SEJONG, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agriculture minister said Wednesday that restaurant companies should be required to inform customers when they reduce product sizes, as public anger grows over so-called “shrinkflation” — the practice of cutting portions while keeping prices the same. “It is a matter of consumers’ right to know,” Agriculture Minister Song [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Companies will be fined for reducing packet contents while maintaining retail prices without notice in South Korea as the government seeks to eradicate “shrinkflation” practices to better ensure consumer rights, the antitrust regulator said Friday. Under the envisioned revision of relevant regulations, manufacturers of daily necessities, including milk, coffee, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The finance ministry said Friday that the government will look into cases of companies reducing the quantity of their products while freezing prices without consumers’ knowledge due to mounting public complaints against such practices amid high inflation. First Vice Finance Minister Kim Byoung-hwan announced the plan during a weekly [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – During periods of inflated prices, a phenomenon known as “shrinkflation” emerges, wherein companies opt to decrease the quantity of their products instead of increasing the price. This term, a fusion of “shrink,” implying a reduction in quantity, and “inflation,” signifying a rise in prices, reflects this strategy. When confronted with [...]