Joe Biden criticises snack makers for ‘shrinkflation rip-off’
US president tells big brands ‘the public is tired of being played for suckers’ in video to mark Super Bowl
Article mentions nothing with regards to holding corporations accountable nor any plan or threat of action on the president’s part.
These kinds of comments frustrate me... They fundamentally conflate the presidency with a more king-like position.
The system is setup against him doing anything other than speaking out about the issue and trying to motivate others to do something about it. The president ultimately has little power ... it's more of a oversight/cheer leading position (with some extended powers over the years to deal with imminent issues -- e.g., authorize short term military operations, which is still scary in the wrong hands) while congress is the office workers that are supposed to actually get the law writing done.
Unfortunately, we've had roughly a decade of Republican lead stagnation due to slim majority Democrat representation or outright majority Republican representation -- the Republican platform is after all the "do nothing because more government is bad" platform.
He's doing exactly what he should be doing, using the office to call people out and bring attention to issues/start conversations. That can result in brands either going "... lets make a voluntary change to get the heat off" or the public going "yeah that's a good point calls congressional rep to complain."
Well put!
The president ultimately has little power … it’s more of a oversight/cheer leading position
And let me emphasize this is a good thing, even if the previous officeholder ignored legal restrictions on his power
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Make it expensive to change the weight of a product. Standardize the size and weight of a given type of product. Require the packaging to alert consumers that the weight have changed in the last year and how much it has changed. Tie the trademark of a given product to a certain weight.
Are these good ideas? I don't know, I literally made them up just now while shitting. I am sure the president of the United States could hire at least one dude to come up with better ones.
What are you suggesting he do about it?
Oh don’t expect an answer from that OP. They’re here to blame Biden. It doesn’t matter if there’s anything he can actually do about the issue.
It's all about lip service. Neither party really gives a shit about the American public.
Of course it doesn't. They probably don't have any actual plan to enforce laws. 🤦
I can't wait until I become High Galactic Overlord of this planet so I can boot those motherfuckers off of a cliff.
Talking a big game and then not doing anything? You have stumbled onto the secret plan of Joe Biden Democrats politicians Homo sapiens.
Yeah like Democrats trying to give out free school lunches to children, and then the Republicans just saying no.
It must be "homo sapiens".
My opinion is regulate it so any shrinking has to be marked in large bold caps lettering NOW X% SMALLER for at least 1 year. Then people might actually stop buying shrunken goods and opt for a competitor.
That won’t solve ingredient swaps.
It'd be better than nothing, though
Oh, I'm still offering the old size product. It's just less efficient and profitable than our completely new, slightly smaller size.
Stop! Or I'll say stop again!
Did he say anything about actually doing something about it? Some-sort of shrinkflation law or something?
I'm happy to just see him talking about anything other than green line go up.
I was talking to a friend recently and mentioned that Lil Debbie Fudge Rounds used to be the same diameter as the "Double Decker" ones.
Now they're smaller than the diameter of an air hockey puck. And don't even get me started on how regular Oreo Cookies used to look like the double stuff Oreos. The gall to cut the product in half, add the other half back to it, then charge more and have the balls to call it "double..."
I wouldn't mind a reduction in plastic packaging if I could get a few more snacks.
At what point during the shrink does the packaging cost more than the single serving of potatoe chip fumes?
I basically reduced my snack intake by about 75%. It is almost to expensive to snack now.
90% of the snacks I buy are the store brand. Particularly, Walmart since it's the cheapest place to get foodstuffs here. So far, while all the big names have visibility shrunk in size and value, the store brands have remained the same while just continuing to grow in value compared to the other brands that are giving you less for more.
As President should do something about the tiny size of Pringles in Australia, which are a sad shadow of their former glory now.
I think having less potato chips in a package is probably good for the American people. However, having another year of Mahomes commercials is not.
Nothing to do with less chips, everything to do with same price. Put less chips if you need, reduce price accordingly.
Oh, did they show another Knuckles show ad during the Super Bowl? I didn't watch it.