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Did Lay's al punto de sal crisps (Spain) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before282 g
After248 g
−12.1%smaller
Price per 100 g · observed+30.2%Shelf price €2.35 → €2.69, as recorded by the source.

Before you paid €0.83 per 100 g; after, €1.08 per 100 g: 30.2% more for the same amount.

How big a cut? The 54th-largest of 94 documented chips & snacks cuts; a bigger cut than 48% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2022–2025 · reported 2 Jun 2025
Country
Spain
Brand
Lay's
Category
Chips & Snacks
Source
elobservador.com.uy

Source and evidence

El Observador — FACUA: consumidores acusan a PepsiCo de reducir envases de Ruffles, Lays, Doritos y Cheetos (2 Jun 2025) elobservador.com.uy

Source fetched 2026-11-03.

282 g in January 2022, 248 g in May 2025, while the price rose from €2.35 to €2.69: +21.8% per kilo (FACUA).

Evidence
Typeconsumer organisation shelf-price comparison (FACUA) reported by news site
Confidencehigh
Size cut alone, at the old price+13.7%

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Against official inflation: Eurostat HICP (ES) “processed food excluding alcohol and tobacco” changed +18.0% (2025 average vs 2022, a broad match for this category). This pack’s price per gram changed +30.2%, 12.2 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

“…Lay's al punto de sal : El envase pasó de 282 gramos en enero de 2022 a 248 gramos en mayo de 2025, con un aumento de precio de 2,35 a 2,69 euros, lo que representa un incremento del 21,8% por kilo.”

Topic guide: chips and crisps shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand.

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Lay's al punto de sal crisps (Spain) shrink? 282 g → 248 g”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/lay-s-al-punto-de-sal-crisps-spain-2022-2025.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: El Observador — FACUA: consumidores acusan a PepsiCo de reducir envases de Ruffles, Lays, Doritos y Cheetos (2 Jun 2025) (https://www.elobservador.com.uy/espana/sucede/consumidores-acusan-pepsico-reducir-envases-ruffles-lays-doritos-y-cheetos-y-aumentar-su-precio-espana-n6002232).

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