Scaleflation isn’t a standard economic term but refers to a combination of shrinkflation (smaller product sizes for the same price) and skimpflation (reduced quality/service for the same price), where companies cut costs by shrinking portions or lowering quality while keeping prices high, making consumers feel they’re paying the same for less or worse value, a hidden form of false inflation and CORPORATE PROFITEERING. It highlights how companies maintain profits by subtly reducing value, rather than just raising sticker prices.
WEIGHT-MEASURE FRAUD: The use of false weights and measures is a form of consumer fraud where sellers deliberately misrepresent the quantity of a product to inflate its price and increase profits. This illicit practice involves using inaccurate scales, tampering with weighing equipment, or manipulating packaging to show a higher weight than what is actually delivered.
For more details, see my previous post on Greedflation and Excuseflation:
SHRINKFLATION: Charging the same or higher price when changing the packaging to make it appear normal-sized or larger; the most common is to change the design of the packaging while reducing the contents to charge the same/higher price while delivering less product to therefore gain more profit.
GREEDFLATION: increase in prices to increase profits while using the excuse of “inflation” which the public is indoctrinated into thinking is a “normal and natural part of the economic cycle.”
EXCUSEFLATION: using any excuse to increase prices including blaming the price increases on a fake globalist fear campaign; once the population is in fear and distracted, then they won’t notice that they are being lied to about the real cause of increase in prices.
Somewhat ironically, WALMART is one of the most profitable and rich store chains in the USA, and they have been repeatedly sued and fined for stealing from their customers:
Walmart will pay $5.6 million as part of a settlement in a consumer protection lawsuit that alleged the retailer overcharged its customers. The Arkansas-based company is accused of overcharging customers and selling products, such as produce, baked goods and other prepared items with less weight than shown on the label. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/11/walmart-to-pay-millions-for-overcharging-customers/85608641007/
Walmart will pay $5.6 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit alleging the Arkansas-based retail giant overcharged customers and sold products such as produce, baked goods and other prepared items with less weight than shown on the label. https://armoneyandpolitics.com/walmart-settlement-overcharging/
