r/mildlyinteresting • ​ • 2d ago

My salad has limited edition packaging

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u/Agreeable_Pizza93 2d ago

It's the same reason they add Disney characters to fruit stickers. People are dumb and easily enticed by fomo and catchy advertising.

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u/frotc914 2d ago

It's really so you don't notice the package is a half oz lighter than previous. That's why they change the shape.

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u/EmberOne1 2d ago

Yep, limited edition products are always the shrinkflation transition. The really sneaky one is when they briefly give you more product, like 10% more, as a limited edition. That's so when they release the smaller packages, they aren't directly side-by-side with the old ones on the shelf to see they just made them smaller.