Shoppers are being told if bottles are smaller or pack contents lighter.
Carrefour said it wanted to put pressure on the firms making the products to keep prices down.
Carrefour said it wanted to put pressure on the firms making the products to keep prices down.
Carrefour has identified 26 products that have shrunk, without a price reduction to match, made by food giants including Nestle, PepsiCo and Unilever.
Carrefour said Guigoz infant milk formula produced by Nestle had gone from a pack size of 900g to 830g, for example.
A bottle of sugar-free peach-flavoured Lipton Ice Tea, produced by PepsiCo, shrank to 1.25 litres from 1.5 litres, the supermarket said.
Viennetta, made by Unilever, has shrunk from 350g to 320g.
Carrefour, France’s second largest grocer, is highlighting the products in question with signs on the shelves reading: “This product has seen its volume/weight fall and the effective price charged by the supplier rise.”
Carrefour said it wanted to put pressure on the firms making the products to keep prices down.
Shoppers are being told if bottles are smaller or pack contents lighter.
Carrefour has identified 26 products that have shrunk, without a price reduction to match, made by food giants including Nestle, PepsiCo and Unilever.
Carrefour said it wanted to put pressure on the firms making the products to keep prices down.
Carrefour said it wanted to put pressure on the firms making the products to keep prices down.
Carrefour has identified 26 products that have shrunk, without a price reduction to match, made by food giants including Nestle, PepsiCo and Unilever.
Carrefour said Guigoz infant milk formula produced by Nestle had gone from a pack size of 900g to 830g, for example.
A bottle of sugar-free peach-flavoured Lipton Ice Tea, produced by PepsiCo, shrank to 1.25 litres from 1.5 litres, the supermarket said.
Viennetta, made by Unilever, has shrunk from 350g to 320g.
Carrefour, France’s second largest grocer, is highlighting the products in question with signs on the shelves reading: “This product has seen its volume/weight fall and the effective price charged by the supplier rise.”
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