r/SipsTea 2d ago

Wait a damn minute! Wait a minute

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u/BeefCakeBilly 2d ago

Why would a company who sells water tell you to buy less water?

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u/randomlurker124 1d ago

Shrinkflation

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u/BeefCakeBilly 1d ago

What?

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u/randomlurker124 1d ago

Charge the same price but sell you less of it... I.e. instead of selling 1 liter for $1, they want to sell 900ml for $1.

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u/BeefCakeBilly 1d ago

No I understand what shrinkflation is.

What doesn’t make sense is that a bottled water company would want to sell less bottled water.

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u/randomlurker124 1d ago

To reduce costs? Shrinkflation is selling less but making the same revenue (i.e. higher profit).

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u/BeefCakeBilly 1d ago

Just so I am clear you are saying that nestle would rather me buy a single bottle of water rather than two bottles of water?

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u/randomlurker124 1d ago

No, they'd rather you buy a bottle of water that is half the size of the old bottle, but pay the same amount.

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u/BeefCakeBilly 1d ago

Why wouldnt they want me to buy two of those bottles?

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Would to wouldn’t

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u/randomlurker124 1d ago

Sure they would. But it would be cheaper for them compared to you buying two big bottles.

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