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Forget inflation, shrinkflation is sparking a fury in Germany

Financial Post

By Jana Randow

August 12, 2022

While so-called shrinkflation — where the cost of a product stays the same though its size declines — isn’t a new phenomenon, consumer-protection authorities in Europe’s top economy are being inundated by complaints.

Its Hamburg branch alone received about 100 in the past two weeks — a record that’s three to five times above the norm.

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