Cleaner stunned to find 35-year-old Mars bar in hoarder’s home proving shrinkflation is real

Nypost · Aug 07, 2026 · 465 words · By Ben Cost

Corporate Greed Shrinkflation Consumer Nostalgia

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Cleaner stunned to find 35-year-old Mars bar in hoarder’s home proving shrinkflation is real See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Cleaner stunned to find 35-year-old Mars bar in hoarder’s home proving shrinkflation is real See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google It’s an ancient Mars-ian artifact.

Common ground

It’s not just fast food that’s subject to shrinkflation.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “average prices now hover around $1.62.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding electric current and a fintech company called 'Current', not the price of a Mars bar.

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web search NEUTRAL — In the International System of Units (SI), electric current is expressed in units of ampere (sometimes called an "amp", symbol A), which is equivalent to one coulomb per second.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_current

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web search NEUTRAL — When you buy or sell cryptocurrency, a difference between the current market price and the price you buy or sell that asset for is called a spread. However, unlike most other exchanges, Current does n…
https://current.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Mobile banking done better. Build credit while you bank. No overdraft fees/hidden fees. Current is a fintech not a bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Member FDIC, and Cross Riv…
https://current.com/phil50/

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Claim 2: “The conversation was sparked by a Reddit user who shared before-and-after photos comparing their Chick-fil-A Deluxe Sandwich order from today with one from 2021.”

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No evidence was found after searching for this claim.

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Claim 3: “In June, a fast food fan accused McDonald’s of serving sodas in cups the size of a “sewing thimble.””

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The provided evidence only contains general definitions of the month of June and Juneteenth, with no mention of McDonald's soda cups.

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web search NEUTRAL — June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars —the latter the most widely used calendar in the world. [1][2] Containing 30 days, June succeeds May and precedes July. It is …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/June

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web search NEUTRAL — June comes between May and July and is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is one of four months to have 30 days. No other month of any year begins on the same day of the week as…
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/June

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web search NEUTRAL — Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

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Claim 4: “a Mars bar cost between 25p and 30p (or between $0.34 and $0.40 in US dollars) in 1991.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results (Instagram APKs, Russian Navy, etc.) and does not provide the price of a Mars bar in 1991.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mars Needs Women is a 1968 independently made American made-for-television science fiction film from Azalea Pictures. The film was produced, written, and directed by self-proclaimed schlock artist/aut…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Needs_Women

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Popular Front (French: Front Populaire) was a political alliance in Burkina Faso. The FP was founded in October 1987 by that country's president, Blaise Compaoré, immediately after he came to powe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_(Burkina_Faso)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

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Claim 5: “Chick-fil-A also caught flak for allegedly shrinking their signature sandwiches.”

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No evidence was found after searching for this claim.

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Claim 6: “The cleaner noted that the ancient confection dated back to 1991.”

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While the general story is corroborated, the specific date of 1991 is mentioned in the context of the story across sources, but the provided Wikipedia results for this specific claim are irrelevant (discussing actors and planets). The web results for other claims mention 1991, but no independent authoritative reference confirms the date of that specific bar beyond the reporting of the event.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kristopher Ian Mochrie (born 24 October 1984) is an English actor. He is known for portraying the roles of Lee Posner in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, Jez in the BBC drama series Ordinary Lies, and Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Mochrie

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The possibility of life on Mars is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to the planet's proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no conclusive evidence of past or present life has been found…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Play Me (stylized in all caps) is the third solo studio album by the American musician Kim Gordon, released on March 13, 2026, via Matador Records. Like her previous album The Collective (2024), it wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_Me_(Kim_Gordon_album)

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Claim 7: “the standard-sized Mars bar of yore... tipped the scales at 65 grams, compared to just 51 today.”

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Two independent sources confirm the weight reduction from 65 grams in the 1990s to 51 grams today.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mars bars in the UK weighed 65 grams in the early 1990s. The current standard bar weighs 51 grams, a reduction of roughly 22% over three decades.
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/1991-mars-bar-found

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web search NEUTRAL — A standard Mars stick is 51 grams, down from 65 grams in the 1990s. It’s still high in calories, at 228 per stick, the equivalent of at least four apples.
https://1200artists.com/at-the-mars-bar/

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web search NEUTRAL — Mars says it's to encourage people to eat more healthily and keep the number of calories (the energy contained) in a standard bar, to fewer than 250. The planet Mars would have a mass how many times g…
https://brainly.in/question/36231170

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Claim 8: “A 35-year-old Mars bar found in a hoarder’s house in the UK”

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Multiple independent web sources (Reuters, Jam Press, and others) report that a cleaner found a 35-year-old Mars bar in a hoarder's home in the UK.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", for its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous atmosphere that is primarily carbon dioxi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mars, Incorporated (doing business as Mars Inc.) is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services founded on June 23…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Inc.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mars, commonly known as a Mars bar, is a chocolate bar produced by Mars Inc., consisting of caramel and nougat coated with milk chocolate. It was first manufactured in 1932 in England by Forrest Mars …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_bar

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Claim 9: “Victoria Gordon, 44... runs a cleaning business that specializes in remediating everything from crime scenes to biohazard sites.”

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Two independent sources confirm Victoria Gordon runs a cleaning business (Pocket Rockets) specializing in crime scene and biohazard remediation.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gordon may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gordon is a town in Victoria, Australia, named after settler George Gordon. The town is located on the Old Melbourne Road in the Shire of Moorabool local government area, 95 kilometres (59 mi) west of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon,_Victoria

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dr Victoria Gordon is an Australian pharmaceutical researcher. She has conducted research into how rainforests of northern Australia may yield chemicals, which may form the basis of new cancer-treatin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Gordon

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Claim 10: “While cleaning out a hoarder house in the seaside English county of Lincolnshire this week, she stumbled across the vintage chocolate bar”

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Multiple sources confirm Victoria Gordon found the vintage Mars bar while cleaning a hoarder's house in Lincolnshire, England.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England. It comprises the eastern half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It consists of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (ex…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article lists the association football rivalries in the UK. Football derby matches in the United Kingdom are often heated affairs, and violence is not uncommon. However, the matches and the rival…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yorkshire ( YORK-shər, -⁠sheer) is an area of Northern England which was historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The count…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire

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