Krisoy Kreme doughnuts have mysteriously shrunken in size. Is my vision failing me?

[Anonymous]

We received a box of 6 yesterday as a late Valentines Day present and I was shocked when I opened the box.

They were not much larger than a standard oreo cookie. I swear I am not making this up. They were that small.

I do not recall them ever being that small.

I should have taken a picture.

Anyway is it just me or have Krispy Kreme doughnuts shrunken in size recently?

[Anonymous]

https://www.krispykreme.com/menu/doughnuts/mini-original-glazed-doughnuts

[Anonymous]

The person who gave me them as a gift said she ordered the regular size.

[Anonymous]

The regular size are significantly smaller than 4 years. Not sure when it happened.

[Anonymous]

It's inflation.

It's everywhere. Inflation is out of control. The CPI was bad...but the PPI was even worse.

[Anonymous]

I got them recently and they were definitely bigger than an oreo cookie. Maybe you got minis by mistake.

However, I wouldn't be surprised if the regular sized ones have gotten smaller. I read a big container of frying oil cost $25 a couple of years ago, and it cost over $60 now. Don't assume that these companies are trying to cheat you, they are just trying to stay afloat.

[Anonymous]

Pick up some reader glasses. They will look bigger!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's inflation.

It's everywhere. Inflation is out of control. The CPI was bad...but the PPI was even worse.

If they have made the doughnuts smaller, it’s probably because of requirements to display calories and not inflation. Doughnuts are cheap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pick up some reader glasses. They will look bigger!

Thanks for giving me a grin for the day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got them recently and they were definitely bigger than an oreo cookie. Maybe you got minis by mistake.

However, I wouldn't be surprised if the regular sized ones have gotten smaller. I read a big container of frying oil cost $25 a couple of years ago, and it cost over $60 now. Don't assume that these companies are trying to cheat you, they are just trying to stay afloat.

I hope so because they were tiny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's inflation.

It's everywhere. Inflation is out of control. The CPI was bad...but the PPI was even worse.

If they have made the doughnuts smaller, it’s probably because of requirements to display calories and not inflation. Doughnuts are cheap.

Nothing is 'cheap' when it costs 50% more to produce than it did a year before. Its about the companies bottom line. If each donut was .06 per a production cost in 2019 and they are 0.12 per a production cost now either the the product has to shrink or the company does.

[Anonymous]

They cheaped out and bought the minis hoping you wouldn’t notice. You did, said something, and they were embarrassed and lied. The minis are about the size an Oreo. The regular size donuts are about the size of a small hamburger bun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's inflation.

It's everywhere. Inflation is out of control. The CPI was bad...but the PPI was even worse.

Actually…it’s deflation. Lol sorry couldn’t help it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They cheaped out and bought the minis hoping you wouldn’t notice. You did, said something, and they were embarrassed and lied. The minis are about the size an Oreo. The regular size donuts are about the size of a small hamburger bun.

+1. This is obviously what happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They cheaped out and bought the minis hoping you wouldn’t notice. You did, said something, and they were embarrassed and lied. The minis are about the size an Oreo. The regular size donuts are about the size of a small hamburger bun.

I was in a Krispy Kreme store myself - the minis are tiny but the regular donuts have definitely shrunk too. I wasn't complaining because they had a 2-for-1 special but still...