Most of know about inflation and credit crunch but have you heard about shrinking products?
Shopper are being short-changed by manufacturers who are shrinking the size of their products while keeping prices the same, a survey has found. Offenders include McVitie’s for its strawberry mini croissants – now sold in £1 boxes of six instead of seven. Some Pot Noodles have shrunk from 96g to 90g, despite going up in price from 85p to 87p.
‘Shoppers will feel hard done by,’ said mySupermarket.co.uk, which carried out the study.
Manufacturers blamed the ‘economic climate’, saying it was better to adjust weights than to lift prices.
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