Sylvain Charlebois discusses the subtle alteration in the nutritional composition of some products as manufacturing costs soar in the industry.
Sylvain Charlebois discusses the subtle alteration in the nutritional composition of some products as manufacturing costs soar in the industry.
We have words for this already. Corporate greed, price gouging and lying come to mind. No need to dress it up as an inflation thing. X-flation is the x-gate of the 2020s
Normally corporate greed is met with “Fuck you. Don’t be so greedy. You will accept this [lower] price or else.”
Inflation is when that turns into “I know you are being greedy, but that is one stylish hat you are wearing, and for that reason I will gladly accept your [high] price!”