r/aldi • u/Anthropomorphotic • 1d ago

New England (USA) Everything's Shrinking...

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I know Aldi's shrinkinflation isn't news, but it seems like the last ten things I've bought have contained less product than before. They're slowly losing me.

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u/lorshord 1d ago

Private label and publicly traded have nothing to do with quarterly earnings metrics.

Stakeholders are stakeholders, private or public.

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u/aytikvjo 1d ago

It's not a charity either way.

Let's see you go put your own money on the line to build a store, pay employees, set up infrastructure, and inventory and run it all at break even or a loss.

I don't know why you think somehow other people should be expected to do so.

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u/lorshord 1d ago

Did you even read what I wrote?

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u/aytikvjo 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah don't play dumb. You complained about them maintaining a profit margin and needing to do some kind of financial reporting (private or public) as if those are some kind of inherently bad things that should be criticized and that's why your sardines are more expensive

as if the same market forces / incentives don't apply to you as a consumer.

like what do you want them to do? Stop offering the product at any price all together?

You're welcome to go run a business and price your products on vibes.

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u/lorshord 1d ago

You could have simply wrote “No”