Did Signature (Albertsons) instant oatmeal packets shrink?
How big a cut? The joint 17th-largest of 67 documented breakfast cereals cuts (tied with 4 others); a bigger cut than 72% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →
- When
- 2024 · reported 5 Aug 2024
- Country
- United States
- Brand
- Signature
- Category
- Breakfast Cereals
- Source
- mouseprint.org
Source and evidence
Against official inflation: BLS CPI-U (US) “breakfast cereal” changed −0.2% (12 months to Aug 2024). The size cut alone raises the price per packet by +25.0% if the shelf price stayed the same (the source recorded no prices). Every case is compared the same way in the ShrinkRadar Index.
What the source says
“…at their various chains around the country including Star Market and Shaw’s in the Boston area, has reduced the number of packets in their oatmeal packages from 10 to a box to just eight. And the price stayed the same.”
More from the US: the US Shrinkflation Tracker has all 296 documented cases, sortable and filterable.
Topic guide: cereal shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand.
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18.1 → 16.4 oz−9.4%
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11 → 9 oz−18.2%
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Newest in breakfast cereals
Cereal shrinkflation →- Breakfast Cereals · 2026
Dorset Cereals Simply Delicious → Delicious Fruit & Nut Muesli
650 → 500 g−23.1%
United Kingdom · Source: thegrocer.co.uk - Breakfast Cereals · 2026
Dorset Cereals Simply Fruity → Fantastically Fruity Muesli
630 → 500 g−20.6%
United Kingdom · Source: thegrocer.co.uk - Breakfast Cereals · 2026
Dorset Cereals Simply Nutty → Gloriously Nutty Muesli
560 → 500 g−10.7%
United Kingdom · Source: thegrocer.co.uk
