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God bless the kebab guy

This is a two-panel side-by-side comparison meme mocking shrinkflation by large food corporations while praising local kebab vendors. The left panel is labeled 'Food corporations' and features a smug Wojak character, with accompanying text that claims inflation forces the companies to repeatedly reduce product sizes while keeping prices the same or higher. The right panel is labeled 'Your local Kebab guy' and features the GigaChad character edited to wear a red fez and large curly mustache, with text stating the local vendor fills kebab orders until they overflow and treats customers warmly by addressing them as 'boss', providing far better value even amid inflation.
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Food corporations
"due to the inflation, we were forced to decrease the size of the product..." Again...
Your local Kebab guy
Fills your kebab until it's practically overflowing "Here you go boss"

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Comparison of how large food corporations handle inflation versus local independent kebab vendors

Overview

This is a two-panel side-by-side comparison meme mocking shrinkflation by large food corporations while praising local kebab vendors. The left panel is labeled 'Food corporations' and features a smug Wojak character, with accompanying text that claims inflation forces the companies to repeatedly reduce product sizes while keeping prices the same or higher. The right panel is labeled 'Your local Kebab guy' and features the GigaChad character edited to wear a red fez and large curly mustache, with text stating the local vendor fills kebab orders until they overflow and treats customers warmly by addressing them as 'boss', providing far better value even amid inflation.

Origin notes

This meme was originally shared on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, as stated in the provided source information. It uses the widely popular Wojak vs GigaChad comparison meme template, a common format used to contrast negative and positive traits or behaviors between two groups or entities, to make its point about corporate greed versus local business generosity.

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