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White House weighs in on Cookie Monster’s ‘shrinkflation’ post
- Cookie Monster expressed dismay at "shrinkflation" due to high prices, leading to downsizing of consumer goods without a price decrease.
- Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown criticized corporations for shrinking product sizes without lowering prices.
- Inflation spiked for cookies in November 2022 but had a small increase in January 2023, as shown by economist Daniel Zhao.
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White House weighs in on Cookie Monster’s ‘shrinkflation’ post
The White House on Monday seized on Cookie Monster’s post complaining about “shrinkflation.”“C is for consumers getting ripped off,” the official White House account on X, formerly known as Twitter, posted in response to an earlier post by the “Sesame Street” character. “President Biden is calling on companies to put a stop to shrinkflation.”
·Washington, United States
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Cookie Monster is throwing a monster-sized tantrum over the US economy
And honestly, Cookie Monster, so are we ... as well as the White House and lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
·Atlanta, United States
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right3Center12Last UpdatedBias Distribution63% Center
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- 63% of the sources are Center
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L 21%
C 63%
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