Packages Shrinking is the Latest Inflationary Symptom

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You're not crazy: there are five fewer Kleenex in that box than normal.

Consumers may feel like their eyes are deceiving them, but companies have begun quietly shrinking the sizes of packages without lowering prices, sometimes even raising them. It's called "shrinkflation," an especially annoying consequence of rising consumer costs.

Source Fool.com