Did St. Ives body wash, 709 ml bottle (Canada) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before709 ml
After650 ml
−8.3%smaller
Price per 100 ml · if the price stayed the same+9.1%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The joint 51st-largest of 60 documented soap, shampoo & body wash cuts (tied with 1 other); a bigger cut than 21% of all 1,394 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2024 · reported 23 Feb 2024
Country
Canada
Brand
St. Ives
Category
Soap, Shampoo & Body Wash
Source
ici.radio-canada.ca

Source and evidence

Radio-Canada — Bienvenue au rayon des formats réduits (réduflation database, updated 27 Oct 2026) ici.radio-canada.ca

Source fetched 2026-11-06.

No response from Unilever. Radio-Canada could not date the old 709 ml bottle; dated to when it logged the new one.

Evidence
Typenews organisation database (Radio-Canada, old and new formats checked against dated photos or web archives; companies asked to respond)
Confidencemedium

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Against official inflation: StatCan CPI (CA) “personal care supplies and equipment” changed +4.7% (12 months to Feb 2024). The size cut alone raises the price per millilitre by +9.1% 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

“Radio-Canada database record: St. Ives (Unilever), product type "Nettoyant corporel". Old format: 709 ml. New format: 650 ml (documented 2024).”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did St. Ives body wash, 709 ml bottle (Canada) shrink? 709 ml → 650 ml”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/st-ives-body-wash-709-ml-bottle-canada-2024.html, accessed 2026-11-07. Original source: Radio-Canada — Bienvenue au rayon des formats réduits (réduflation database, updated 27 Oct 2026) (https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/2023/reduflation/base-donnees-produits-aliments-epicerie-formats-taxes/).

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