Food prices been on the rise across the United States, forcing many food and beverage companies to reduce the content size for their products, as part of a concept called “shrinkflation.” The United States is currently facing its worst inflation rates since 1982, with confirmed cases of product shrinkage at grocery stores becoming common nationwide. Last week’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed prices increasing 7.9 percent in the last 12 months, with an increase of 0.8 percent in February alone since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war. Rising food prices account for much of the inflation, with grocery prices rising 8.6 percent from levels seen in 2021. The economic phenomenon called “shrinkflation,” has been around in past times of inflation, when companies facing higher prices for their products, pass it onto the consumer by downsizing content to reduce costs. Consumers may not realize they are paying more for some of their regular …