Price Question

[Jazzy]

Would you rather have shrinkflation (price stays the same but size goes down) or normal inflation (price goes up but size stays the same). Why?

 

[Lamb]

I don't always notice shrinkflation right away, so maybe that's the one I would want to choose.

 

[tango]

Would you rather have shrinkflation (price stays the same but size goes down) or normal inflation (price goes up but size stays the same). Why?

Shrinkflation is more problematic.

If I need a 16oz can of something and the price goes from $1 to $1.10 I can see what is being done. If my $1 can goes from 16oz to 14oz it means I need two cans to complete a recipe, which means I end up paying $2 and potentially throwing most of the second can away.

I'd rather have a government that wasn't economically corrupt that didn't devalue the currency they expect me to use.