The Great 'shrinking food and other items' Hunt

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  • Fire_Fox
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    Sainsburys garlic chicken kiev with whole breast fillets (£4-ish). Disgusting new recipe anyway, so no worries it is smaller for the same price.

    Nasty squeaky chicken. Could get the size and taste at half that price. _pale_
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  • 20aday
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    Sainsbury's have also seemingly shrunk some of their ready meals since the recent packaging rebrand; using the 'new' Nectar app I had XX amount of points for the 450g Cottage Pie but it's now 400g.

    On the plus side I *think* they've reduced the price.
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  • Westin
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    Noted that in Iceland that Flora have reduced the old 500g pack size to 470g and have the nerve to add a red flash on the pack saying ‘Value Size’.
  • MrsStepford
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    Korkers gluten free sausages seem to have shrunk. 
  • NaughtiusMaximus
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    Davidstow cheddar.

    When I first discovered it the standard sized pack was 400g. A few years ago they downsized to 350g. Bought a pack at the weekend, seemed a little on the small side, I checked the label and it's now 320g. :/
  • 20aday
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    Aero and Milky Bars are now 90g instead of 100g.
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  • maman
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    20aday said:
    Aero and Milky Bars are now 90g instead of 100g.
    I'm sure things like this will be talked up as part of the anti obesity campaign but I think it should be investigated as profiteering. Shame the government is somewhat distracted at the moment. 😉
  • Farway
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    maman said:
    20aday said:
    Aero and Milky Bars are now 90g instead of 100g.
    I'm sure things like this will be talked up as part of the anti obesity campaign but I think it should be investigated as profiteering. Shame the government is somewhat distracted at the moment. 😉
    There's no law against profiteering in a capitalist free market economy like ours
    The only law is supply & demand

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  • od244051
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    New Covent Garden soup has reduced from 600g to 560g.

    Noticed this when myself took the larger size to work and colleague bought a carton at lunch today at supermarket around the corner from work
  • Rosa_Damascena
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    Farway said:
    maman said:
    20aday said:
    Aero and Milky Bars are now 90g instead of 100g.
    I'm sure things like this will be talked up as part of the anti obesity campaign but I think it should be investigated as profiteering. Shame the government is somewhat distracted at the moment. 😉
    There's no law against profiteering in a capitalist free market economy like ours
    The only law is supply & demand

    Ain't that the truth. 

    Whilst I don't agree with capitalism, this one is designed to push us in the right direction. I was in my twenties when the Cadbury's super-sized bars were in their heyday and ridiculously low prices, eg £1.20 for 400g and I would scoff plenty. I stopped buying chocolate a while ago and that was an economic decision. Next up will be cheese if it the offers dwindle.
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