Cheesecake Factory slammed for ‘sad’ new portion sizes on its signature item: ‘This makes me mad’

Are they serving slimmer slices of this fattening fave? 

Foodies pinch a hankering for hulking hunks of cheesecake are calling retired nan dessert’s eponymous edifice for allegedly skimping connected its serving sizes amid nan “shrinkflation” crisis. 

“The past mates of times I sewage a portion of cheesecake it was astir half nan size of nan accustomed slice,” wrote a Cheesecake Factory whistleblower on Reddit, emphasizing their outrage pinch a pic of a “sad” to-go portion of what appears to beryllium nan eatery’s Adam’s Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple delicacy. 

“What is much disturbing is that nan calories per portion listed connected their website person not changed,” nan Redditor ranted, “which would make 1 presume they should beryllium getting nan aforesaid size of slices.”

For folks pinch a saccharine tooth, receiving a skinny slab of barroom cuts deep. 

But, unfortunately, peewee portions aren’t constricted to after-dinner indulgences nowadays.  

From tampons to toilet paper, from McDonald’s sandwich patties to Costco cookies, mundane items are shrinking successful standard — but not successful cost. 

Shrinkflation, a pox that has astir precocious plagued nine since nan pandemic, is simply a sneaky shape of ostentation that sees businesses trim a product’s size aliases value, yet connection it astatine nan aforesaid unit value arsenic its erstwhile glory. 

Imprints such arsenic PepsiCo, Arby’s and Kleenex have besides been called retired for reportedly committing nan “deceptive” downsizing. 

And now, apparently, it’s nan Cheesecake Factory’s move successful nan basking seat. The Post has reached retired to nan edifice concatenation for comment.

“This makes maine mad. Like WTH,” a ticked commenter roared beneath nan Reddit post. “That sucks.”

“All serving sizes astatine Cheesecake Factory person gone down,” different declared. “That portion is measurement smaller than it was 10 years ago. Probably besides costs astir double.”

“Remember everything is simply a transaction. They don’t attraction astir you specifically, they want your money,” carped a complainer. 

“I retrieve getting monolithic slices and not being capable to decorativeness them successful 1 sitting and having to divided it up complete a time aliases two,” said another. “Now, they’re each gone successful a matter of minutes! Kinda disappointed.”

“They person been getting smaller since COVID,” a bellyacher agreed. “And nan value goes up.”