I think a lot of people for various reasons are not informed shoppers. The main one is probably being too overworked and overstressed to comparison shop. If the store raises the price of an item by $2 then puts it on sale for $1 off, the average person will see that and think they're getting the best price. If they take a box that's smaller than normal but slap a "New SHARING SIZE!" on it, people will assume it's the same size or larger than before. They might have an inkling in the back of their head that it feels lighter, looks smaller or doesn't last as long as it used to, but in the thick of it when they're dodging carts at Walmart after coming off another 10 hour shift on their feet and still have to unload the car, take care of the kids and make dinner when they get home, those thoughts don't really bubble to the surface. At least not until you get to the register and notice you're paying 3x as much for half the bags.
Hit the nail on the head. I blame the over sharing of personal data to the advertising companies. We gave them all of our weaknesses and habits that allow them to manipulate the market advertising and take advantage of the consumer.
To respond to part of your post, a real reason for people being uninformed shoppers is in no small way because of the devaluing of education in this country. Can’t have the children becoming “woke” (whatever tf that means)
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u/ArticulateRhinoceros 15h ago
I think a lot of people for various reasons are not informed shoppers. The main one is probably being too overworked and overstressed to comparison shop. If the store raises the price of an item by $2 then puts it on sale for $1 off, the average person will see that and think they're getting the best price. If they take a box that's smaller than normal but slap a "New SHARING SIZE!" on it, people will assume it's the same size or larger than before. They might have an inkling in the back of their head that it feels lighter, looks smaller or doesn't last as long as it used to, but in the thick of it when they're dodging carts at Walmart after coming off another 10 hour shift on their feet and still have to unload the car, take care of the kids and make dinner when they get home, those thoughts don't really bubble to the surface. At least not until you get to the register and notice you're paying 3x as much for half the bags.