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Reese’s heir vs. chocolate skimpflation

2026-04-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·33m 42s ·by NPR
Reese’s heir vs. chocolate skimpflation
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Live event info and tickets here. When ingredient costs skyrocket, companies have three basic options: They can raise their prices (a sort of product-specific inflation), shrink the size of the products (often called “shrinkflation”), or, sometimes, find more creative ways to reduce costs by degradi