1991 Mars Bar highlights shrinkflation and inflation alike
A cleaner found the 62.5g bar in a Scunthorpe hoarder's house, while today's version weighs 40g and costs three times as much per gram.
Victoria Gordon, operator of a cleaning service, found a 35-year-old Mars Bar while plowing through a hoarder's house in Scunthorpe, England. Shocked by its enormity, she posed it with a contemporary bar and took a photo. The old bar, from 1991, was 62.5g, while a 2026 model is just 40g.
Speaking on BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Go…
