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PG Tips

PG Tips Tasty Decaf

Severe erosion·shrink only
64/ 100

Then vs now

Then · 2023
£4.00 for 180 bags
£0.02/bag
Now · 2024
£5.09 for 140 bags
£0.04/bag
+64%
hidden price rise per bag

It was £4.00 for 180 bags (£0.02/bag). It is now £5.09 for 140 bags (£0.04/bag). That is a hidden 64% price rise per bag.

Brand head-to-head

Tea bags per box

PG Tips
PG Tips Tasty Decaf
64
140 bagsin the pack now
down from 180 bags, a 22% smaller pack
This packShrank the most tea bags
80 bagsin the pack now
down from 100 bags, a 20% smaller pack
Best buy

Two big-name tea boxes that look the same on the shelf, judged on the one number you cannot see through the carton: how many bags are actually inside, and which brand has quietly taken the most out of the box.

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 +64% between the earliest and latest pack on record.
Skimp · qualityNo data
No recipe change on record for this product.

Value Erosion Score 64/100 is scored on the one pillar we have data for, and labelled as such. How we score.

The receipts

  1. Jan 2024Pack
    140 bags
    £5.09 · £0.04/bag
    Verifiedwhich.co.uk
  2. Jan 2023Pack
    180 bags
    £4.00 · £0.02/bag
    Verifiedwhich.co.uk

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