge. She’s to precise with her numbers.

[@mykonick]

as always lays replaces chips with air

[@anona]

At least Pringles help

[@qualqui]

Yeah, but Pringles are only 50% potatoe where Lay's gives you 100% potatoe!

[@anona]

Joe Serrano Potatoe?

[@qualqui]

Gear ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ Potato then....

[@syxepop]

I've learned NOT to complain about the "excess air" on potato chips... SO, DO YOU WANT YOUR CHIPS WHOLE OR BROKEN? Without all that nitrogen Lay's (or any real chip brand) would be SERIOUSLY BROKEN by the time it travel hundreds (or thousands) of kilometers to your retail place. THAT'S THE TRUTH!

[@AmusementLabs]

I'm surprised the Lays chips didn't just say 0g as they might as well be selling air...

[@ericbartol]

I did a stint with Keebler/Kellog/Kashi and we had changes in our package sizes. Since I always look at the price per oz/lb/unit, I usually notice the change. It is sneaky, but it is noticeable if you pay attention. I've been aware since my mom pointed it out in the late 70's. I owe it to my mom for making me a smarter shopper!

[@MrBeard17]

I just stopped buying cereal and potato chips. I had enough of overpriced bags of air.

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

MrBeard17 I’m just about there with some products

[@littlemouse9900]

MrBeard17 I've stopped buying potato chips too, and switched to the bulk bag cereal. some of them taste just like the name brand and your get 3x for the same price as the name brand.

[@Asteroid_Jam]

The air is actually nitros oxide and it keeps the chips from going stale.

[@micaelmcdaid8000]

me also , i buy a bag of nuts & got a bag of AIR , same with all other products !!

[@micaelmcdaid8000]

@@Asteroid_Jam boll#cks, it's air & gives the companeys larger profits .

[@tapiwakay]

The fact they refuse to come on camera to defend their product downsizing means they know they are being deceptive.

[@Sorestlor]

+tapiwakay Doesn't matter why they do it the media will make it seem like a crime. What are they going to do. 1 dollar isn't worth what it did 20 years ago and so its unrealistic for a company of the same size to maintain the same price.

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

tapiwakay I BLASTED M&Ms for shrinking their medium bags but still claiming they’re “formerly medium” and haven’t changed besides the packaging I haven’t gotten a reply

[@acgillespie]

*Prove it - links please*

[@mousetoad7040]

My father, for years, keeps a list of prices and package sizes when he shops so he can compare brands, stores, etc. Part of his budget plan and frugality that has allowed him to save up a lot despite a mediocre income and mostly one income household. I should be more like that.

[@ebriggs3498]

I did that for years too! As a homemaker, I played a mental game to see how much I could save each week.

[@jailbreaker1214]

cereal (at least in the U.S) is so small now that one box is about 2-3 bowls worth of content. i remember when one box was good for a week or more.

[@kyla3834]

@ROSE who eats 2 bowls a month😤😑

[@safir2241]

ROSE The sugar amount/lack of nutritional value in your brain is atrocious.

[@safir2241]

ROSE Sugar isn’t always sucrose you dillweed.

[@jeisselima]

One portion is 30 g so in a 300g bag you have 10 portions... I think that people portions are just out of control

[@OverlandTT]

jailbreaker1214 cereal in the USA is very expensive compared to the uk.

[@jekku4688]

I've been noticing this for years. One of the most blatant things that stuck out to me most (because I'm a coffee snob) is that a POUND of coffee has been downsized to 12 oz. And bottles of soft drinks aren't being completely filled all the way (not to mention those annoying bottle bumps on the bottom).

[@nyperillo]

11.5 in the United States I remember when it was actually 16 oz but I was a kid now I buy the big can because I only get three pots of coffee out of the little one this is ridiculous!!

[@dewilew2137]

Were the bumps not always there?

[@dewilew2137]

I buy my coffee on amazon now, 2.2 pounds for about $14. Whole bean.

[@ninja.saywhat]

but the customers are getting bigger!

[@Eric-lx8hp]

Obesity is the #1 killer in North America

[@keycardgaming9344]

1805

[@theresamischeski71]

The t-shirts certainly are not flattering lol ☺

[@MrJintensive]

Maybe in U.S. I doubt that statement in CANADA?

