How to Use shrinkflation in a Sentence

shrinkflation

noun

• Two months ago, around the time of the shrinkflation debacle, R-BBQ went from being open seven days a week to six.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 19 July 2022
• This is part of a phenomenon known as shrinkflation, where prices increase or stay the same for a smaller amount of product.
  — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 22 June 2022
• Packaged food brands like Tillamook Ice Cream and Oreo are keeping prices the same but cutting the amount of product in the package, a tactic called shrinkflation.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2021
• Consumers are likely to see more shrinkflation and cost-cutting measures in the months ahead, since price pressures aren’t going away anytime soon.
  — Leslie Patton and bloomberg, Fortune, 12 May 2022
• My colleague Nathaniel Meyersohn has more on the current shrinkflation.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 26 July 2021
• Candy may in fact be the category that first experienced shrinkflation, Dworsky said.
  — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
• Candy may in fact be the category that first experienced shrinkflation, said Dworsky.
  — Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2022
• Other terms like oat milk, pumpkin spice, subvariant, false positive, shrinkflation, and gift economy have also been added to the dictionary.
  — Essence, 10 Sep. 2022
• Worldwide inflation has made shrinkflation a household word.
  — Mark Pratt, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022
• Some notorious examples of shrinkflation he's documented over the years include the diminishing size of ice cream containers from a number of name brands.
  — Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News, 16 June 2021
• Taking a customer-centric focus over drastically cutting costs or engaging in shrinkflation is the best way to gain and maintain customer loyalty.
  — Camille Nicita, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• One recent Mouse Print report explored toilet paper shrinkflation.
  — Clare Toeniskoetter, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2022
• On the menu today: infrastructure, food inflation, pension plans and low yield, a little local difficulty for electric vehicles, and shrinkflation.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 25 June 2021
• At a Reddit forum on shrinkflation, people have documented shrinking packaging for everything from potting soil to facial tissues.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 June 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024