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Galaxy (sharing bar)

Noticeable erosion·shrink only
10/ 100

Then vs now

Then · 2022
n/a for 110g
n/a
Now · 2023
n/a for 100g
n/a
+10%
hidden price rise per 100gif the shelf price held flat

The pack shrank from 110g to 100g with no price cut on record. Hold the shelf price flat and that is a hidden 10% price rise per 100g.

Brand head-to-head

Big-brand chocolate sharing bars

180gin the pack now
down from 200g, a 10% smaller pack
Shrank the most chocolate
360gin the pack now
down from 400g, a 10% smaller pack
Galaxy
Galaxy (sharing bar)
10
100gin the pack now
down from 110g, a 9% smaller pack
This packBest buy

Three household-name sharing bars that lost weight on the shelf while the wrapper and the price held. The question is not that chocolate got dearer, it is which brand quietly handed you the smallest bar for your money.

Like-for-like rivals ranked by pack size. Sources on each pack's own page.

How the score is built

Shrink · quantityCounts
Price per measure moved +10% between the earliest and latest pack on record.
Skimp · qualityNo data
No recipe change on record for this product.

Value Erosion Score 10/100 is scored on the one pillar we have data for, and labelled as such. How we score.

The receipts

  1. Sept 2023Pack
    100g
    price not on record
    Verifiedbbc.com
  2. Jan 2022Pack
    110g
    price not on record
    Verifiedbbc.com

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