[@madbassmassacre]

Canada is very similar to the US in terms of eating habits from what I could tell when I visited

[@467sprite]

i just started working at walmart as a stocker overnight and i love this show

[@NetRolller3D]

Here in Hungary, single-portion Danone yogurts (that's Dannon for you Americans) were originally 250 grams. They then became 200, 180, 175, 150, 125, 121, and most recently 110 grams. (I seem to remember that some are now not even 110, but 108.) And the price's been going up all the time. When they changed from 150g to 125g, they got really sneaky about it: with the first shipment of 125g cups, Danone shipped labels to be put over the original label on the 150g cups already on the shelves. The replacement labels said "Promotion! Now +25g extra!"

[@mistergustafson4033]

That is ridiculously sneaky!

[@DragonsREpic]

living in a country where your starving and hungry doesn't sound very appealing

[@naponroy]

this show is from Canada, you know, if you borhered to watch it

[@naponroy]

***** Thanks!

[@nikkid4890]

NetRolller3D Danone has done the same here is South Africa. I must admit I did t realise it was this extreme until you pointed out the details. Thanks

[@zeroangelmk1]

Toilet paper is always tricky. I don't even bother calculating the size/length of rolls and compare it by weight. If a roll of toilet paper is light then it doesn't matter how big it looks, it's probably loosely rolled in order to appear larger.

[@pinkfreud62]

True. I like Scott's because it's pretty dense and a fairly large roll.

[@ve2mrxB]

Or they enlarge the inner cardboard tube

[@pamelaspooner8335]

The width of the roll has been reduced- the 'squares' used to be rectangular but not any more- so the length of a roll might be the same but there's less 'coverage'. Haven't you noticed the roll doesn't fit the holder so snugly anymore?

[@Nicholas-f5]

Have to do it by square footage.

[@littlegoobie]

@@Nicholas-f5 square footage doesn't work because of the different densities and paper quality/strength and adding in 1-2 or 3 ply is another wrench that can't be caluclated. So getting double the square footage of cheap stuff isn't better because you'll need 3 times the amount for each ..wipe. There are high density, high strength 1 ply commercial rolls that are stronger than triple ply consumer stuff and come in rolls that are very tightly rolled and are the dimensions of they double size rolls. If you can get them, you'll see just how little you use and how long a roll lasts. They're very nice but you can only get them if you know someone who sells/works in the buisiness, like a janitorial service for an office building, mall, or school.

[@iamfuturetrunks]

Even though this is old, still relevant. What's worse is that this means the company is wasting more resources to make more containers that are smaller. This also means that the customer has to waste more gas driving back and forth more often to get more of these containers because they have less in them unless they buy in bulk which you can't do in some stores cause they just don't have it. Worse on the environment.

[@minecraftminertime]

this is still relevant.* Containers don't always get smaller. They get smaller because of inflation. And when containers get smaller, people buy more of them at once so there won't be a big effect on going to the store. Eventually, instead of continually decreasing the size, companies will instead increase the price up but make it still round with .99. With that price increase, the packages will be bigger initially. Then the cycle will r epeat.

[@dreamrabbits5072]

But now it's really old... hah!

[@martyreilly2952]

@@dreamrabbits5072 be i

[@SierrasCoolChannel]

Mother: "We really want that shopping bag." Kid: "Well, meh..."

[@DayzieCat1]

I would rather they just increased the price, than be deceptive. We all understand inflation, so we wouldn't be surprised at having to pay more over the years. But what these companies are doing is wrong, and it shouldn't be legal. A lie of omission is still a lie, after all. Also, I'm pretty disgusted at the majority of comments on this video. Everyone seems very focused on the weight of the people appearing on the show, instead of the actual issue. Whether you are obese or skinny, we are all being ripped off equally.

[@krisbrunner431]

I agree with every point you made

[@marksierra3522]

It's their product they should be allowed to sell it for whatever they want. I don't care if I pay $4 or $6 for a bottle of listerine. Or if they give me 18oz vs 20. Like, that's not worth my time to worry about. Like, 2 dollars ago you could afford it but now you can't? I bet most of these dumbasses have credit cards too. You see how ridiculous that is? They're almost literally stepping over dollars to pick up nickles.

[@DayzieCat1]

Mario Sandoval You apparently missed the entire point, and are terrible at math and economics. If they give us less, you have to buy it more often. ie. You used to buy 6 per year, but now you're buying 9. So if it costs $4, you're paying them an extra $12 per year. Times that by the amount of customers. It's a huge increase in profit. If they charge us $2 more, you're paying that $2 more every single time you buy it, which can add up times the amount of customers. ie. Say 1 million customers buy 6 per year at a $2 increase = $12 million extra in their pocket. Your argument makes no sense. Either way, we pay more, they make a lot of money. The difference is, the ethics behind their deception to the consumers is shameful, and shouldn't be allowed.

