Letters

Shrinkflation and the cost of living

When less is less

Tue Mar 14 2023 - 00:05

Sir, – Further to your editorial “The Irish Times view on shrinkflation: consumers short-changed” (March 11th), my local supermarket has reduced the number of beetroot in a packet from four to three. Beet that for shrinkflation! – Yours, etc,

PATRICK CALLAN,

Portmarnock,

Co Dublin.

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Sir, – You describe a weight reduction from 400g to 360 as causing a price increase of “almost” 10 per cent. It is. It’s 11 per cent. – Yours, etc,

BRIAN O’NEILL,

Ranelagh,

Dublin 6.