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Did Old El Paso Crunchy Taco Shells, 12 (UK) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before156 g
After135 g
−13.5%smaller
Price per 100 g · observed+41.6%Shelf price £2.00 → £2.45, as recorded by the source.

Before you paid £1.28 per 100 g; after, £1.81 per 100 g: 41.6% more for the same amount.

How big a cut? The 47th-largest of 99 documented pasta, rice & meals cuts; a bigger cut than 55% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2026 · reported 16 Aug 2026
Country
United Kingdom
Brand
Old El Paso
Category
Pasta, Rice & Meals
Source
allsupers.co.uk

Source and evidence

Old El Paso 12 x Crunchy Taco Shells 135g: 156 g → 135 g — Shrinkflation | Allsupers | Allsupers allsupers.co.uk

Source fetched 2026-10-21. All 59 Allsupers cases.

Still 12 shells, each lighter, and the price went up. Found by Allsupers' automated check of Sainsbury's listings: the old listing disappeared and a smaller pack of the same product appeared (new pack since 16 August 2026); regular price £2.00 before, £2.45 after.

Evidence
Typeautomated supermarket price tracker (Allsupers register; retailer listings, regular prices recorded)
Confidencemedium
Size cut alone, at the old price+15.6%

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Against official inflation: ONS CPI (UK) “pasta products and couscous” changed +7.2% (12 months to Aug 2026, a broad match for this category). This pack’s price per gram changed +41.6%, 34.4 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: Old El Paso Mexican Crunchy Taco Shells x12 156g (Sainsbury's), size 156 g, regular price £2.00, price per unit £12.82/kg. Now: Old El Paso 12 x Crunchy Taco Shells 135g (Sainsbury's), size 135 g, regular price £2.45, price per unit £18.15/kg. First detected: 16 August 2026. New pack since 16 August 2026.”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Old El Paso Crunchy Taco Shells, 12 (UK) shrink? 156 g → 135 g”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/old-el-paso-crunchy-taco-shells-12-uk-uk-2026.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Old El Paso 12 x Crunchy Taco Shells 135g: 156 g → 135 g — Shrinkflation | Allsupers | Allsupers (https://allsupers.co.uk/research/shrinkflation/ean_swap/17073).

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