Did Irresistibles (Metro) tortellini, family pack (Canada) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before1000 g
After800 g
−20.0%smaller
Price per 100 g · if the price stayed the same+25.0%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The joint 23rd-largest of 101 documented pasta, rice & meals cuts (tied with 11 others); a bigger cut than 73% of all 1,394 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2026 · reported 27 Oct 2026
Country
Canada
Brand
Irresistibles
Category
Pasta, Rice & Meals
Source
ici.radio-canada.ca

Source and evidence

Radio-Canada — Bienvenue au rayon des formats réduits (réduflation database, updated 27 Oct 2026) ici.radio-canada.ca

Source fetched 2026-11-06.

Logged in Radio-Canada's 27 Oct 2026 update. Metro said it shrinks private-label formats such as Irresistibles 'for commercial reasons, most of the time to follow the market'. Radio-Canada could not date the old pack; dated to when it logged the new one.

Evidence
Typenews organisation database (Radio-Canada, old and new formats checked against dated photos or web archives; companies asked to respond)
Confidencemedium

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Against official inflation: StatCan CPI (CA) “pasta products” changed −1.7% (12 months to Sep 2026, a broad match for this category). The size cut alone raises the price per gram by +25.0% 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

“Radio-Canada database record: Irrésistibles (Métro Richelieu). Old format: 1000 g. New format: 800 g (documented 2026).”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Irresistibles (Metro) tortellini, family pack (Canada) shrink? 1000 g → 800 g”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/irresistibles-metro-tortellini-family-pack-canada-2026.html, accessed 2026-11-07. Original source: Radio-Canada — Bienvenue au rayon des formats réduits (réduflation database, updated 27 Oct 2026) (https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/2023/reduflation/base-donnees-produits-aliments-epicerie-formats-taxes/).

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