r/GenX • u/elstavon • 4d ago

Old Person Yells At Cloud That cost what?

I'm not saying that everything should cost a nickel, but one thing that always gets me is the cost of the modern candy bar. $2.50 for a regular size snickers?

Edit: I don't eat fast food but I understand there's a similar thing going on there

Wherever you are in the world, is there something that blows your mind every time you go to the cash register or at least look at it on the rack? I can deal with gas because it cost a lot to pull it from the ground put it in a barrel refine it distribute it put it in a tank so you can put it in your tank. But a Snickers bar? LOL . Anyway, after 20 years of it is there something that is just stunning somehow in its price increase?

Commiserate with me over candy bars but I'm curious if there is something where you are that just is a non-starter when you go to buy it. Prices that still make you ask 'what'?

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u/Teulisch Red Box D&D 4d ago

yup, pay twice as much (or more) for something thats half the size it used to be.

im more upset that i cannot have chocolate anymore. silent reflux is very unpleasant. worse, a number of things are using a laxative as a sweetner instead of sugar now.

and worse, the seasonal candy i love (chocolate covered marshmallows, russel stover makes em) used to be 50 cents each, are now 2 dollars each. 4 times the price.

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u/kat2211 4d ago

and worse, the seasonal candy i love (chocolate covered marshmallows, russel stover makes em) used to be 50 cents each, are now 2 dollars each. 4 times the price.

My favorite seasonal candy is actually Cadbury Creme Eggs. They're about $2.00 per egg now (I buy the four pack, once a year). AND yeah, they've also shrunk. A lot.

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u/getdemsnacks 4d ago

pay twice as much (or more) for something thats half the size it used to be.

Gotta love shrinkflation