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Coffee brands shrink the classic pound bag

Original: Encountered our very first "less than 340 g pound bag" of coffee. As far as we can tell, the honor of inventing a "297 g

Shoppers are calling out coffee makers for quietly shrinking bags: Peet's Coffee appears to have introduced a 297-gram bag marketed alongside the traditional 340-gram pound. One buyer found bags on clearance for about $3, down from roughly $10, and stocked up. The change is being read as the latest example of shrinkflation, where prices stay similar but package sizes shrink.

Why now: Consumers are reacting to perceived shrinkflation in coffee packaging.

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• Encountered our very first "less than 340 g pound bag" of coffee. As far as we can tell, the honor of inventing a "297 g pound" goes to Peet's Coffee. We splurged and bought one for $ 3 (retail is 9.97 to about 10.97). Scored 17 lbs of coffee for $ 10 and a 2 lbs tub of… · salixsericea · 2

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