Consumer price watchdog
Catch shrinkflation before it drains your wallet
We track the household staples you buy on repeat — water, detergent, pet food, ink — and flag the hikes retailers hope you will not notice. Then we point you to refills, reusables, and smarter swaps.
Independent watchdog · No retailer sponsorships · We name the hike, we name the alternative
We track prices so you don't have to. Named hikes, named retailers, named dates.
No sponsorships from the retailers or brands we cover. We answer to readers, not advertisers.
Every price hike story ends with a cheaper, reusable, or bulk-refill alternative.
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Meet Dana
The prices you pay for routine purchases are quietly climbing.
Retailers raise prices on water, detergent, ink, pet food, and subscriptions in ways that rarely make the news. Dana Wolff built RefillWatch after a decade on the retail-analyst side — because nobody was naming the hikes by dollar amount and pointing to the cheaper, reusable, or bulk-refill alternative before readers quietly overpaid for another year.
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