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Jacket potatoes used to be way bigger?

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midnights92 · 15/12/2025 21:38

DH and I both convinced the baking potatoes you can buy these days are far smaller than years ago.

Has shrinkflation spread to agriculture or are we both greedy bastards?

YABU - potatoes aren't getting smaller, that's insane.
YANBU - the conspiracy is real.

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IdaGlossop · 15/12/2025 21:43

Just like Mars Bars, now tiny. I know what you mean about potatoes. If you buy from farm shops, there's more size variety. Supermarkets buy for uniformity. I wonder if the huge potatoes are seized by the people who run stalls in markets and bonfire night events.

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midnights92 · 15/12/2025 21:43

Nevermind17 · 15/12/2025 21:41

I bought a bag of baking potatoes last week. Every one was tiny! You can still buy decent sized ones loose in Sainsbury’s (if they have them) but the packs are scandalous.

This might be where we've been going wrong, the 4 pack from Sainsburys is our standard.

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ChristmasHug · 15/12/2025 21:42

I buy a sack from Costco, they are ginormous. But I agree, the ones you get in the supermarket are just big not jacket spud size.

Izzywizzy85 · 15/12/2025 21:41

I agree! When you’d buy a 4 pack of baking potatoes, they’d always be a really decent sized jacket. I need two to fill me now! I’d rather pay a bit more for a good sized spud tbh! Always choose the single ones so I can pick good sized spuds.

TooOldToGiveAShinyS · 15/12/2025 21:41

They used to be monsters! One potato would be plenty. And the skins were thicker too.

jadoreyes · 15/12/2025 21:41

Yes, I find only the ones labelled extra large are a good size. Ordinary baking potatoes are about the size of a tennis ball.

AnotherNam · 15/12/2025 21:41

Completely agree. They are tiny now! I would happily pay for a ‘jumbo jacket potato’ but they aren’t to be found anywhere

TestingTestingWonTooFree · 15/12/2025 21:41

You seem to only get big ones in cafes.

Nevermind17 · 15/12/2025 21:41

I bought a bag of baking potatoes last week. Every one was tiny! You can still buy decent sized ones loose in Sainsbury’s (if they have them) but the packs are scandalous.

IDontHateRainbows · 15/12/2025 21:40

They probably cream off the bigger ones and sell them for more as 'jumbo spuds' or something

TheChosenTwo · 15/12/2025 21:40

I don’t know, they seem pretty big to me when we buy them?

ApolloandDaphne · 15/12/2025 21:40

They seem fine to me. They are the size they grow.