Did Schicker's Erdäpfelcreme Die Echte (Austria) shrink?
Before you paid €7.97 per 100 ml; after, €9.56 per 100 ml: 20.0% more for the same amount.
How big a cut? The joint 19th-largest of 27 documented personal care cuts (tied with 1 other); a bigger cut than 62% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →
- When
- 2024 · reported 2 Oct 2024
- Country
- Austria
- Brand
- Schicker's
- Category
- Personal Care
- Source
- konsument.at
Source and evidence
Against official inflation: Eurostat HICP (AT) “other appliances, articles and products for personal care” changed +1.2% (12 months to Oct 2024). This pack’s price per millilitre changed +20.0%, 18.8 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
“…Und weiter: "Natürlich wollen wir auch nicht die gesamte Preissteigerung am Rohstoffmarkt an unsere Kunden weitergeben. Seit 2012 kostet die Erdäpfelcreme 300ml € 23,90, jetzt haben wir uns erlaubt, die Menge zu verändern.”
More from Austria: the Austria shrinkflation list has all 37 documented cases, sortable and filterable.
Topic guide: toothpaste, deodorant and personal care shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand.
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100 → 75 ml−25.0%
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50 → 40 ml−20.0%
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50 → 40 ml−20.0%
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