silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTo Fight ‘Shrinkflation’ France Will Force Retailers to Warn Shoppers: Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cutwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up11.29Karrow-down13cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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minus-squareexanime@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoYou are seriously underestimating the complexity of products and how easy it would be for them to skirt such legislation It would be a massive endeavour for regulators which companies may bypass by industry… This is not the right approach
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months ago You are seriously underestimating the complexity of products Again, if the regulation process becomes too burdensome, sometimes the only practical solution is nationalization.
minus-squareexanime@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months agoNationalize every food production branch? Hmmm sure, that’s simpler
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWouldn’t be the first time the US has had to bailout and restructure the agricultural industry. Ask John Steinbeck
You are seriously underestimating the complexity of products and how easy it would be for them to skirt such legislation
It would be a massive endeavour for regulators which companies may bypass by industry… This is not the right approach
Again, if the regulation process becomes too burdensome, sometimes the only practical solution is nationalization.
Nationalize every food production branch? Hmmm sure, that’s simpler
Wouldn’t be the first time the US has had to bailout and restructure the agricultural industry.
Ask John Steinbeck