The Great 'shrinking food and other items' Hunt

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  • sarah1972
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    edited 26 February at 5:56PM
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  • leebaker317
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    But with almost half the weight missing?????? That is disgusting, doubt the change in ingredients will equal the same wash as before.
  • Mnoee
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    leebaker317 said:
    But with almost half the weight missing?????? That is disgusting, doubt the change in ingredients will equal the same wash as before.
    Old ones - 3.7 - 7.4g non ionic sufficant, anionic sufficant, 1.2g soap

    New ones - 3.9g anionic sufficant, plus 2 - 3.9g non ionic sufficant, 0.625g-2g soap. 

    Looks pretty similar to me. 

    The main thing they've removed is extra water. 
  • Graywisdom
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    i see that in Which's survey ASDA is no longer the Value for money store it once was.
    I found an example of this today. Their generic packs of white potatoes have been, since time immemorial, weighing in at 2.5kg and until recently priced between £1.29 and £1.40. 
    Today they were priced at £1.29 and I thought 'good a reduction'. So I pick up a bag and it seemed a bit light. Thinking it had a hole I pick up another, but this seemed the same. Then I looked at the label and found that the pack now only weighed 2kg! That missing 0.5kg could make all the difference to a family. Also it could make all the difference to having to make another visit to the store for more potatoes.
  • DE_612183
    DE_612183 Posts: 1,843 Forumite
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    welcome to shrinkflation!
  • tastyhog
    tastyhog Posts: 847 Forumite
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    All the supermarkets have dropped from 2.5kg to 2kg potatoes 
  • sarah1972
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  • 35har1old
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    tastyhog said:
    All the supermarkets have dropped from 2.5kg to 2kg potatoes 
    They been in 2kg bags for a long time 4kg also available 
  • Xenon
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    35har1old said:
    tastyhog said:
    All the supermarkets have dropped from 2.5kg to 2kg potatoes 
    They been in 2kg bags for a long time 4kg also available 

    How long ?

    I just realised today that bags where 2kg - obviously i was not paying attention !
  • LLBDTiberio
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    tastyhog said:
    All the supermarkets have dropped from 2.5kg to 2kg potatoes 
    Waitrose is still doing their version of Wonky potatoes, 3kg bag called "Wonderfully Wonky" at £1.60. Potatoes are really high quality too.
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