The Great 'Shrinking Food' Hunt

zygurat789

As far as the fresh stuff is concerned I've seen them labelled as "baby ....." and of course the're at a premium price.

fionajbanana

Tracker cereal bars. Changed the packaging and has gone from 8 to 6. Same price.

fionajbanana

Not too sure if anyone has posted this. Maryland cookies must have shrunk by over a third. The other day, I was in a supermarket and the customer in front of me had a pack and could not believe how tiny the pack was.

looby75

Birdseye potato waffles are now in packs of 10 rather than 12. I don't know how long it's been going on for. I don't buy them that often but my son asked for some last week and it was only when I saw that the box was shorter that I realised they had reduced the amount.

carpy

looby75 wrote: »

Birdseye potato waffles are now in packs of 10 rather than 12. I don't know how long it's been going on for. I don't buy them that often but my son asked for some last week and it was only when I saw that the box was shorter that I realised they had reduced the amount.

yep....see post #541

steviedeal

Not food, but surf liquid have reduced from 18 to 16 washes and 28 to 25 washes, bottles are identical and no price reduction.

looby75

carpy wrote: »

yep....see post #541

oops missed that somehow though you did say you were surprised no one had mentioned it, now they have :D

fionajbanana

steviedeal wrote: »

Not food, but surf liquid have reduced from 18 to 16 washes and 28 to 25 washes, bottles are identical and no price reduction.

I never put in the recommended amount in. Rotherham, where I live has soft water and only put in a third - a half of the liquid and it still froths up and cleans my clothes. So a 28 wash bottle does me about 65 washes.

That is not a shrinking bottle, but telling the thickos to put more liquid in and therefore buy more.

Lip_Stick

I may be wrong on this, so please correct me if I am.

I was in Tesco the other day and bought some of their Rocket, Watercress and baby spinach bagged salad. It had a new design labeling it as 'Super food'. When I got home and got a portion out, there was hardly any left! I used to get enough portions for 2.5 meals out of the bag, but now it seems I'll only get 2, if that. The pack says 85g. I'm thinking it must have been reduced from 100g.

maman

steviedeal wrote: »

Not food, but surf liquid have reduced from 18 to 16 washes and 28 to 25 washes, bottles are identical and no price reduction.

I decided it was suspicious when they started labelling in 'washes' . I'm in a hard water area and a heaped tablespoon is quite enough. Fortunately, our clothes aren't that dirty.