Price Watch

Its called 'shrinkflation' where a product is packaged in a slightly smaller or odd shaped package, or indeed in the same package, and less product is included for the same price.
Its easy to spot it, just look for an odd weight, say 1.13 kg or 0.760 liters, and you've hit it.


Biology is the only science where multiplication means the same thing as division.

Grocery standards are definitely up.

Plain brand pasta of various shapes/bag sizes - Up until about 12 months ago we paid 75c-80c per bag, now it's 95c.
A 800g tin of plain brand tomatoes is now 20-30c more expensive.

In fact thinking on it, but about everything that we buy that's home brand is 20-30c more expensive than a year ago. Home brand items are the things I notice the most because they're the staple items that we buy constantly to refill. Brand name items I don't notice as much because those are more ad hoc items that we might not necessarily buy every single shop. It's a good reminder to keep an eye out for things rising though, the staple items in particular are things that we always need in our long term pantry.

Heinz baked bean tins are now only 300g. I think they used to be 425g. Same price though.

Hey frostbite, used to live at Mt Kiera, then Albion Park, but got out to our bug out location 16 years ago and don't miss the climate or crowds.


It wasn't me, no one saw it and you cant prove it anyway. Homer Simpson.

Good point, Heinz Spaghetti is also a 300g now for the standard size tin and also the same price that it used to be. Cheeky buggers.