Reese’s heir vs. chocolate skimpflation

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Reese’s heir vs. chocolate skimpflation

Reese’s heir vs. chocolate skimpflation

Apr 4, 202633m
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Live event info and tickets here. When ingredient costs skyrocket, companies have three basic options: They can raise their prices (a sort of product-specific inflation), shrink the size of the products (often called “shrinkflation”), or, sometimes, find more creative ways to reduce costs by degrading the quality of their products - which our very own Greg Rosalsky has dubbed as “skimpflation.” The latest alleged culprit? Hershey’s.The Hershey Company is using ingredients in some of their Reese’

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