Capitalist innovation is putting air in food and charging more for it
Why the fuck does every food item have an "air puffed" version now that is also more expensive. THEY'RE CHARGING FOR AIR. They're literally selling air. It's so infuriating. Brings a whole new definition to "inflation."
I won't lie lots of food tastes better air puffed but also it should cost less. It's less food. I hate capitalism
It comes in the same size container it's just got...less. And it's like 20% more! Some things like extremely fragile crackers, maybe? But they already come in bags full of air that is expressly meant to protect them. Think something like ice cream though; it's frozen! It doesn't need any additional special handling requirements so why is the whipped version more!
Feel the same way about soda shops. Some of them have literally just a gas station soda fountain and shitty Styrofoam cups, but charge like $8 for a drink. And people fucking order them through door dash so it costs them like $15.
Selling effectively nothing. It's an echo of an economic mechanism, like the fast food business model distilled to its pure essence devoid of any value whatsoever. A person getting paid minimum wage to stand behind a counter and perform a ritual that only resembles the function it used to be.
Like sicker versions of the Potemkin shops Americans believe exist in North Korea.
Everything! Rice! Crackers! Ice cream! Peas! Fucking everything is being dried and puffed full of air and sold at a higher price for less weight because then they can sell you air.
I'm not knocking puffed products. I'm knocking their price. I love puffed shit but it's air it should be cheaper or MAYBE the same price, not 20% more expensive!
Sort of tangential but: how is the only food item I buy that isn't shrinkflated peanut butter that I have to stir?! Every other product is in a huge container mostly empty and full of air to convince you you're buying more. BUT the fucking peanut butter is filled right to the brim so when I go to stir it, it spills everywhere because I suck at stirring