[@marksierra3522]

And YOU'RE terrible at economics not me. You price you're items at the highest logical price. That's not the technical term because I'm going to simplify this for you. If you sell too low, you'll sell a lot but you won't make much on each one. Too high and youll make a lot per unit but, you'll have missed out on possible sales. That's how you run a business. Not on cost plus pricing or what you individually feel is reasonable. That's how you go under. You charge the price that will bring you in the most. The price where if you charged one penny more, you'd lose money from the sales you lost out on. The price where if you charged one penny less the extra sales wouldn't make up for the price drop.

[@marksierra3522]

You honestly think that teams of stat majors and economists know less than you? It's not underhanded, it's survival. There's a lot of terrible business practices, this is at the bottom of the list. There's a lot worse than this.

[@yoliriver9704]

Campbell tins have decreased in size. I have a very old cooking book and you don't have enough ingredients to prepare the meal according to the recipe.

[@vaderladyl]

And tuna cans among others.

[@FeuerblutRM]

I'm actually impressed by the test shoppers. I never noticed my every day products shrinking when it happened 😯

[@catherine_404]

That's the topic that's burning hot not only in Canada! God I hate this situation, I want them to get their shoes shrinking, and I don't mean sizing grid. I have just discovered your programme, but I already love it. Not least because how real and human you are, how nice and decent. There is some fun and games, but I don't see pretention, which is so very refreshing. Thank you from Russia 💕

[@mjordan812]

Some years ago a major US Ice Cream brand downsized the Half-Gallon container. They did this by changing from a container with straight sides to one that tapered - keeping the same size lid. Additionally, they had the temerity to tout their new "compact" side as taking up less space in the freezer. They've since downsized it again. 64 ounces to 56 ounces and now 48.

[@BlueSkySerene]

My top three shrinkers: Dish washing soap, Coffee - remember when it was a pound of coffee in the can?, Ice Cream - remember when it was a pint, or quart or half gallon?. Coffee is 12, 11, 10 ounces now. Those ice cream pints are 12 or 14 ounces.

[@JL-iu7fk]

BlueSkySerene Ice milk was the cheapest. Now, they don't have it. I'm pretty sure they sell it as frozen yogurt with not enough acidophilus to really be yogurt.

[@anodyneliniment2326]

When you live in America

[@jac2o7]

But will it really stop anyone from continuing to buy these products?.... Probably not

[@dontask3497]

Well, no one really has a choice, do they?

[@mynameisliberty1]

+Don't Ask are you serious? Yes they have a choice

[@dontask3497]

+mynameisliberty1 Not when major companies are the ones doing all the shrinking. The brands that you trust. The 'good' brands.

[@mynameisliberty1]

+Don't Ask store brands. Wholesale. Online. There is freedom to choose and a way to shop for the things you like at a reasonable price. And to be perfectly honest do people need cookies or need ice cream or tea or coffee or literally half the crap they bought? No. It isn't corporate greed that forces the downsizing of products but rather government control of the money supply which leads to inflation.

[@highstreetkillers4377]

I dont buy anything i feel is too expensive. I got honey for the first time in 10 years at $4.99 it was always over $10

[@joycethomas84]

I live in the states and I often see this has happened from just several years ago. Even from last year, it is ridiculous. The paper towels for sure, even sodas and other products

[@MichaelSanAngelo]

Laundry detergent went down in size as well. I noticed it about two years ago.

[@francoisdesmarquis8548]

Michael SanAngelo I'm surprise too that they did not even talk about that!

[@mrsh7179]

Michael SanAngelo yeah they advertise is condensed or something similar

[@donnakeeley7924]

I make my own laundry soap and body soap. A yrs supply costs less than one big jug of Tide. Works better and is organic, non-alergic, my pets are cleaner and have no allergies. (I also make my own dog food and cat food.) look for recipies here on youtube!

[@littlegoobie]

Yeah, I would guess a bottle of major brand detergent is about 1/2 the size they once were, maybe even less. I don't go thorugh it very quickly so I actually see the bottle size go down every 2 to 3 times I buy it. If i recall correctly, the current size is in the 1.3 liter range. You can put a bottle in the pocket of a winter jacket now.

[@chenanigans]

I've definitely noticed the shrinking of cereal boxes. The boxes are so slim now and you barely get like 4 bowls out of them

[@OneIroNauT_1]

Sugar used to be 5lb bags in the U.S. Now they are 4lb bags. Cost went up also.

[@jintie]

Over how long?

