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That's shrinking. Skimping would be Coca Cola diluting their product with water, or using some kind of cheaper to produce cans/bottles that are more likely to burst open.


I would argue that changing the product itself is shrinkflation. This new skimpflation would be say removing the perforated handles on Coke cardboard cases to save money on stamping machines.




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