"McDonald's Should Be Embarrassed": 53 Infuriating Shrinkflation Photos That Prove We're All Getting Ripped Off
2. I hate that this photo made me crave McDonald's. I guess I'd better order four large fries to get an actual large fry!
3. This is a disgrace.
4. Speaking of McDonald's, this is what their McChicken patty looks like now.
5. Oreos have completely gone downhill.
6. Childhood nostalgia is dead.
7. I guess I'm done with KFC.
8. Et tu, Popeye's?
9. To be fair to Taco Bell, I don't know that people really need that much soda, but still, this feels like a scam.
10. I swear this problem gets worse every year.
11. Oh, so they're just straight-up lying now.
12. They got Pringles, too. :(
13. LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO MY BOY!!!!
14. Pop Tarts are getting smaller, too!
15. They even got Swiss Cakes, my favorite childhood treat.
16. This is not the Happy Meal I remember.
17. More like "made with M&M."
18. Is this how big McDonald's burgers are now???
19. This is a sad excuse for a popsicle.
20. Same with this one.
21. They're just trying to trick us at this point!
22. Because I love eating my candy in literally one small bite.
24. Not Five Guys, too! :(((
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25. We must storm the Lunchables factory and locate all the missing protein!!! WE RIDE AT DAWN!
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26. No more candy in Lunchables. :(
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27. What a deal! Pay a dollar more for 3oz less product!
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28. In a few years, there'll just be half a bar in a box.
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29. Why make the box that big if the actual product is so much smaller?
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30. How is this legal?
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31. It SHOULD be illegal for this snack pack to come with *this* many crackers, IMO.
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32. A 34% increase? In this economy? No thanks.
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33. How are they even still calling this a $5 meal?
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34. How are you even supposed to fit an egg on this?
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35. Share size? Yeah, this snack's gonna be sharing space in my stomach with a second pack.
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36. I'm gonna start checking my deodorant after this, because I feel like it runs out unusually fast.
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37. Full, my ass.
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38. What is the one on the left, string cheese for ants?
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39. Ah, the ol' water-it-down, sell-it-for-more trick.
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40. Look on the bright side — with the economy the way it is, maybe you'll only be able to buy two or three presents. :(
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41. For the same price, of course.
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42. Great, another product decrease with a price increase.
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43. I'm no good at math, but that's gotta be at least a 1/4 decrease!
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44. I TRUSTED YOU, Oreos!
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45. They totally did this bottle redesign to hide that it has less product, IMO.
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46. Packaged foods just loveee to leave extra space.
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47. When will the lies end?
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48. Caught mid-shrinkflation!
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49. Every year, it gets worse. :(
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50. They really thought we wouldn't notice!
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51. But we see all!!!
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52. CONSTANT VIGILANCE! They'll hit you in the places you least expect.
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53. And finally...never forget what they took from us.
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