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BN Shrinkflation Adv TN 309488
BN Shrinkflation Adv TN 309488
Key.
1. Warmer - Shrinkflation
Reasons for lack of workers, supply chain
inflation and problems, people wanting more
a. Students read the meanings of the two halves
rising costs of certain products and items as
of the portmanteau word and write a definition of
things go back to normal again
shrinkflation on the line.
after the pandemic, Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine causing
b. Then they scan the article to find examples of
problems in the supply of food
packaged product shrinkflation – where a product has
(e.g., oil) and energy (e.g., gas)
become smaller, but the price has remained the same
(or even increased). Types of packed products keeping their
shrinkflation in price but being reduced in
Key: 5 = Doritos, Cottonelle toilet rolls, Dove body packaged food size, e.g., less body wash in a
wash, Cadbury’s Wispa bars, PepsiCo’s Gatrorade and drinks bottle, fewer chips in a packet,
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