The Great 'shrinking food and other items' Hunt

System

Mars Ice creams gone from 6 in a box to 4. Saw someone in Iceland buying a pack. Think the Snickers ones will be affected

robrymond

We usually talk about shrinkflation but I found a rare increase in size today:

Starburst was 196g now 210g
Skittles was 174g now 196g

Both are rebranded family size and as they replace the old sizes are still £1 at most stores. Not bad considering Rowntrees sweets are all 150g posh bags now.

20aday

heth wrote: »

If like me you use peperami mainly to add to things like home topped pizza, omelettes, pasta sauce etc, you may find they do not go quite as far as they have become another "reduced size for same cost" item - not sure when this happened, last time I stocked up they were 25g I think, now 22.5g - not much difference but looks much smaller!

Pepperami have shrunk within the last 12 months, if not longer.

They were indeed 25g at one time.

lily117

Along with many other things, the price of the original size Pringles (200g) is now £2.25 and they have brought in smaller, 130g packs for £1. I know they're not essentials but still!

geoffken

Well if you can get 260 gms for £2 that is a better bargain surely!!!

Browntoa

Or buy the Aldi or Lidl equivalent for 80p ..

Big tubes , same taste

lily117

200 not 260.
Really don't like the Aldi or Lidl ones or the Walkers Stax.

k3lvc

lily117 wrote: »

200 not 260.
Really don't like the Aldi or Lidl ones or the Walkers Stax.

So first maths lesson for a Monday morning - 130g for £1 = 260g for £2


Where does your 200g come into the equation ??

alanq

A few years ago the regular size was 190g.

The 200g size is available now, at ASDA for example, for £1.25.


The price of Pringles varies wildly. I have seen the regular size on sale for c £3 in a convenience store.

k3lvc

alanq wrote: »

The price of Pringles varies wildly. I have seen the regular size on sale for c £3 in a convenience store.

40g for £2.50 on Ryanair (and many other airlines) :rotfl: