If it looks smaller then it has shrunk

[SueEllen]

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.

[OwlHoot]

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!

[original PM]

Or maybe your missus has been spoiled by me!

[Paddy]

I noticed that the number of sheets in a roll of kitchen towel is the same but with 25% shorter sheets!

[TestMangler]

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 £.

[SueEllen]

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.

[PurpleGorilla]

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!

[vetran]

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

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

Oh Bugger now Sue Ellen has a point...

[SueEllen]

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

Mouse!

[Hobosapien]

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