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Did Fruit Bowl Peelers (UK) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before80 g
After50 g
−37.5%smaller
Price per 100 g · observed+60.0%Shelf price £3.00 → £3.00, as recorded by the source.

Before you paid £3.75 per 100 g; after, £6.00 per 100 g: 60.0% more for the same amount.

How big a cut? The 3rd-largest of 94 documented chips & snacks cuts; a bigger cut than 95% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2026 · reported 15 May 2026
Country
United Kingdom
Brand
Fruit Bowl
Category
Chips & Snacks
Source
allsupers.co.uk

Source and evidence

Fruit Bowl Strawberry Peelers: 80 g → 50 g — Shrinkflation | Allsupers | Allsupers allsupers.co.uk

Source fetched 2026-10-21. All 59 Allsupers cases.

Strawberry and raspberry at Waitrose, £3.00 before and after. Found by Allsupers' automated check of Waitrose listings: the old listing disappeared and a smaller pack of the same product appeared (new pack since 15 May 2026); regular price £3.00 before, £3.00 after. Other matching Allsupers records: record 186.

Evidence
Typeautomated supermarket price tracker (Allsupers register; retailer listings, regular prices recorded)
Confidencemedium
Size cut alone, at the old price+60.0%

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Against official inflation: ONS CPI (UK) “crisps” changed −0.2% (12 months to May 2026). This pack’s price per gram changed +60.0%, 60.2 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

“Before: Fruit Bowl Strawberry Peelers (Waitrose), size 80 g, regular price £3.00, price per unit £37.50/kg. Now: Fruit Bowl Strawberry Peelers (Waitrose), size 50 g, regular price £3.00, price per unit £60.00/kg. First detected: 17 May 2026. New pack since 15 May 2026.”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Fruit Bowl Peelers (UK) shrink? 80 g → 50 g”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/fruit-bowl-peelers-uk-uk-2026.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Fruit Bowl Strawberry Peelers: 80 g → 50 g — Shrinkflation | Allsupers | Allsupers (https://allsupers.co.uk/research/shrinkflation/ean_swap/176).

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