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Did Finish Classic XXL dishwasher tabs (Austria) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before77 tabs
After72 tabs
−6.5%smaller
Price per tab · observed+20.0%Shelf price €0.10/tab → €0.12/tab, as recorded by the source.

Before you paid €0.10 per tab; after, €0.12 per tab: 20.0% more for the same amount.

How big a cut? The 38th-largest of 52 documented dish & cleaning cuts; a bigger cut than 13% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2024 · reported 2 Oct 2024
Country
Austria
Brand
Finish
Category
Dish & Cleaning
Source
konsument.at

Source and evidence

Shrinkflation: Mogelpackungen bei Waschmittel und Co. konsument.at

Source fetched 2026-10-20. All 31 Konsument (VKI) cases.

Price per tab up from 10 to 12 cents. Reckitt did not answer VKI. VKI does not date this change; 2024 is when its collection reported it.

Evidence
Typeconsumer organisation (VKI / KONSUMENT: reader reports checked with the manufacturer)
Confidencehigh
Size cut alone, at the old price+6.9%

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Against official inflation: Eurostat HICP (AT) “household cleaning and maintenance products” changed +1.5% (12 months to Oct 2024). This pack’s price per unit changed +20.0%, 18.5 percentage points above the official rate, using the shelf prices the source recorded. Every case is compared the same way in the ShrinkRadar Index.

What the source says

“…Bild: VKI Finish Classic XXL Die Verpackung mit neuem Design enthält nur noch 72 statt 77 Geschirrspültabs, gleichzeitig ist der Preis pro Tab von 10 auf 12 Cent gestiegen. Was sagt Reckitt dazu? Bis dato hat der Hersteller nicht auf unsere Anfrage reagiert.”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Finish Classic XXL dishwasher tabs (Austria) shrink? 77 tabs → 72 tabs”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/finish-classic-xxl-dishwasher-tabs-austria-at-2024.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Shrinkflation: Mogelpackungen bei Waschmittel und Co. (https://konsument.at/shrinkflation-und-mogelpackungen).

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