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Packets of sausages are shrinking in the wake of surging pork prices

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PACKETS of sausages are shrinking due to surging pork prices.

Kerry Foods has cut its Richmond Thick Sausages from 16 to 14, but kept the £2.50 price.

Sausage packets across the Richmond range are being reduced

The pack weight has fallen by 91 grams to 634.

A £3.50 pack of 28 thick sausages has been cut to 24 bangers, a drop of 181 grams.

And £2 Richmond Skinless Sausages are 50g lighter at 426g.

Kerry Foods has also cut packs of sliced ham by 40 grams to 160 grams, without altering the £2.50 price tag.

Pork prices were up 30 per cent earlier this month — at their highest since 2014.

A Kerry spokesman said: “We have previously absorbed these rising commodity costs.”

Birds Eye fish fingers now come in packs of ten for £2.50, a price that used to get you 12

Pork prices were at their highest since mid-2014 earlier this month, up 30 per cent.

Richmond is just the latest brand to shrink pack sizes due to rising costs.

Elswhere, Birds Eye has quietly shrunk packs of cod fish fingers while keeping the price the same

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