You Won’t Believe How Much Your Favorite Products Have Shrunk—47 Shocking Shrinkflation Exposés Revealed!

Ever reached for your favorite snack only to find it’s somehow… smaller? Like, did your gummy bears go on a stealth diet or is it just me? Turns out, you’re not imagining things. In a world where inflation sneaks up on us faster than a cat on a laser pointer, companies are pulling some pretty sneaky moves—raising prices while shrinking the products we love. From toilet paper rolls mysteriously getting thinner to candy packs slimming down, it’s a sly little economic magic trick called shrinkflation. And oh boy, the internet’s buzzing with folks calling out these product shrink warriors over on the “Shrinkflation” subreddit. Curious about which goodies got slimmed down and how we’re all getting bamboozled? Dive into the quirky world of disappearing product sizes right here. LEARN MORE

Article created by: Gabija Saveiskyte

Have you ever stopped and noticed the product you bought a while ago being smaller now than it was before? Well, perhaps you weren’t dreaming when you thought that. With recent inflation that has touched most countries all around the world, companies now more than ever are trying to hike up the prices for their products, and some of them are smaller than before, be it a roll of toilet paper or even a pack of gummy bears.

A popular subreddit called “Shrinkflation” has consumers posting and discussing all the ways the manufacturers are trying to trick our eyes into thinking that the product is still the same, whether it may be the size, formula, or even subtle changes in the packaging quality.

If you’d love to see more products that were “shrunken” in size, make sure to check out our previous post on Bored Panda by clicking here.