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Shrinkflation - let's share our spots!

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Twillow · 03/10/2021 09:52

Shrinkflation - the sneaky practice whereby food packs decrease in size but the cost stays the same. Watch out for those odd weights that are not a standard increment of 50g. Here's two I spotted yesterday

Primula cheese spread - pack size down from 150g to 140g.
Equivalent 6.5% increase in cost

PG teabags - pack size down from 250g to 232g.
Equivalent 7.2% increase in cost

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rocklamp · 03/10/2021 10:47

I'm out at the moment, so can't give measurements, but multipack Twirl bars are tiny now, even dh was laughing when he saw me trying to figure out how to just have one stick.

Laufeythejust · 03/10/2021 11:04

I’m sure chocolate bars that come with 2 chocolate bars have shrunk. Me and DP got a boost duo yesterday and had 1 each and it was a joke how tiny they were!
Just googled and in 2013 they were 60g each they’ve been shrunk twice including recently ‘to tackle obesity’ and the price hasn’t changed. Our duo bar was 68g for both. I feel robbed of my chocolate fix and next time I will eat both.

chaotictimes · 15/09/2022 18:42

I was going to start a thread on this, but can see there have been others, and this thread title seemed the most appropriate. Photo attached of my usual brand of kitchen roll, delivered by Tesco today, next to the same product bought a couple of weeks ago. No prizes for guessing which is which!

Shrinkflation - let's share our spots!
chaotictimes · 15/09/2022 18:52

Also, our usual Tesco's own brand sliced bread is a shorter loaf than it used to be.

hetty74 · 15/09/2022 18:55

Eating a nature valley oat bar earlier and I would swear they have definitely shrunk .

ScoobyDoNot · 15/09/2022 19:00

Nescafé Azera cofffe.
Was 100g for £2.99 (in B&M), now 90g for £3.29

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