Watering down dish soap. Trading down to grocery discounters. Buying half a cow. Americans struggling with higher costs are going to great lengths to stretch spending on food and household staples

Source: WSJ Economy | Published: October 28, 2025, 1:00 am | Read Original

Bearish -50.0

Watering down dish soap. Trading down to grocery discounters. Buying half a cow. Americans struggling with higher costs are going to great lengths to stretch spending on food and household staples

From buying half a cow to watering down dish soap, people are increasingly experimenting with frugality—and it is affecting sales at consumer companies.

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Watering down dish soap. Trading down to grocery discounters. Buying half a cow. Americans struggling with higher costs are going to great lengths to stretch spending on food and household staples

From buying half a cow to watering down dish soap, people are increasingly experimenting with frugality—and it is affecting sales at consumer companies.

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