[@douwat1395]

Back when George W Bush was president I remember sugar prices changed then. I baked cakes and cookies and went to get a 10lb bag of sugar but couldn’t find 10 lb bag. Looked for the 5 lb bag no 5 lb.only a 4 lb bag. Also looked for bread was 24 oz 24 slices but they only had 16oz loaf which I had never seen before or just didn’t pay attention. Soap bars used to fill my had they were pretty large. Noticed the bars a few years ago were 5 oz then 4.5 oz then 4 oz and some even 3.5 oz. Used to only buy Bounty paper towels 8 count and it filled the back of my Sentry. Each roll was 102 / 2 ply sheets and really was absorbent. Underwear tripled in price in 5-10 years. Shorts used to be half or less than regular pants cost are now same price as pants and sometimes more. Burgers used to be bigger where I bought them had jumbo buns now cost a lot more and buns much smaller. Don’t see small eggs anymore seems medium are small and other sizes also down graded. Far more has changed.

[@kaycollarfeild]

@@douwat1395 omg I thought it was just my store where underwear went up! At 12 I could buy 6 pairs for £2. Now its 5 pairs for £4. Its not much yeah, but it really annoyed me. (They are quite cheap underwear but they are for a specific use,l

[@douwat1395]

@@kaycollarfeild Well ma’am things, prices, have been rising considerably in this “good ole USA” for the past few years. To me businesses anticipated the minimum wage being possibly passed and are already well ahead of the increase. Businesses hire far less people now and try to take advantage of every bit of new technology to help them get rid of employees and increase their prices feeding their greed. The larger businesses can easily afford $15/hr but I think smaller businesses with about 10 or so employees should be increased to about $10-$11. You have people like Jeff Bezos, Walmart and others that put so much on employees and earn so much but look to give up the least they can. Money paid to politicians to get their way could be given to their employees. And politicians go along with it because of benefiting from “donations” and they are also business owners themselves thereby gaining even more. “We” the people of the USA give them far too much power just to keep us divided and conquered. Best wishes to you and all.

[@margaretm.7079]

Thank you for educating me! Keep up the good work & looking foward for other shows!👸

[@zxKAOS1]

I'll add..."Half gallon" of orange juice went from 64 oz. to 59 oz. Despite Tropicana and Minute Maid "premium" oj not really being all that (nice video CBC News did BTW ;)), it was the rising costs that got me to quit those types of OJ. At this point, I buy a bottle of "fancy juice" every 3 months or so, but pretty much stick with water.

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

zxKAOS1 simply orange,apple and so on the simply juice brand has recently shrunk their bottles watered down their products and now there’s 10 calories less per serving which proves the watering down oh the potassium has also been lowered to

[@Rise2theoccasion92]

Now its 52oz

[@mybadoof4934]

Catching up on marketplace vids and seeing old ones recommended that are still happening now 😩😩

[@michael50694]

Sometimes the price goes UP in the product size goes down.

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

michael50694 I’ve noticed this

[@littlemouse9900]

michael50694 glad to know I'm not the only one that's noticed this.

[@danielageorge4740]

MOST times lol

[@Duke00x]

All the time. And thhat is the one thatpisses me off. he size going down but price staying the same while I don't like it I can understand it. I is what size goes down but cost still goes up that you know it is not just inflation.

[@zombiasnow15]

Always, not sometimes

[@andrewthompson9112]

They all forgot ice cream, prices are way up and package sizes are down

[@TsukiNaito1]

I love how they didn't rent out the whole store, and let people mill about in the background of their shots. 😂

[@Rebasepoiss]

Nice job, Canada for using the metric system!

[@chaschoune]

Not sure what your point is: you think this does not happen with the old imperial system?

[@Rebasepoiss]

My point was that it's great Canada is using the metric system...that's it!

[@Redsoxking]

+Rebasepoiss USA Libya and one other country just don't use metric

[@naponroy]

Redsox.... LIBERIA you moron. But anyway, you're still wrong, look at Burma.

[@Redsoxking]

naponroy and thats not the name anymore it's Myanmar

[@amirglobo]

I wonder of the groceries are shrinking or are the people just getting bigger!!!

[@sped6954]

Amir Hussain A little of both Amir, a little of both.

[@christophergale135]

Same

[@TheLivingDeadOne]

+Amir Hussain You are right. Those people are super sized,. except for the little kid. But dont worry, mom will fatten his ass up in no time.

[@styldsteel1]

+Amir Hussain You mean fatter. Bigger LOL!!!!

