Plastic bottles cans towards "downsizing" is a disguised price increas
Many reporters saw at the supermarket Beverages Have replaced the new packaging, feel fresh, she bought a few bottles. Accidentally found that some changed his drink packaging capacity reduced, but the price has not declined. Reporter visited further found that in addition to playing the new drinks out of "downsizing", the mineral water bottles are thin, and beverage bottles from the iron into aluminum … …
Phenomenon 1: Plastic bottles Cans towards "downsizing"
5 2 at noon, the reporters came to see Beijing Hualian supermarket branches in Taoyuan, Sprite The new green tea lemon soda out of 500 ml, but the price is 2.5 yuan, and 600 ml of Sprite is a traditional price; Nongfuguoyuan replaced with new packaging, the addition of the bottlenecks of the design spiral pattern, the net content reduction from the original 600ml to 500ml; Unity Icy Orange more and Nestle has also switched to tea market, the net contents were reduced from a 450ml 500ml and 480ml. In addition, the cans have long been quietly done a "thin" works. "At present the market Coke , Sprite, Fanta and other drinks in cans, packaging has been dropped from the 355ml 330ml, but the price did not decline. "
Phenomena 2: beverage cans aluminum material change from the iron
Addition to mineral water bottles, the reporter found that some drinks from the shape of the packaging materials are changed.
In shape, mainly drink put on a "spiral pattern jacket" careful consumer will find more and more bottles now become the middle of a small, but have added a "helical" and " spiral-pattern "is a direct consequence of reduced net content drinks.
The result of Raw materials Price increases and "change" were canned drinks, which Wong Lo Kat has replaced the original tin and aluminum cans, feels very soft and feel good as before cans. It is reported that, compared to steel cans, aluminum cans can save the cost of each is about 0.2 yuan for each beverage packaging material costs can be reduced by about 15%. According to Wong Lo Kat in the number of 3 billion pot calculation, 30% replaced by aluminum cans each year would save only this one cost 200 million yuan.
Consumers: for packaging are in effect Prices
Reporter interviewed within the supermarket to buy drinks for five people, including 4 that did not notice after the listing of new packaging, drinks shrink capacity. "In the past I really do not care about beverage content, reduced packaging, but prices did not change, this is not a disguised price increase equal to it?" Public Zhang aunt said.
Mr Lee also said: "less than 50 ml, you do not say who know ah!" Miss Zhang is a heart, she had noticed changes in drinks: "In fact, after the Spring Festival this year, a number of beverage companies have been in use a change package 'quietly prices a'. such as Sprite, old packaging content 600 ml, 500 ml new packaging content only, priced at roughly the same; unified Orange and more, dress up from the 500 ml into 450 ml; Nestle new out "original leaf" series has become a 480 ml cup of tea. "
's A rough calculation, the original price of 2.5 yuan a 600ml drink bottle, look at reducing the 100ml, net weight was reduced by 1 / 6, the corresponding price of about 2.08 yuan, while the current price has not changed, rather was replaced with new packaging, the price has gone up.
Expert: costs should not be passed on to consumers
Replacement for packaged drinks shrink the net content of the phenomenon, experts say, steel and plastic as well as crude oil prices rising, does result in increased production costs of enterprises, businesses find ways to cope, this is a good side. This sum of money should not be passed on by the consumers, the bottle is not a great proportion of total costs, the impact on businesses is not very big. Enterprises should also have the ability to digest their own. Moreover, the current situation, mineral water, beverages said profit is not the point of an imperative need to reduce capacity.
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