French supermarket chain is using 'shrinkflation' stickers to pressure PepsiCo and other suppliers | CNN Business
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French supermarket chain Carrefour has slapped price warnings on products ranging from Lindt chocolates to Lipton Ice Tea to pressure suppliers such as Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever to cut their prices.

The difference between European countries and America is becoming so stark. Anyone reading or watching global news has to see how backwards this country is and that it’s only getting worse.

  • Zippy@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    Far more material is used in reusable bags and they are thrown out far earlier than it takes to cover the equivalent. Not only is this creating more GHG, it is also creating more tons of waste overall.

    And GHG will kill us far sooner then plastic bags.

    • zephyreks@programming.dev
      22·
      1 year ago

      The marginal GHG from a thicker bag is completely and entirely negligible. The waste footprint is outsized given the GHG footprint.