Did Somat Classic dishwasher powder XXL (Austria, first cut) shrink?
How big a cut? The joint 10th-largest of 52 documented dish & cleaning 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
- Somat
- Category
- Dish & Cleaning
- Source
- konsument.at
Source and evidence
Against official inflation: Eurostat HICP (AT) “household cleaning and maintenance products” changed +1.5% (12 months to Oct 2024). The size cut alone raises the price per kilogram by +20.0% 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
“…XXL Ebenso ein Henkel-Produkt: Das Somat Classic Pulver für den Geschirrspülreiniger im XXL-Pack. „Das Pulver ist um 1 € erhöht worden, allerdings ist der Inhalt von 3 kg auf 2,5 kg geschrumpft“, schreibt uns eine Konsumentin. Was sagt Henkel dazu?”
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72 → 66 tabs−8.3%
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82 → 77 pieces−6.1%
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53 → 50 pieces−5.7%
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