Did Hefty trash bags, mega pack shrink?
How big a cut? The joint 2nd-largest of 6 documented bags, foil & wrap cuts (tied with 1 other); a bigger cut than 42% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →
- When
- 2022 · reported May 2022
- Country
- United States
- Brand
- Hefty
- Category
- Bags, Foil & Wrap
- Source
- talkbusiness.net
Source and evidence
Against official inflation: BLS CPI-U (US) “miscellaneous household products” changed +9.7% (12 months to May 2022). The size cut alone raises the price per bag by +12.5% 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
“168 sheets per roll to 120 while staying the same price. Other goods sold in Walmart and across retail, such as Hefty trash bags, are also in smaller packages. The Hefty mega pack was reduced from 90 bags to 80 bags with the price remaining the same. The Hershey Co. generates more than $2 billion in annual sales, with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups ranking No.”
More from the US: the US Shrinkflation Tracker has all 296 documented cases, sortable and filterable.
Topic guide: cleaning products and dish soap shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand.
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