"White House Responds to Cookie Monster's Shrinkflation Complaint"
Cookie Monster's complaint about "shrinkflation" in the snack industry, where products are getting smaller while prices remain the same, has prompted a response from the White House and U.S. senators. President Biden called on companies to stop shrinkflation, while Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown criticized big corporations for reducing product sizes without lowering prices. A report revealed that OREO Double Stuf Chocolate Sandwich Cookies shrank by 6% in size from January 2019 to October 2023, and similar trends have been observed in various goods since the pandemic began, attributed to supply-chain disruptions and global economic struggles.