so then a 3x price increase is justified by ...

* labor (no, price for labor hasn't increased 3 fold)

* transport (no, the price for transport hasn't increased 3 fold)

... still looking for an explanation why prices would increase 3x, and allow the packaging to be redesigned to be 1/3 of the size but with new plastic (as opposed to cardboard/recycled) and be sold at the same price.

if you can lower the cost of the original product, shouldn't you also be able to avoid some shrinkflation/redesign/platicification?