COSTCO - Kirkland Bath Tissue - Apparent hidden inflation 2021 - 2022 - John V. Karavitis
Channel: John Karavitis
Date: 2022-09-16

COSTCO - Kirkland Bath Tissue - Apparent hidden inflation 2021 - 2022 - John V. Karavitis

# sheets per roll went DOWN from 425 sheets per roll to 380. That's a drop of 10.588%. 

Total sq. ft./roll was 1593.7 sq. ft, now 1425 sq ft.

So you're only buying 90% of what you used to just a year ago.

Unfortunately, I lack price information. I also do not understand what they mean exactly by "Thicker than ever before". They already noted that their bath tissues had "2 Layers of Softness and Absorbency." So how much more absorbent is each sheet? I do not have ready access to a scale to measure the product weight, but such a measurement would also be affected by changes to the mass and dimensions of the cardboard roll.

But still, they shrank the size of their product, which is what they do in the food industry, e.g., candy, cereal, chips, etc. 

Very suspect, and I welcome comments and information.