The Great 'shrinking food and other items' Hunt

John_Pierpoint

Interesting, I have often wondered if the modern bread making process makes a loaf with more water in it and encouraging a slogan like "Why sell flour when you can sell water" ?
[As in "Why sell meat............" that applies to the ham market.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorleywood_bread_process

p00

I dont know if this is new but I went to Asda today and I cant believe its not butter was £1. Now I thought it was for 500g but on closer inspection I found the pack is now only 400g. Shrunk by 100g?

Next to it were the bigger packs of 1kg for £1.50:rotfl:

xxp00

Edwardia

lovefullshelves wrote: »

My favourite treat from Iceland, sweet and sour chicken has reduced from 263g to 255g.. I have lost a chicken b*ll! (yes I count them, OH is not getting more than me!!)

Thank you lovefullshelves for making me laugh after a tough afternoon.

DCFC79

p00 wrote: »

I dont know if this is new but I went to Asda today and I cant believe its not butter was £1. Now I thought it was for 500g but on closer inspection I found the pack is now only 400g. Shrunk by 100g?

Next to it were the bigger packs of 1kg for £1.50:rotfl:

xxp00

Ive heard that before about ICBINB and Asda and it appears its just available in Asda at least for the moment.

John_Pierpoint

My dad did some work for Rizla, the cigarette paper roll it yourself company, many years ago.
When faced by rising costs, they cut the number of papers in the packet.
Sackfuls of letters arrived complaining.
These days we can just have a good winge on here or on Twitter.
Inflation is just another tax built into the system.

Edwardia

I'm not sure but it seems to me that Seeds of Change sauces were 500g and are now 350g. The Mediterranean vegetable one used to have lots of veg, one I had at weekend was all tomatoes, a tad watery and only two bits of courgettes

DUKE

Not searched the entire thread but Lidl Green Grocer's peas have shrunk from 1kg to 700g, still the same price at 99p though.

zygurat789

fionajbanana wrote: »

Sainsburys Piccalilli both the normal and sweet have gone from 400-425g down to 290g - between 37.8 - 42% shrink. Same price - £1 a jar and its on 2 for £1.50.

I was there this morning picking up buffet bits for a colleague's 50th birthday do this afternoon

It's not as bad as all that it's only 27.5% and 31.76% shrinkage

JohnRo

was Tesco melon tub - 200g - £1

now Tesco melon tub - 130g - £1

65% inflation since October

gerrywac

Went to make a sandwich from new loaf today and thought these slices look a bit small.

Checked the packet Morrison Savers Brown Sliced was 800g now only 720g. Slice count is still 24 so the slice size has shrunk

10% reduction in weight for the same price!