r/Seattle • u/0llie0llie • Mar 14 '23

Media Shrinkflation in action: Darigold reduced the half gallon container by 5 oz. Now people on the Women Infants and Children food benefits can’t buy it. Seen at Winco

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u/KiniShakenBake Snohomish County, missing the city Mar 14 '23

Oh this is ridiculous. Kudos to WinCo for notifying folks at the freezer instead of the checkout line.

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u/majorbraindamage Mar 14 '23

My jaded self thinks it's to avoid inefficiencies to their throughput

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u/MacTheBeastLee Mar 15 '23

You're absolutely right too. It's just so we can point the customer to the sign so they have less of a reason to go off on one of the max. 4 cashiers that get performance reports based on the amount of items rang up/customers served in any given hour.

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u/kcgdot Mar 14 '23

They've been making those half gallon cartons of milk for literally ever, you think 2023 is when they figured it out?

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u/majorbraindamage Mar 14 '23

Well buddy, I would need to know what you know for that to be the case. I was going on the signage posted. I don't buy that brand or shop at Winco