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The Great 'Shrinking Food' Hunt

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  • Bacardi and Cola in cans, used to be 330ml, now 250ml, but even worse the price has gone up by 20/30p per can too.
  • Tesco value mince was 800g for £2.30 ish not too long ago now £2.80 but now they've cut it back to 750g!!!! Gone to lidl an bought 800g of beef mince for £2.49.
    Tesco Value squash at orange etc was 24p a bottle now 47p!!!
    Ds2 born 3/4/12 8lbs 8.5:j
    Ds1 born 28/4/07 9lb 8 :j
    Frugal, thrifty, tight mum & wife and proud of it lol
    :rotfl::j
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  • Celia
    Celia Posts: 313 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
  • Herbal Essenses shampoo/ conditioner new bottles coming out down from 250ml to 200ml but the same price.

    Cadburys pouches (giant buttons/ nibbles etc...) all 20g less than before but the same price.

    Fairy 630ml bottles are down to 540ml now.
  • Brockyman
    Brockyman Posts: 383 Forumite
    Car Insurance Carver! Cashback Cashier
    Sorry, another non food one.
    IKEA picture frames used to have a real wood veneer. Now they are just a vinyl finish. Still good for the price but nowhere near as good quality as the old style. I would definitely rather have paid more and kept the wood veneer.
  • Tesco own brand Lager (not value) price has dropped on 4 pack cans from £2.39 - £1.79 but size of the can has also shrunk from 500ml to 440ml little yellow price tag on shelf still saying 4X500ml cans £1.79.

    Still cheap and my choice when no decent offers on other brands.
  • Dustykitten
    Dustykitten Posts: 16,507 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    New Covent Garden soup cartons seem much smaller than before at 600g - they used to give 2 a good serving, not sure that is the case now.
    The birds of sadness may fly overhead but don't let them nest in your hair
  • bagby
    bagby Posts: 831 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Iceland large bags of potatoes. We're 500g now 400g. For £2.50
    ..
  • karenccs67
    karenccs67 Posts: 1,088 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    I noticed in Iceland on Saturday that the packets of Kingsmill hot cross buns usually 2 packets of 4 buns for £1 have changed to a 6 pack of buns for £1, I suppose the muffins will become a 6 pack soon too !
    ***Dont save what is left after spending, spend what is left after saving***
  • Not long ago Sainsbury's TTD Vivaldi potatoes were in a 2 kg bag. Now 1.5 kg and, of course, same price!
    "If you dream alone it will remain just a dream. But if we all dream together it will become reality"
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