Shrinkflation

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Learning English Conversations

2017-03-21

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Getting less for your money? Could you be the victim of 'shrinkflation'?
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  • Hello, I'm Rob.

  • And I'm Fei Fei.

  • And this is the English We Speak.

  • Hold on, Rob, are you eating?

  • Mmm, I am.

  • Would you like a crisp?

  • They're cheese and onion flavor.

  • I'll go on, then.

  • I see you've eaten most of them, but I'll have the last one, shall I?

  • Actually, Fei Fei, there weren't many crisps to start with.

  • It's this shrinkflation.

  • Shrinkflation?

  • I guess that's the opposite of inflation.

  • That's correct.

  • Inflation is where prices rise or the size of things get bigger.

  • They inflate like a balloon.

  • But with shrinkflation, things get smaller.