Does your bag of potato chips seem to have more air, less chips yet you’re paying the same price? That’s shrinkflation - where companies intentionally keep or raise prices while giving you less of the same product. There are various creative packaging methods that companies use so that consumers may not realise that the products are shrinking. Talking Point host Steven Chia finds out from Professor Klaus Werternbroch of INSEAD how companies hide shrinkage and five household items that have shrunk. 00:00 Soft drink 00:47 Potato chips 00:57 Dried herbs 01:14 Peanut butter 01:31 Chocolate bar Let us know in the comments below if you’ve come across other products that have been shrinking in size but not in price. Watch the full episode of #TalkingPoint Are Your Favourite Food Products Shrinking? We Find Out Why: https://youtu.be/Wgi17hmbE5M Also watch: Which Toilet Paper Is Your Best Value For Money?: https://youtu.be/sTD9OHiMCcE Singapore’s GST Increase: Is it fair?: https://youtu.be/HP_ioG__g3A How to Budget and Save in Your 20s and 30s: https://youtu.be/jO3TkcSVKGQ Planning Right For Retirement, When You’re In Your 50s (And In A Recession): https://youtu.be/Dnc8Bh9G_H0 For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! https://ift.tt/4cSoDI7 Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram: https://ift.tt/Na3e1gz Facebook: https://ift.tt/Rk7gzwp Website: https://ift.tt/sI6Zz72
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