What’s with all the tiny soda cans?

No, the answer isn’t shrinkflation (when producers earn more by giving you less for the same price). This is the story of how Coca Cola learned from Latin America and started an explosion of different sizes from the same products, for every target group and every occasion. Welcome to the wonderful world of «price pack architecture». Characteristically insightful Planet Money episode.


From Weekly Filet #495, in June 2024.

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