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Coffee shoppers mock shrinking "pound" bags

Original: Encountered our very first "less than 340 g pound bag" of coffee. As far as we can tell, the honor of inventing a "297 g

Coffee buyers are highlighting bags sold as a "pound" that actually contain far less, with one shopper finding a bag of just 297 grams instead of the traditional 454 grams. Peet's Coffee is being credited with pioneering the 297-gram version. The discounted bag, bought for about $3 against a retail price near $10, was shared as an example of quiet shrinkflation in grocery staples.

Why now: Consumers are amused and annoyed by shrinkflation, as brands shrink package sizes while keeping familiar names like "pound bag".

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• Encountered our very first "less than 340 g pound bag" of coffee. As far as we can tell, the honor of inventing a "297 g pound" goes to Peet's Coffee. We splurged and bought one for $ 3 (retail is 9.97 to about 10.97). Scored 17 lbs of coffee for $ 10 and a 2 lbs tub of… · salixsericea · 2

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