This guy over at Mastodon conducted his own research about supermarket prices in Austria.
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@badlogic/111071396799790275
That’s some damning shit.
I can only imagine the shit going on in the US.
What this guy found in Austria is actually illegal under EU consumer protection law.
Misleading price reduction claims
Price reduction claims such as “was € 50, now € 25” can be misleading if the initial selling price (known as “anchor price”) has been inflated. In all EU countries traders are obliged, when offering a discount, to indicate the lowest price applied to the item at least 30 days before the announcement of the price reduction. This information allows you as a consumer to assess whether the discount is genuine or not.
We’re so fucked.
French supermarket Carrefour has put stickers on its shelves this week warning shoppers of “shrinkflation” - where packet contents are getting smaller while prices are not.
made by food giants including Nestle, PepsiCo and Unilever
Whaaaat? Big corporations with monopoly like positions do shady shit? No way! Our rules around capitalism work so well! /s
You love to see it.
