If it looks smaller then it has shrunk

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Hobosapien replied

24 July 2017, 12:30
Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

Nah people will buy 4 of them instead

Not without wage inflation will they see waistline inflation.

Unless they've not yet maxed out the credit cards at the supermarket.
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SueEllen replied

24 July 2017, 12:14
Originally posted by Hobosapien View Post

Good news is that this will result in an overall slimmer/healthier population, at some time in the future.

Nah people will buy 4 of them instead
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Hobosapien replied

24 July 2017, 12:10
Good news is that this will result in an overall slimmer/healthier population, at some time in the future.
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SueEllen replied

24 July 2017, 10:48
Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View Post

I'm still lamenting the switch from milk to chocolate mouse filling in the milky way!

Mouse!
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vetran replied

24 July 2017, 10:17
Originally posted by TestMangler View Post

It's not exactly rocket science, is it ?

Products with a specific price point will have to shrink to maintain the price point. Maybe the ONS can hazard a guess as to why. I would point them at the weakness of the £.

Brexit isn't ?? These posters are as thick as mince

Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

The pound hasn't be weak for 5 whole years.

Oh Bugger now Sue Ellen has a point...
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PurpleGorilla replied

24 July 2017, 10:15
If it looks smaller then it has shrunk

I'm still lamenting the switch from milk to chocolate mouse filling in the milky way!

Shrinking size is not a brexit phenomenon!
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SueEllen replied

24 July 2017, 10:02
Originally posted by TestMangler View Post

It's not exactly rocket science, is it ?

Products with a specific price point will have to shrink to maintain the price point. Maybe the ONS can hazard a guess as to why. I would point them at the weakness of the £.

The pound hasn't be weak for 5 whole years.
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TestMangler replied

24 July 2017, 09:59
It's not exactly rocket science, is it ?

Products with a specific price point will have to shrink to maintain the price point. Maybe the ONS can hazard a guess as to why. I would point them at the weakness of the £.
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Paddy replied

24 July 2017, 09:55
I noticed that the number of sheets in a roll of kitchen towel is the same but with 25% shorter sheets!
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original PM replied

24 July 2017, 09:55
Or maybe your missus has been spoiled by me!
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OwlHoot replied

24 July 2017, 09:42
I notice some shampoo brands are now changing from clear plastic to opaque.

Comparing two of these, the shampoo volume claims to be the same. But no doubt they plan to shave 10 mL off it.

It's also annoying that Worcester sauce bottles have reduced considerably in size, and pot noodles aren't what they were!
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SueEllen started a topic If it looks smaller then it has shrunk

24 July 2017, 09:35
If it looks smaller then it has shrunk

Apparently 2,500 products have shrunk - linky

As many as 2,529 products have shrunk in size over the past five years, but are being sold for the same price, official figures show.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said it was not just chocolate bars that have been subject to so-called "shrinkflation".

It said toilet rolls, coffee and fruit juice were also being sold in smaller packet sizes.
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