That example of "shrinkflation" sounds like plain old fraud to me. Having a dimple at the bottom of a peanut butter container so it looks like it has more than it does should be illegal fraud, plain and simple.

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whimsicalism 7 hours ago | parent [-]

the containers say how much volume they have and usually are sold with a unit price as well. seems like a much simpler and general solution than defining some legal shape of jars

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nathan_compton 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't know - its very easy to buy what looks like the same jar and find it has less. The consumer should not be expected to be some fucking food detective, constantly working to make sure that they aren't being ripped off. Packaging should be simple enough that the volume presented to the purchaser is the actual volume.

	▲	whimsicalism 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		unit costs should be larger on the label. as large as the standard price

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yatopifo 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The real issue is that those dimples prevent you from getting the last bit. I also find it very annoying that in Canada quantity is often reported in ounces. Aside from the troy ounce, i have absolutely no idea how much an ounce is and whether it measures volume or mass. The only reason we still have ounces is because of trade with the US. Since no Canadian should be buying US made stuff, we should just ban most non metric units at this point.

	▲	whimsicalism 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		moral Canadians should probably also refrain from participating in any American-run website like HN