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cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/c/mildlyinfuriating/p/434770/the-shrinkflation

Just a paper bag now. At this point they’re gonna bring back the supersize but it’ll just be a large lol

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Honestly, while there are a number of areas where I'm kind of irritated about shrinkflation, restaurant portions in the US are very large and have gotten much larger over the years. I'm not entirely sold that it'd be all that harmful for them to be smaller; they were considerably smaller for a long time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqI4rR6lXU0

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago

Portion sizes have definitely gotten insane but raising prices while giving less product is not ok and they can fuck off. I won't even go into having to order from a kiosk or needing a tracking app to even try to get any kind of deal.

[–] dogbert@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

The problem is they’re still charging the same amount. No issues with smaller portions as long as the prices reflect that .

[–] superfes@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

At least it's good for our health?

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

You from the McD marketing department? 😂

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

at least its cheap, right? riiiight?

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Thinks back to when I bought a Humungousize fries and just ate that for lunch.

“Humungousize?”

Humungousize.

[–] doc@fedia.io 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Looks more like a bag of paper but what do I know.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Weigh it before you complain I guess. Paper like this is better. And if it holds the same weight, all good.

[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think the large should be like 2x the height but it's been a couple years since ive been in a McDs

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

I mean typically it's based off of weight not volume.

[–] GiuseppeLasagna@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

This is a very uniquely American moment 😂