[@dohrwardtwyatt]

Yah the mass of a gram changes definition as the populations health changes

[@catherine_404]

Oh, and my favourite dish detergent (Fairy) gradually went off the shelves. They were quite sneaky. The old version was less expensive and worked great, they launched the fancier and allegedly better and more economical version, but it's in a smaller bottle, and even if it's economical it's more expensive. And I don't have the cheaper option I loved anymore.

[@jugofmilk41]

In the next 10 years the products will be as small as a grain of sand

[@mrfunatparties6763]

Video Z3RO wrong!!! we would probabl get fed pills by that time.

[@minecraftminertime]

That's not true. Instead of being smaller, the products' price will increase.

[@mastersteedssting5450]

Тимур Аносов And hopefully long before then people will stop purchasing this rip off stuff.

[@bryanmoyna9715]

In Soviet Russia products shrink you.

[@anodyneliniment2326]

@@bryanmoyna9715 true!!

[@jennywu73]

I remember ice cream was sold in half gallon sizes. Not anymore. It’s 1.5 quart. Prices are the same but less products. Same goes for orange juice, used to comes in 64 oz. it’s 48 oz now.

[@xxcypherxx4669]

Snicker bars and most candy bars...

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

xXCypherXx check the new large Hershey’s bars they have been SHRUNK also I’ve noticed this with all candy

[@Duke00x]

Yes. about 60% the size they use to be. But they cost way more.

[@prettyuglysupernovarudegur2310]

Standard size is like two bites and protein bars too and granola bars

[@sonicledgend]

I work for publix and I’m a stock clerk. I touch everything basically in the store of dry grocery. One day I noticed the 10 pack of HI-C orange and other flavors had a 8 pack behind it. I thought it was a misplaced item or new. But then I looked at the bar code and it was the same exact bar code as the 10 pack one. So they are selling a package with TWO LESS drink cartons in it for the exact same price.

[@joytotheworld2100]

I have seen this happen alot. The way I am a smart consumer is I check the "per once" price

[@prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010]

In America 🇺🇸 as well. Everything is smaller now except for the prices. Burgers 🍔 from restaurants. Fries. Everything.

[@Mrs.Jekyll]

I'm from America too. I noticed a long can of Pringles was getting shorter too

[@dee_lulu]

As a consumer, I understand this as this also happens in restaurants and fast food places. But as having sold baked items in the past, inflation and increasing costs makes items cost more expensive. The psychology behind the downsize makes it more acceptable if the price is retained, as people will still remain in their budget if items were purchased per pack.

[@yliberal6355]

I've seen this for years. But recently it's happening more today. Great show " Marketplace."

[@vistron888]

"You've been looking at shrinking products for at least 20 years now?" So has his wife.

[@mrcheesefart]

the "backdoor price increase" sure has been getting some attention though

[@juliaset751]

It used to be 25 years.

[@jeffreyfarwell1152]

I live in the U.S. if i see the words new and improved it stays on the shelf I say to myself what was wrong with it in the first place i really enjoy your show

[@rayrofid880]

I hate when people say that money doesn't buy happiness. It actually does......

[@gianna-5210]

RayRoFid it buys mine😬

[@balitangvisdak1550]

Yep, totally agree with you here. Like going on a trip makes you happy--you need to buy those tickets and accomodations and food and etc. If a car makes you happy -- you need money to buy it, then there's misc cost .... Whoever says money doesn't make you happy have no goals in life.

[@gielnw9891]

I agree but not 100%. You need money to do stuff but if you do it with friends or with someone special you have eventually more fun. You can have a great movie night and that's not very expensive. Or a vacation for 2-3 days and that's also not that expensive. Just do it with the right people. I rather go on holiday with my gf than go on an luxury vacation on my own. If you work together you have enough money to live happy and do stuff. Sorry for my bad English

[@jeffw1267]

Money buys you happiness in the SHORT term.

[@SibaNL]

You can't buy away depression

[@beckyshock3099]

I have noticed that paper towel and toilet paper rollers are way bigger than they used to be........ leaving the product less, but the size of the rolls the same or larger. (and yes, the sheets are smaller too)

[@warywolfen]

I haven't bought tuna for several years, and here's why. It used to be that a can of tuna contained 7 oz. Then they decreased it to 6 oz. Not long after that, it was down to 5 oz. Of course, the price did not decrease proportionately. It's gotten to the point that the instructions on a box of "Tuna Helper" now call for using two cans, instead of one! That's why I swore off tuna. If I prepare a dish that calls for tuna, I substitute mackeral. Actually, the mackeral is part of the tuna family, and tastes the same.

