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Nescafé

Nescafé Original Instant Coffee (jar)

Minor erosion·shrink only
5/ 100

Then vs now

Then · 2023
n/a for 200g
n/a
Now · 2024
n/a for 190g
n/a
+5%
hidden price rise per 100gif the shelf price held flat

The pack shrank from 200g to 190g with no price cut on record. Hold the shelf price flat and that is a hidden 5% price rise per 100g.

Brand head-to-head

Instant coffee jars

190gin the pack now
down from 200g, a 5% smaller pack
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Nescafé
Nescafé Original Instant Coffee (jar)
5
190gin the pack now
down from 200g, a 5% smaller pack
This packBest buy

Two big-name instant coffee jars that both sat at 200g, then both quietly dropped to 190g while the jar and the price held. The question is not that coffee got dearer, it is which brand took the grams out of your jar, and how openly.

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 +5% between the earliest and latest pack on record.
Skimp · qualityNo data
No recipe change on record for this product.

Value Erosion Score 5/100 is scored on the one pillar we have data for, and labelled as such. How we score.

The receipts

  1. Jan 2024Pack
    190g
    price not on record
    Verifiedwhich.co.uk
  2. Jan 2023Pack
    200g
    price not on record
    Verifiedwhich.co.uk

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