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Toblerone

Toblerone (large bar)

Noticeable erosion·shrink only
11/ 100

Then vs now

Then · 2016
n/a for 400g
n/a
Now · 2016
n/a for 360g
n/a
+11%
hidden price rise per 100gif the shelf price held flat

The pack shrank from 400g to 360g with no price cut on record. Hold the shelf price flat and that is a hidden 11% price rise per 100g.

Brand head-to-head

Big-brand chocolate sharing bars

180gin the pack now
down from 200g, a 10% smaller pack
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Toblerone
Toblerone (large bar)
11
360gin the pack now
down from 400g, a 10% smaller pack
This pack
100gin the pack now
down from 110g, a 9% smaller pack
Best 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 +11% between the earliest and latest pack on record.
Skimp · qualityNo data
No recipe change on record for this product.

Value Erosion Score 11/100 is scored on the one pillar we have data for, and labelled as such. How we score.

The receipts

  1. Nov 2016Pack
    360g
    price not on record
    Verifiedbbc.co.uk
  2. Jan 2016Pack
    400g
    price not on record
    Verifiedbbc.co.uk

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