Mars Bar from 1991 found - and it's 20g bigger than today's
The woman who found the chocolate bar during a house clearance compares it with today's Mars Bars.
A 35-year-old Mars Bar, discovered during a house clearance in Scunthorpe, appears to be a rare example of "shrinkflation" – the practice of reducing product sizes while maintaining or even increasing prices. The chocolate bar, with a 1991 best-before date, measures 62.5 grams, nearly as large as the reporter's hand, compared to today's 40-gram Mars Bar.
Victoria Gordon, who runs a cleaning service and posted the discovery on social media, expressed amazement at the bar's size. The Mars spokesperson explained that the company has adjusted bar sizes over the years to meet consumer demand, as well as considering manufacturing costs and cocoa prices.
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