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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Joanna Partridge

Galaxy chocolate bars now 10% smaller amid ‘shrinkflation’

46g bar of galaxy chocolate
‘Shrinkflation’ has seen many food products reduced in size but sold at the same price amid high inflation. Photograph: studiomode/Alamy

Lovers of Galaxy chocolate bars have become the latest victims of the “shrinkflation” trend in food manufacturing, after the brand’s owner, Mars Inc, reduced the size of the bars.

Shrinkflation is a tactic commonly used by the food industry, where manufacturers cut pack sizes without reducing prices, as they look to reduce their costs amid stubbornly high food price inflation.

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