[@Kingzatchbell]

True man

[@nikkid4890]

Clyde Wary Great tip, thanks

[@bunnyyamor3154]

I noticed that the last time I was grocery shopping! 4 oz cans but the box called for 10 oz all together. SMH!

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

Clyde Wary I don’t even blame u

[@Josh-jw3go]

Now portions are shrinking and prices are going up as well!

[@Mrs.Jekyll]

Soon, a were going to get a tiny loaf of bread for 40 dollars

[@juliorolim6146]

This issue has been going on in Brazil for quite a long time now, just as you've shown. Sounds like it's a worldwide trend. I myself, I either boycott certain shrinking products or simply buy a different brand which gives me some more or costs less.

[@crlaw75]

I was at a grocery store earlier today and noticed a box of 50% off items and went to grab one of them. The staff person said those items were being sent off to a local food bank, which is good. I told her that I saw this episode and explained what the main chain stores were doing with the leftovers. She also told me that during COVID, they were instructed to throw them out (lots of waste), but when the restrictions were lifted, the store was able to donate the unwanted items again.

[@nikkid4890]

Lays have shrunk so much over the past few years I almost get excited to find anything in packet at all!

[@rozferrell1838]

As an American I have been watching the shrinkage in product and in price being stable or escalation for years

[@TheAureliac]

Ironic that you turned a one minute news story into a twenty-two minute fluff piece. Talk about shrinking products...

[@TheRealHatsune]

TheAureliac self awareness on their part or totally ignorant, we will never know

[@mcmandy086]

It really depends on each person. I enjoyed it, it was entertaining to watch and it made the delivery of the information more dinamic

[@barbfrontczak1791]

In the US I have noticed that mayo is downsized used to be 32 onces now it's 30 and also vegetable oil spread like country crock used to be sold as 48 onces now it's only 45 onces and sugar used to be a 5 pound bag now it's a 4 pound bag

[@orangeboy97]

I have a solution to this problem. Maybe all three of them should try to buy food that is not in a package. Like fresh food. The contestants seem to know all about size changes, but they sure don't know how to manage their own size.

[@angolin9352]

Good luck buying fresh tea. I used to be able to brew two cups with one bag. Now, you try that and you just get two really weak cups of tea. Also, contrary to popular belief, keeping one or two bags of chips in the house doesn't automatically make you gain 50 pounds. Nor is your comment on these peoples' weight relevant to the topic of this video, which exposes what amounts to just short of fraud.

[@g00gleminus96]

"Fresh" is a relative term. However, you can get fresher tea by using full-leaf instead of the powdery stuff that companies like Red Rose use. I use loose (not bagged) full-leaf tea that I buy from a local importer & blender. I use one teaspoon of tea leaves per cup and then put it in a french press. Heat water to just under a boil, pour into french press, let it stand for three minutes, press and serve. It's easy to do, tastes better than any powder-in-a-bag tea ever will. As a bonus, it's more environmentally friendly because I'm not throwing tea bags into the garbage, I just put the used tea leaves in the compost and wash out the french press. Admittedly, using a french press is much more time consuming than using a bag or a tea infuser but you can also use it to make coffee or virtual any other kind of hot beverage.

[@get-the-lead-out.4593]

Angolin, you need to pay better attention.... nowhere did Tall Random Guy's comment say, imply, or refer to tea since everyone already knows it's nearly impossible to get fresh tea...he was only making a genuine point. And so how do you know that these people in the video only bought 1-2 bags of chips? So just because this video only shows them with 1-2 bags of chips means that's all they ever bought? How about after the CBC's news was over , cameras were turned off, and these people continued shopping for the things they initially came to get before they were asked to participate? So exposes your comment to what amounts to jumping the gun to run your mouth.

[@derflop]

Ad hominem & deflection, corporate shill spotted

[@junioruelese3112]

Tall Random Guy

[@DeerRyNa]

Inflation is a huge factor when it comes to product downsizing, clearly people who’s had industrial management class would know. We just have to understand that it’s inevitable to not see a difference in either price or size.

[@tylersmith4326]

The products are certainly shrinking but the shoppers certainly aren't!! 😂

[@CaptainEverythingHumorandMore]

Remember when the price of gas was high? The companies used that as an excuse to raise prices of their products claiming higher gas prices costs more to ship. What happened when the price of gas dropped? Did the price for the product drop? No. It's just one thing they use. You have to watch. Thanks for the video

[@79tazman]

Nescafe Rich Instant Coffee in the jar went from 200g to 170g just a few months ago and I remember when pop went from 600ml to 591ml

[@martijnp]

I like how the mother is like "We're gonna expose this scam!" And the kid is just like *"IMMA WIN"*

[@brianyun533]

But... the corporations are getting richer and richer...

