Did Lenor in-wash scent booster beads, Spring Awakening (UK) shrink?
Before you paid £2.90 per 100 g; after, £3.65 per 100 g: 25.7% more for the same amount.
How big a cut? The joint 35th-largest of 100 documented laundry cuts (tied with 1 other); a bigger cut than 45% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →
- When
- 2026 · reported 17 Aug 2026
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Brand
- Lenor
- Category
- Laundry
- Source
- allsupers.co.uk
Source and evidence
Against official inflation: ONS CPI (UK) “cleaning and maintenance products” changed +5.1% (12 months to Aug 2026). This pack’s price per gram changed +25.7%, 20.6 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: Lenor Spring Awakening Scent Booster Beads 155g (Morrisons), size 155 g, regular price £4.50, price per unit £29.03/kg. Now: Lenor In Wash Scent Booster Spring Awakening 137g (Morrisons), size 137 g, regular price £5.00, price per unit £36.50/kg. First detected: 23 August 2026. New pack since 17 August 2026.”
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