Did Garnier Hand Repair hand cream (Austria) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before100 ml
After75 ml
−25.0%smaller
Price per 100 ml · 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 8th-largest of 27 documented personal care cuts (tied with 6 others); a bigger cut than 84% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2024 · reported 2 Oct 2024
Country
Austria
Brand
Garnier
Category
Personal Care
Source
konsument.at

Source and evidence

Shrinkflation: Mogelpackungen bei Waschmittel und Co. konsument.at

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

Same price. L'Oréal: relaunched in a part-cardboard tube; all Garnier hand creams are now 75 ml. 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

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Against official inflation: Eurostat HICP (AT) “other appliances, articles and products for personal care” changed +1.2% (12 months to Oct 2024). The size cut alone raises the price per millilitre 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

“Anlass genommen, auf eine stabilere Verpackung zu wechseln." Bild: VKI Garnier Hand Repair Bei der Garnier Hand Repair ist einem Konsumenten aufgefallen, dass der Inhalt von 100 ml auf 75 ml geschrumpft ist, auch das Design hat sich verändert. Der Preis jedoch nicht. Was sagt L'Oréal dazu?”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Garnier Hand Repair hand cream (Austria) shrink? 100 ml → 75 ml”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/garnier-hand-repair-hand-cream-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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