[@user-oz2cz6ej9d]

They need to be rich or else they can't produce more food.

[@LetsDriveSomewhere]

Brian Yun I know you posted this a year ago but I feel obligated to reply! The whole point of these changes, like they said in the video, is because the companies' expenses go up so if they make no changes they will lose money. They will make the same amount of money.

[@Darksyne]

Don't buy as much from them then and start growing your own food like the good old days.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

@@LetsDriveSomewhere then how is it that they al post record profits year after year..

[@LetsDriveSomewhere]

Baron von Limbourgh Don’t they? Businesses that are publicly traded do post all their financial information publicly. According to Google, Walmart made almost the same in 2016 as they did in 2017 despite implementing a lot of these practices in more ways.

[@corrosiveefnet7850]

CBC News

[@B3stVid3oz]

I remember Capri Sun use to come in dozens now then come in 10 packs for the same price...

[@pepper419]

I'm from Australia and haven't seen Maxwell House coffee in years. I didn't realize this program was so old.

[@yourhandlehere1]

They could win just going down the candybar aisle.

[@Eszra]

Next time I go to the store I'm gonna write stuff down. Keeping a list will be fun. Also I remember once that my late mom found something we always bought that shrank. Another brand had what the size we wanted and we started buying that.

[@dagirlwid]

Soo, how’s the list keeping going 5 years later? Are you still doing it, and if so, anything interesting to share?

[@creepyloner1979]

10:27 most canadian accent ever!

[@CaptainCocaine]

Maltfalc And if sounds like she's trying her best to hide it. Imagine what it sounded like when she was off camera!

[@ALuimes]

Maltfalc Pronouncing "are" like "air". Must be a Maritimer.

[@Kill4ism]

Nothing could fool you guys.

[@Rimorox]

+Maltfalc I just thought that's the accent of the 70s...but hey what does this fellow Canadian know?

[@TheBlackSpiral]

+Maltfalc It sounds like her jaws are wired shut.

[@sirplantain]

Since I can remember (from the first time I went shopping with my own money), I've always looked at the weight and price of items. I'm so use to seeing 'offers' that give you 10 - 20 grams more for 5% less yet for 10% more cost (not on offer) you can get 100 grams extra. I will agree though that it's very difficult to know if something has been downsized if it's a product you very rarely purchase (and don't have the previous packaging/empty container) or if it's a new product. Some people might not want to spend too long trying to calculate numbers etc however I do think it's a good idea because it keeps your brain active - being able to do maths off the top of your head is something that doesn't happen as often as it used to. Some people are now so reliant on calculators or supermarket tills to work out basic maths.

[@siredward9568]

Expert Processed Goods Consumers.. No wonder the size.. Of course they notice.. They buy those junk/processed food on a regular basis.. 🙄🙄🙄

[@Screamingtut]

one big thing that has shrunk is a tub Ice cream, it used to be a .5 gal (64 oz or 1.9 liters) is now .46 gal (59 oz or 1.75 liters).

[@Ash243x]

maybe it's a good thing portions are shrinking? I don't agree with charging more tho

[@WatchingDude]

In Australia we have unit pricing. If the price goes up or the size of the product does down the unit price changes. That way all you have to know is what the unit price is for the product that you buy you can easily jot things down in a notebook or some people are able to remember them.

[@Vamp7_7]

2:18 wow, why get their hopes down

[@christina3478]

At first I thought stuff looked smaller because I grew up. It was the dryers ice cream.... and then everything else started shrinking 😹

[@AlexanderLong]

Maybe try to buy less products but real food. Go to local market pick up fresh veg and fruit , make your own food and snacks rather than processed food products. I literly only buy Toilet tissue from all those thing they bought.

[@AlexanderLong]

Super Hans ok you won.

[@branflakes2600]

Then, they can only raise the price because they cannot modify the product size after it's been harvested either from the ground or from animals. You can always use steroids, genetically modify it, etc.

[@branflakes2600]

+Black Knight *though. You can always use steroids and genetically modify it THOUGH.

[@xoxohannahxoxoAJ]

not everyone has that much time on there hands. and plus, if you are buying all the ingredients to make your own snacks then in then end you end up spending more

[@williamstark8836]

+xoxohannahxoxo Gaming LOL no. Making your own is almost always cheaper.

