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muriel_volestrangler

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19. I suspect that is a 300g bag, and they're covertly going metric

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Mon Jun 2, 2025, 06:59 AM

Jun 2025

because "10.5" is a strange size to pick. In the UK, the standard size has remained 227 grams, for years, which is really 8 oz. I assumed this was because the US still dominated the coffee packaging industry, though if 12 oz is the standard US size, not 8 oz, then maybe there are other reasons.

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Coffee Shrinkage: 10.5 is the new 12 [View all] TheBlackAdder Jun 2025 OP

Over the course of a year that would be a huge amount for me BOSSHOG Jun 2025 #1

never mind the tariffs lapfog_1 Jun 2025 #2

Does not surprise me, they lean very much republican Shellback Squid Jun 2025 #3

Wow, that is very surprising and disappointing. We are Peetniks Nixie Jun 2025 #12

Maybe that was true when it was owned by Peet. sl8 Jun 2025 #24

Several months ago I decided to attempt to support Canadian companies, so I checked Abolishinist Jun 2025 #15

LOVE tim hortons! It's my favorite coffee bedazzled Jun 2025 #16

💔💔💔 ultralite001 Jun 2025 #4

It's perhaps the best Decaf around. Major Dickason's Decaf. One that retains full-bodied flavor. TheBlackAdder Jun 2025 #9

Agree... ultralite001 Jun 2025 #14

Is this happening anywhere else? Sneederbunk Jun 2025 #5

IDK, but I've seen this with ice cream and other things. One brand does it and the rest start to follow. TheBlackAdder Jun 2025 #10

Yes, it's been going on with coffee for some time now... keep_left Jun 2025 #17

Nothing True Dough Jun 2025 #6

Time for everybody to boycott coffee and drink tea instead meow2u3 Jun 2025 #7

I drink both, but I need my Cup o' Joe. TheBlackAdder Jun 2025 #11

In my 70+ years I have experienced this every time there's a spike in grocery prices... Hekate Jun 2025 #23

Shrinkflation isn't new... buzzycrumbhunger Jun 2025 #8

The switch to emphasize plastic packaging would piss me off more. Amishman Jun 2025 #18

Absolutely! buzzycrumbhunger Jun 2025 #21

seen a lot of shirnkflation in coffee the last few years cadoman Jun 2025 #13

I suspect that is a 300g bag, and they're covertly going metric muriel_volestrangler Jun 2025 #19

I used to by a *pound* of coffee way back when ... Mossfern Jun 2025 #20

I hadn't bought Oreos since the children were little Maru Kitteh Jun 2025 #22