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Did McVitie's Club Orange biscuit bars (Hong Kong) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before176 g
After154 g
−12.5%smaller
Price per 100 g · observed+26.2%Shelf price HK$33.50 → HK$37, as recorded by the source.

Before you paid HK$19.03 per 100 g; after, HK$24.03 per 100 g: 26.2% more for the same amount.

How big a cut? The joint 30th-largest of 56 documented cookies & crackers cuts (tied with 6 others); a bigger cut than 48% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2021–2024 · reported Oct 2024
Country
Hong Kong
Brand
McVitie's
Category
Cookies & Crackers
Source
thestandard.com.hk

Source and evidence

The Standard (HK) — Consumer Council shrinkflation survey (16 Oct 2024) thestandard.com.hk

Source fetched 2026-10-25.

The Hong Kong Consumer Council checked 62 grocery products between January 2021 and July 2024 and found 58 had been downsized, most with an unchanged or higher recommended retail price (council release: consumer.org.hk). 8 bars became 7 and the recommended retail price rose from HK$33.50 to HK$37: 26.6% more per 10 g, the council said.

Evidence
Typeconsumer-agency survey (Hong Kong Consumer Council), reported by the press
Confidencehigh
Size cut alone, at the old price+14.3%

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What the source says

“…Among them, McVitie's Club Orange biscuits bar shaved off a piece - from eight to seven - per package, with its weight reduced from 176g to 154g.”

Topic guide: cookie, biscuit and cracker shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand.

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ShrinkRadar, “Did McVitie's Club Orange biscuit bars (Hong Kong) shrink? 176 g → 154 g”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/mcvitie-s-club-orange-biscuit-bars-hong-kong-2021-2024.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: The Standard (HK) — Consumer Council shrinkflation survey (16 Oct 2024) (https://www.thestandard.com.hk/news/article/66972/Pay-more-for-less).

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