Did Perfect Italiano parmesan cheese (New Zealand) shrink?
Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before250 g
After200 g
−20.0%smaller
Price per 100 g · observed+19.0%Shelf price NZ$10.49 → NZ$9.99, as recorded by the source.
Before you paid NZ$4.20 per 100 g; after, NZ$5.00 per 100 g: 19.0% more for the same amount.
How big a cut? The joint 8th-largest of 65 documented dairy cuts (tied with 10 others); a bigger cut than 72% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →
- When
- 2026 · reported Sep 2026
- Country
- New Zealand
- Brand
- Perfect Italiano
- Category
- Dairy
- Source
- watch.kepie.co.nz
Source and evidence
Against official inflation: Stats NZ CPI (NZ) “milk, cheese and eggs” changed −0.5% (12 months to Sep 2026). This pack’s price per gram changed +19.0%, 19.6 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
“…Perfect Italiano Parmesan Cheese went from 250g to 200g, and the price came down.”
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