Did Lion caramel and chocolate cereal (France) shrink?
How big a cut? The joint 46th-largest of 67 documented breakfast cereals cuts (tied with 1 other); a bigger cut than 31% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →
- When
- 2024 · reported 6 May 2024
- Country
- France
- Brand
- Lion
- Category
- Breakfast Cereals
- Source
- quechoisir.org
Source and evidence
Against official inflation: Eurostat HICP (FR) “breakfast cereals” changed +0.8% (12 months to May 2024). The size cut alone raises the price per gram by +11.1% 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
“…Les céréales Lion, un autre produit Nestlé, font aussi fort : leur conditionnement se réduit de 750 g à 675 g (soit -10 %), tandis que le prix au kilo grimpe de 29 %, après avoir subi une inflation de 43 % en 2 ans !”
More from France: the France shrinkflation list has all 21 documented cases, sortable and filterable.
Topic guide: cereal shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand.
More from Lion
All 4 Lion cases →- Chocolate & Candy · 2026
Lion Minis
234 → 180 g−23.1%
Germany · Source: vzhh.de - Chocolate & Candy · 2021
Lion Sammelpack
6 → 5 pieces−16.7%
Germany · Source: vzhh.de - Chocolate & Candy · 2021
Lion Minis
15 → 13 pieces−13.3%
Germany · Source: vzhh.de
More breakfast cereals in France
All 3 in the case library →- Breakfast Cereals · 2024
Chocapic cereal, 750 g pack (France)
750 → 645 g−14.0%
France · Source: quechoisir.org - Breakfast Cereals · 2024
Chocapic cereal, 430 g pack (France)
430 → 375 g−12.8%
France · Source: quechoisir.org
Newest in breakfast cereals
Cereal shrinkflation →- Breakfast Cereals · 2026
Stop & Shop instant oatmeal packets
10 → 8 packets−20.0%
United States · Source: mouseprint.org - Breakfast Cereals · 2026
Dorset Cereals Simply Delicious → Delicious Fruit & Nut Muesli
650 → 500 g−23.1%
United Kingdom · Source: thegrocer.co.uk - Breakfast Cereals · 2026
Dorset Cereals Simply Fruity → Fantastically Fruity Muesli
630 → 500 g−20.6%
United Kingdom · Source: thegrocer.co.uk
