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Nestlé Scorched Almonds shrinkflation: 240 g → 180 g

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before240 g
After180 g
−25.0%smaller
Price per 100 g · observed+62.3%Promo price NZ$5.99 → NZ$7.29, as recorded by the source (both were promotional prices).

Before you paid NZ$2.50 per 100 g; after, NZ$4.05 per 100 g: 62.3% more for the same amount.

How big a cut? The joint 8th-largest of 189 documented chocolate & candy cuts (tied with 6 others); a bigger cut than 84% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2026 · reported Sep 2026
Country
New Zealand
Brand
Nestlé
Category
Chocolate & Candy
Source
watch.kepie.co.nz

Nestlé Scorched Almonds shrinkflation (New Zealand): the box went from 240 g to 180 g (−25%), reported in September 2026. The shelf price went from NZ$5.99 to NZ$7.29 (both promotional prices), so the price per 100 g rose from about $2.50 to $4.05, +62%. The 180 g box is sold under a new product code. More: the New Zealand shrinkflation tracker.

Source and evidence

kepie. Watch — Shrinkflation in New Zealand (week of 7–13 Sep 2026) watch.kepie.co.nz

Source fetched 2026-10-24. All 7 kepie. Watch cases.

Both prices were promotional shelf prices; per 100 g the tracker read $2.50 before and $4.05 after. The old 240 g size was worked out from the shop's own unit price. The 180 g pack is under a new product code.

Evidence
Typeindependent supermarket price tracker (new product code; repeated shelf reads)
Confidencemedium
Size cut alone, at the old price+33.3%

Check the math in the calculator or compare old and new unit prices.

Against official inflation: Stats NZ CPI (NZ) “confectionery, nuts and snacks” changed +4.8% (12 months to Sep 2026). This pack’s price per gram changed +62.3%, 57.5 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

“…Nestle Milk Chocolate Scorched Almonds went from 240g to 180g.”

Topic guide: chocolate shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand.

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Nestlé milk chocolate Scorched Almonds (New Zealand) shrink? 240 g → 180 g”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/nestl-milk-chocolate-scorched-almonds-new-zealand-nz-2026.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: kepie. Watch — Shrinkflation in New Zealand (week of 7–13 Sep 2026) (https://watch.kepie.co.nz/shrinkflation).

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