Did CJ charcoal-flavour barbecue bar (South Korea) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before280 g
After230 g
−17.9%smaller
Price per 100 g · if the price stayed the same+21.7%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The 17th-largest of 45 documented meat & fish cuts; a bigger cut than 70% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2023 · reported 13 Dec 2023
Country
South Korea
Brand
CJ
Category
Meat & Fish
Source
yna.co.kr

Source and evidence

Evidence
Typegovernment consumer agency survey (Korea Consumer Agency)
Confidencehigh

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What the source says

“해태 고향만두 415g 378g 37g 8.9% 2023.7. 20 맥주(오비맥주) 카스 캔맥주(8캔 묶음) 375ml 370ml 5ml 1.3% 2023.3. 21 소시지 (씨제이제일제당) 백설 그릴 비엔나(2개 묶음) 640g 560g 80g 12.5% 2023.1. 참가격 22 숯불향 바베큐바 280g 230g 50g 17.9% 2023.10.”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did CJ charcoal-flavour barbecue bar (South Korea) shrink? 280 g → 230 g”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/cj-charcoal-flavour-barbecue-bar-south-korea-2023.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Yonhap — Korea Consumer Agency finds 37 products shrank in a year (13 Dec 2023) (https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20231212143900030).

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