Posted 3/4/2024, 7:48:41 PM
Cookie Monster and Senators Call Out Corporations for Shrinking Product Sizes While Keeping Prices High
- Cookie Monster complains on social media about shrinking cookie sizes from companies while prices stay the same or increase
- Senator Sherrod Brown echoes Cookie Monster's complaints about "shrinkflation," companies shrinking products while keeping prices the same
- Brown says corporations use shrinkflation to pay for CEO bonuses rather than passing savings to consumers
- Senator Bob Casey responds to Cookie Monster, offers to help hold corporations accountable for shrinkflation profits
- President Biden previously called out companies for quietly shrinking products and hoping consumers wouldn't notice