Did Downy fabric softener (Sam's Club jug) shrink?
How big a cut? The 34th-largest of 100 documented laundry cuts; a bigger cut than 45% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →
- When
- 2024 · reported 5 Aug 2024
- Country
- United States
- Brand
- Downy
- Category
- Laundry
- Source
- mouseprint.org
Source and evidence
Against official inflation: BLS CPI-U (US) “household cleaning products” changed +2.5% (12 months to Aug 2024). The size cut alone raises the price per fluid ounce by +13.3% if the shelf price stayed the same (the source recorded no prices). Every case is compared the same way in the ShrinkRadar Index.
What the source says
“…The one-pound bag also lost two ounces. *MOUSE PRINT: Downy Fabric Softener Brendan B. found a big change in Downy fabric softener at Sam’s Club. The old one was 170 ounces and provided 251 loads. The new version was the same price, with 20 fewer ounces. but supposedly provided 257 loads. The new equation must be less = more.”
More from the US: the US Shrinkflation Tracker has all 296 documented cases, sortable and filterable.
Topic guide: laundry detergent shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand.
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