Sheldon Whitehouse Says These Companies 'Prey on Consumers' by Shrinking Product Quantities. He Also Invests in Them.
Democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) is sponsoring legislation to tackle so-called shrinkflation, saying that corporations "prey on consumers" by stealthily shrinking the quantity of snacks, toilet paper, and other consumer products to pad their bottom line. Whitehouse also holds hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock in those same corporations, according to a review of his portfolio.
Source: freebeacon.com
