{"id":100536,"date":"2026-01-07T06:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/less-and-more-expensive-shrinkflation-is-wreaking-havoc-in-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T06:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:28:01","slug":"less-and-more-expensive-shrinkflation-is-wreaking-havoc-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/less-and-more-expensive-shrinkflation-is-wreaking-havoc-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Less and more expensive: shrinkflation is wreaking havoc in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russians are complaining on social media that the weight of food products in stores has decreased: chocolate bars no longer weigh 100 grams, but only 73, and milk bottles contain 900 milliliters instead of a liter. Economists say that shrinking packaging is a common practice during periods of high inflation. In the case of Russia, the problem is even more disturbing: the price of products has increased, although the quantity has decreased.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blogger Nastia S\u00eesoeva films in the supermarket “Piatioro\u0219ka” and lists the products that have “shrunk”, but have become more expensive:<\/p>\n

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“Who remembers that a chocolate used to weigh 100 grams, forget it \u2014 such a thing will no longer exist. Now this ‘leaf of chocolate’ weighs only 75 grams. One kilogram packages of cereals \u2014 you can keep them only as a warm memory from the past. The 500-gram bag of pasta has dropped to 450, then to 400.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She also notes that eggs are sold in boxes of 6, not 10, kefir has only 430 ml instead of 500, and the milk bottle has been reduced from 1 liter to 900 ml.<\/p>\n

Another blogger picks up a chocolate bar from the shelf:<\/p>\n

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“It costs 200 rubles and seems very light… 73 grams! Since when do chocolates weigh 73 grams? They were 100! ‘Alpen Gold’ now weighs 80 grams.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The publication SOTAvision<\/em> compared the price and weight of products between 2021 and 2025:<\/p>\n