Did Pedigree Vitalité adult dry dog food, poultry or beef (France) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before10 kg
After7 kg
−30.0%smaller
Price per kg · observed+113.4%Shelf price €16.67 (10 kg) → €24.90 (7 kg), as recorded by the source.

Before you paid €1.67 per kg; after, €3.56 per kg: 113.4% more for the same amount.

How big a cut? The joint 3rd-largest of 36 documented pet food cuts (tied with 2 others); a bigger cut than 91% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2023 · reported 5 Sep 2023
Country
France
Brand
Pedigree
Category
Pet Food
Source
bfmtv.com

Source and evidence

BFMTV — Doritos, Findus, Pampers, Lipton… brands cutting portions and raising prices (5 Sep 2023) bfmtv.com

Source fetched 2026-10-28.

New Mars price list sent to French retail buyers for 1 Oct 2023: the bag goes from €16.67 for 10 kg to €24.90 for 7 kg, so €1.67 to €3.56 per kg (+113%).

Evidence
Typepress report of a retailer list
Confidencemedium
Size cut alone, at the old price+42.9%

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Against official inflation: Eurostat HICP (FR) “products for pets and other household animals” changed +14.4% (12 months to Sep 2023). This pack’s price per kilogram changed +113.4%, 99.0 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

“…Une hausse déjà conséquente de plus de 49%. Sauf que le conditionnement est lui revu à la baisse et passe de 10 à 7 kg. Le prix au kilo du produit passe ainsi de 1,67 euro à 3,56 euros, soit plus de 113% d'augmentation.”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Pedigree Vitalité adult dry dog food, poultry or beef (France) shrink? 10 kg → 7 kg”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/pedigree-vitalit-adult-dry-dog-food-poultry-or-beef-france-2023.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: BFMTV — Doritos, Findus, Pampers, Lipton… brands cutting portions and raising prices (5 Sep 2023) (https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/doritos-findus-pampers-lipton-ces-marques-qui-reduisent-les-portions-et-augmentent-les-prix_AN-202309050188.html).

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