Did Depend absorbent underwear for men, L-XL (Israel) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before16 pieces
After14 pieces
−12.5%smaller
Price per piece · if the price stayed the same+14.3%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The joint 8th-largest of 65 documented diapers & wipes cuts (tied with 2 others); a bigger cut than 48% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2025 · reported Jul 2025
Country
Israel
Brand
Depend
Category
Diapers & Wipes
Source
ynet.co.il

Source and evidence

שוב: האגיס כיווצה חיתולים ומגבונים – גם פמפרס הקטינה ynet.co.il

Source fetched 2026-10-21. All 54 ynet cases.

ynet compared prices at Osher Ad, Shufersal Deal, Good Pharm, Super-Pharm and Carrefour in February and July 2025 and found them unchanged; Yochananof and Rami Levy cut Huggies Freedom Dry by 1-2% (e.g. ₪42.30 to ₪41.90), less than the 5-12.5% pack cut.

Evidence
Typenewspaper consumer investigation (packs photographed; prices compared Feb vs Jul 2025 at five chains)
Confidencehigh

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What the source says

“נים בלבד: החברה גם הקטינה בעד 12.5% את מארזי ‏דיפנד תחתונים סופגים לגברים. לדוגמה: מידה ‏S‏-‏M‏ הוקטנה מ-18 יחידות ל-16. וכמות הפריטים במארז ‏מידה ‏L-XL‏ הופחת מ-16 ל-14 יחידות.‏ הקטנות אירעו השנה גם אצל המתחרה פמפרס של פרוקטר אנד גמבל (בייבוא של דיפלומט), חברה מנוסה ‏בהקטנות שכן בעבר הקטינה…”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Depend absorbent underwear for men, L-XL (Israel) shrink? 16 pieces → 14 pieces”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/depend-absorbent-underwear-for-men-l-xl-israel-il-2025.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: שוב: האגיס כיווצה חיתולים ומגבונים – גם פמפרס הקטינה (https://www.ynet.co.il/economy/article/sywfj0jsgg).

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