[@johexxkitten]

I’m in the UK and my husband was in management for a manufacturer, he told me to watch out for “new improved” or “improved recipe” these were the same size product, same price, but made using cheap ingredients. He said improved literally meant “we found a way to make it cheaper. We even noticed certain beers, side by side they looked identical. However when we got home he notice the bottle contained 570ml, he said “I thought these were 600ml bottles? We checked the shopping receipt showed the same price. But another bottle in the fridge showed that they used to be 600ml bottles. Worse still the bottles were identical... until you looked closely and saw that the bottles were same height, same shape, but if you looked at the base of the bottles, you could see that one bottle was indeed a narrower bottle AND the glass of the bottle was thicker, so that it would fill up using less product. We’ve seen this done before, the dip in the base of a jar is suddenly deeper, making the jar smaller inside, but same size on the shelves.

[@garyholt8315]

And how about the claim of 20 % more. 20 % more than what ?

[@weevie99]

An obvious solution to this problem would be a law requiring standard size packing. In Canada there are already laws that require English and French and Nutritional Information. A law that required standard sizes would make ALL manufacturers have products packaged as: 250ml, 500ml, 750ml, 250g, 500g, 750g etc etc

[@kovko69]

It's called inflation. The alternative to shrinking products at the same price, is to maintain the size of the product but offer it at a higher price. Sometimes they give you less but consumers are price elastic with most store bought items. If companies shrink products when there's no economic stress to do so, then consumers will turn to the competitor's products.

[@davida6335]

This shit should be regulated by government. Businesses are literally playing all of us without any punishment. Legal theft!!!!!

[@mastersteedssting5450]

David A Sadly David corporation's run the governments and for a government to turn on their major funders would be political suicide.

[@amelialee2755]

David A

[@daniellebel9244]

Been noticing shrinking products since I started shopping. Quaker Granola cereal used to be 700g back in 2000, now shrunk to 445g-475g. Ice Cream (IGA's Compliments) were 2L now 1.5L or 1.66L. Coffee was 920g now 907g. Tropicana used to be 2L dropped to 1.89L then 1.75L. Leclerc cereal bars would hold 8 now 7, Quaker or Kellogs dropped to 5 bars just 3 years ago. Best to keep an eye on the price to buy for cost ratio.

[@TR-jc6ue]

Oh no Lays is in big trouble!

[@FrankKig]

I am glad that Market place is watched beyond Canada land. It's a dirty trick they play on us but very noticable with large families. I remember $150 five years ago bought us groceries for two weeks. Now we spend $250 and still sacrifices what we can go with or without. The show should have listed a web site to check the history of product decrease. I think that should have helped.

[@lysolmax]

That toilet paper example was terrible. Why has it shrunk? Because "Less is More!" lol.

[@katelynboogdeal6461]

They make the sheets skinnier and more rectangle like rather than square like

[@AmusementLabs]

I use to buy a bottle of italian dressing from the local $ store and it was good for a while, but then time and time again the bottle would get thinner, more slender and then I noticed it started all becoming just a bottle of oil, no peppers or onions. You end up having to shake it, which does nothing or dump half of it cause of the oil to get the proper pepper to oil ratio it should have had in the first place.

[@Exachad]

Mars Bars, Goddam Mars bars, the biggest shrink in history from 60 grams to 40 then to 20.

[@juliamelone8109]

I love how excited that woman was to find the Frosted Flakes lol

[@franknew9001]

As Tony the tiger would say "They're Great!!!!"

[@Hacker07Gaming]

I remember when McDonald's used to give big burgers

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

ThatOneChannel there paper thin and barely 3 inches in diameter now

[@howtowithelizabeth7513]

ThatOneChannel oh their fry boxes have been shrunk to

[@gharebeh]

Another aspect to consider is for example the inflation and cost of living thru the past 20yrs. Manufacturers gotta make up for it and shrinking seems to b the most feasible way to accommodate these adjustments without taking alot of consumer’s attentions to the changes.

[@robertm1112]

this is one reason i use price per ounce

[@dawne5139]

This has been going on for at least the last 45 years. Likely longer, but that is when I was old enough to notice.

[@AlliiMariie]

could you not buy bigger shirts for the contestants? lol

[@laurice8056]

It would be nice to see an expose on how restaurants are doing the same thing... McDonald, Subway, Friday’s & others are selling smaller servings for the same or higher prices!!☹️

[@t850]

...just don't wash that bag or else it will shrink...;)

[@Azrtheal]

When your ice cream drumsticks used to be full-sized, and now they're bite-sized.