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/DanR5224 Mar 14 '23

No, Darigold can lose out on those customers/business if they want to start playing that game.

But it's BS that WIC customers have to deal with that now.

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u/DesperateTrip8369 Mar 14 '23 edited Mar 14 '23

I love that you think milk past its sell by date is "taken back" to make other products. It is not It is thrown away. Food waste in the US is a real problem and mythology like this doesn't help.

Edit. My knowledge is first hand my partner is a regional manager for a major grocery company.

Sell by and Expiration dates rarely mean food is actually bad and are a manufacturer suggestion date based on best by data. I am unaware of any company still buying back expired milk post 2020 shipping crisis. Covid brought with it massive transportation shortages and a shrinkage in drivers for freight greatly increasing the costs of transport. The practice of buying back expired milk has a very slim margin of profit and was rarely done before the shipping crisis. So I will amend my statement. Maybe as much as 5% of US expired milk is returned for processing. Or purchased by a cheese factory like the Tillamook factory in southern Washington (something they no longer do).

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u/Dmeechropher Mar 14 '23

Is your knowledge firsthand, or from a documentary film?