{"id":34536,"date":"2023-10-30T02:43:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T02:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1612596"},"modified":"2023-10-30T02:43:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T02:43:23","slug":"why-is-halloween-candy-so-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/30\/why-is-halloween-candy-so-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Halloween candy so expensive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Halloween-candy-1.png\"><\/div>\n<p>Big Food needs to stay out of my pantry. If I want to snarf down an entire king size package of Twizzlers while watching <em><a href=\"http:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/my-60-lb-life\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My 600-lb Life<\/a><\/em>, that&#8217;s between me and my colon. But what does king size even mean anymore? Someone decided it&#8217;s now only 80 twists instead of 94, and they&#8217;re telling me it&#8217;s for my own good. This is due to something economists have labeled &#8220;shrinkflation&#8221; \u2013 a necessity-based response by a market plagued by inflation that chooses to make a product smaller rather than raise prices. And I&#8217;m not the only one talking about it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/shrinkflation\/comments\/17i3kqr\/this_pack_of_mms_only_having_1_piece_and_another\/\">This pack of M&#038;M\u2019s only having 1 piece and another one only having 2<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/iaace12\/\">u\/iaace12<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/shrinkflation\/\">shrinkflation<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/shrinkflation\/comments\/17im06s\/smarties\/\">Smarties<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/WW2_Coll3ctor\/\">u\/WW2_Coll3ctor<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/shrinkflation\/\">shrinkflation<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/shrinkflation\/comments\/17hbpw2\/they_halved_the_amount_of_smarties_lollipop_for\/\">They halved the amount of smarties. Lollipop for scale. Did they change the recipe too? They taste horrible now.<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Vqnix\/\">u\/Vqnix<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/shrinkflation\/\">shrinkflation<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>And have you noticed that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/events\/who-invented-candy-corn\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Halloween candy<\/a><\/strong> is so much more expensive this year? Sure, sure \u2013 blame inflation, right? But how are these two phenomena happening simultaneously? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/10\/26\/the-10-states-where-halloween-candy-prices-have-increased-the-most.html#:~:text=The%20prices%20in%20the%20candy,up%20the%20cost%20of%20production.\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNBC reported<\/a> that Halloween candy prices have increased in 10 states, citing the National Retail Federation&#8217;s approximation that the average American will invest $108.23 on the holiday, up from $102.71 in 2021. So what gives?<\/p>\n<p>According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2023\/10\/28\/halloween-candy-prices-cocoa-sugar\/1e72b472-7592-11ee-936d-7a16ee667359_story.html\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/em>, we can chalk up the price hike to an increase in scarcity of cocoa, due to a change in weather patterns in West Africa \u2013 where reportedly 75 percent of the world&#8217;s cocoa beans are grown, in addition to a 12-year high in sugar prices, and increased costs of labor and packaging.<\/p>\n<p>But another explanation for the decrease in size has far more esoteric origins. A spokesman for the National Confectioners Association claims the change in size is owed to a campaign launched five years ago by Mars Wrigley, Ferrero (owner of Nestl\u00e9\u2019s American candy business), Ferrara Candy, and Lindt&nbsp;to decrease the caloric count of candy servings to less than 200 calories. How sweet of them.<\/p>\n<p>At least Hershey introduced &#8220;thin&#8221; Reese\u2019s cups, York patties, and Kit Kats \u2014 which I think is more transparent \u2014 and their zero-sugar Jolly Ranchers and Twizzlers (which, I&#8217;m sorry, I can&#8217;t get behind. That&#8217;s going to mean additives like Splenda, which is a neurotoxin and even worse for you than sugar, but still less sneaky than shrinking the product).<\/p>\n<p>So, the point is, these massively profitable industries are shrinking the size of candy while raising the price, and telling us that it&#8217;s for the good of our health. And we sort of <em>have<\/em> to buy Halloween candy, right? I mean, I want to, and I definitely eat it, but as far as trick-or-treaters, what am I supposed to do? Turn off my porch light?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-but-wait-there-s-more\">But wait, there&#8217;s more<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WALMART HALLOWEEN SHOPPING HAUL\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bEhCEmwJKBo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>What&#8217;s considered the &#8220;Halloween Season&#8221; is starting earlier and earlier. I know people love this time of year, and you start seeing those hilarious fall memes as early as the beginning of the year sometimes. We all know people who share those, people who just hate the warm weather, but have you ever questioned who actually <em>starts<\/em> those memes? It&#8217;s likely a concerted effort by Big Food to infiltrate social media to manipulate consumers into buying early and often. I&#8217;m not trying to go all conspiracy theory here, but it does seem a bit suspicious..<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1614197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-1.jpg?resize=467,350 467w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-1.jpg?resize=480,360 480w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-1.jpg?resize=150,113 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1614198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-2.jpg?resize=538,350 538w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-2.jpg?resize=554,360 554w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-2.jpg?resize=150,98 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"747\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1614199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-3.jpg 747w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-3.jpg?resize=277,350 277w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-3.jpg?resize=285,360 285w, https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/halloween-meme-3.jpg?resize=150,190 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m just saying, the wider that window of time, the more candy they sell. And they&#8217;re fully aware of that fact.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;According to the National Confectioners Association, before the pandemic, Halloween was an 8-week season. Now it\u2019s 10, even 12 weeks. That\u2019s a whole extra month for every drugstore in the country to have overflowing shelves<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>of candy.&#8221; &#8211;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2022\/10\/21\/halloween-candy-smaller-shrinkflation\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They&#8217;re trying to recoup their losses. This goes all the way back to the pandemic. According to Sally Wyatt, a food and beverage expert for the market research firm IRI, food companies bared the brunt of shrinking candy sales during the Easter and Halloween seasons in 2020, as people were staying home and not socializing. So maybe we&#8217;re still paying for that.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s the alternative? I wish I knew. My job is to pass the information on to you. But don&#8217;t take my word for it. YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VG2cXkhCf-k?si=SDmstjL6U40OySQy\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kiana Docherty<\/a> can explain it much better than me. She researches all of the shenanigans taking place in the food industry, and reports it in a digestible (sorry!) format. 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