Did Friskies kitten dry food with chicken (France) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before2 kg
After1.5 kg
−25.0%smaller
Price per kg · if the price stayed the same+33.3%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The joint 6th-largest of 36 documented pet food cuts (tied with 2 others); a bigger cut than 84% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2024 · reported 6 May 2024
Country
France
Brand
Friskies
Category
Pet Food
Source
quechoisir.org

Source and evidence

UFC-Que Choisir — Chocapic, Friskies… Les paquets rétrécissent, les prix grossissent (6 May 2024) quechoisir.org

Source fetched 2026-11-03.

The 2 kg bag of Friskies chicken kitten croquettes was replaced by a 1.5 kg bag (-25%); Que Choisir's shelf-price checks found the price per kilo 26% to 67% higher, depending on the store.

Evidence
Typeconsumer organisation investigation (UFC-Que Choisir, shelf prices compared)
Confidencehigh

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Against official inflation: Eurostat HICP (FR) “products for pets and other household animals” changed +1.3% (12 months to May 2024). The size cut alone raises the price per kilogram by +33.3% if the shelf price stayed the same (the source recorded no prices). Every case is compared the same way in the ShrinkRadar Index.

What the source says

“…Un chat, ça coûte cher Même scénario au rayon des aliments pour animaux. Le paquet de 2 kg de croquettes au poulet pour chatons Friskies (de la marque Purina, propriété de… Nestlé !) cède la place au conditionnement de 1,5 kg ; le porte-monnaie des…”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Friskies kitten dry food with chicken (France) shrink? 2 kg → 1.5 kg”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/friskies-kitten-dry-food-with-chicken-france-2024.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: UFC-Que Choisir — Chocapic, Friskies… Les paquets rétrécissent, les prix grossissent (6 May 2024) (https://www.quechoisir.org/actualite-chocapic-friskies-les-paquets-retrecissent-les-prix-grossissent-n122958/).

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