Discussion
With spiraling inflation I fear we are about to see a whole new round of shrinkflation.
The Tropicana gratefruit juice I buy has reduced to 850ml from 950ml, but the price has remained the same. Personally I would have preferred they kept the size and increased the cost.
Anyone got any other examples?
The Tropicana gratefruit juice I buy has reduced to 850ml from 950ml, but the price has remained the same. Personally I would have preferred they kept the size and increased the cost.
Anyone got any other examples?
MrJuice said:
I think supermarkets work quite hard to hide inflation
I've been paying £1.85 for 4pints of milk and £1.49 for bread as long as I can remember.
Other stuff is definitely being shrunk down. What can you do though.
We have to buy more items to achieve the same quantity we want/need. Ultimately we have to pay the increased price so I don't understand why can't manufacturers just be up front about it.I've been paying £1.85 for 4pints of milk and £1.49 for bread as long as I can remember.
Other stuff is definitely being shrunk down. What can you do though.
Fair enough there are worse things going on in the world...
I hadn't purchased McVities Gold bars in absolutely ages and fancied something a bit retro the other day.
They were still £1.99 for a multipack which is what I remember paying for several years, but as it had been that long I wasn't really paying attention to some of the finer detail. All I did remember was that it was marginally better value for money to buy the multipack of 3 'sleeves'.
As soon as I opened the first bar it was obvious that shrinkflation has hit the humble Gold bar. Something tiny enough as it is has gotten even tinier. It makes you wonder about the point at which they will stop.
Absolutely tiny...the length of a little finger. It's no bigger than a fun size Mars bar.
If this is (as has been said) to reduce portion sizes in order to get us to manage calorific intake then it has the opposite effect - more need to be eaten to satisfy the pang.
Also, the multipack used to be 21 (3 packs x 7 bars), now it's 18 (3x6)
A Gold bar is presently just over 18g, whereas a year or so ago at least it was about 22g.
That's the same price for 3 less bars (66g) and 72g less product (total loss: 138g).
Right, back to cutting celotex boards to bring such a depressing tea break to an end.
I hadn't purchased McVities Gold bars in absolutely ages and fancied something a bit retro the other day.
They were still £1.99 for a multipack which is what I remember paying for several years, but as it had been that long I wasn't really paying attention to some of the finer detail. All I did remember was that it was marginally better value for money to buy the multipack of 3 'sleeves'.
As soon as I opened the first bar it was obvious that shrinkflation has hit the humble Gold bar. Something tiny enough as it is has gotten even tinier. It makes you wonder about the point at which they will stop.
Absolutely tiny...the length of a little finger. It's no bigger than a fun size Mars bar.
If this is (as has been said) to reduce portion sizes in order to get us to manage calorific intake then it has the opposite effect - more need to be eaten to satisfy the pang.
Also, the multipack used to be 21 (3 packs x 7 bars), now it's 18 (3x6)
A Gold bar is presently just over 18g, whereas a year or so ago at least it was about 22g.
That's the same price for 3 less bars (66g) and 72g less product (total loss: 138g).
Right, back to cutting celotex boards to bring such a depressing tea break to an end.
captain.scarlet said:
Fair enough there are worse things going on in the world...
I hadn't purchased McVities Gold bars in absolutely ages and fancied something a bit retro the other day.
They were still £1.99 for a multipack which is what I remember paying for several years, but as it had been that long I wasn't really paying attention to some of the finer detail. All I did remember was that it was marginally better value for money to buy the multipack of 3 'sleeves'.
As soon as I opened the first bar it was obvious that shrinkflation has hit the humble Gold bar. Something tiny enough as it is has gotten even tinier. It makes you wonder about the point at which they will stop.
Absolutely tiny...the length of a little finger. It's no bigger than a fun size Mars bar.
If this is (as has been said) to reduce portion sizes in order to get us to manage calorific intake then it has the opposite effect - more need to be eaten to satisfy the pang.
Also, the multipack used to be 21 (3 packs x 7 bars), now it's 18 (3x6)
A Gold bar is presently just over 18g, whereas a year or so ago at least it was about 22g.
That's the same price for 3 less bars (66g) and 72g less product (total loss: 138g).
Right, back to cutting celotex boards to bring such a depressing tea break to an end.
They'll be 'Celebrations' size soon. I hadn't purchased McVities Gold bars in absolutely ages and fancied something a bit retro the other day.
They were still £1.99 for a multipack which is what I remember paying for several years, but as it had been that long I wasn't really paying attention to some of the finer detail. All I did remember was that it was marginally better value for money to buy the multipack of 3 'sleeves'.
As soon as I opened the first bar it was obvious that shrinkflation has hit the humble Gold bar. Something tiny enough as it is has gotten even tinier. It makes you wonder about the point at which they will stop.
Absolutely tiny...the length of a little finger. It's no bigger than a fun size Mars bar.
If this is (as has been said) to reduce portion sizes in order to get us to manage calorific intake then it has the opposite effect - more need to be eaten to satisfy the pang.
Also, the multipack used to be 21 (3 packs x 7 bars), now it's 18 (3x6)
A Gold bar is presently just over 18g, whereas a year or so ago at least it was about 22g.
That's the same price for 3 less bars (66g) and 72g less product (total loss: 138g).
Right, back to cutting celotex boards to bring such a depressing tea break to an end.
Bought some mcvitie's dark chocolate digestives, a staple with my morning tea. Not had them in a few weeks as decided to work through a small backlog of alternatives.
Well blimey O'reilly... In that short time they have taken on the weight-in-hand feel of a rich tea.
Jeez I feel short changed. I think they might taste sweeter too, maybe to obscure the change. Or more probably, I am imaging that.
Shame I do not have a packet from an older purchase, to compare. This packet is 266grams.
Hummph.
Well blimey O'reilly... In that short time they have taken on the weight-in-hand feel of a rich tea.
Jeez I feel short changed. I think they might taste sweeter too, maybe to obscure the change. Or more probably, I am imaging that.
Shame I do not have a packet from an older purchase, to compare. This packet is 266grams.
Hummph.
The large 40 pack boxes of felix cat food.. was 100g in a pouch.. now 80g per pouch same price...
Anoying thet do this, just keep it 100g and put the f
king price up.
My cats now winge for more food , so having to split a 3rd pouch!
Pure comfort large was 3L, and now 2490ml, but the scam seems to be they say it does more washes? How? The instructions tell you to use less per wash than the original sized bottle ( of the same product ).
I wish they would leave stuff alone and up the prices. As im sure I would feel less mugged off.
Anoying thet do this, just keep it 100g and put the f
king price up.My cats now winge for more food , so having to split a 3rd pouch!
Pure comfort large was 3L, and now 2490ml, but the scam seems to be they say it does more washes? How? The instructions tell you to use less per wash than the original sized bottle ( of the same product ).
I wish they would leave stuff alone and up the prices. As im sure I would feel less mugged off.
Tesco choc ices.
Pre COVID eight for £1.00
Post COVID six for £1.50
Now back to eight, but £2.15
115% increase in five years.
We don't buy them anymore. Not when Iceland are selling their own brand Cornetto style cones at £1.50 for six (or £1.35 if we go on a Tuesday and use the over 60s discount)
Pre COVID eight for £1.00
Post COVID six for £1.50
Now back to eight, but £2.15
115% increase in five years.
We don't buy them anymore. Not when Iceland are selling their own brand Cornetto style cones at £1.50 for six (or £1.35 if we go on a Tuesday and use the over 60s discount)
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