Brands/Q-Tips/Q-tips

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Tracked product · 3 documented shrinks

Q-tips

Name: Q-Tips Q-tips
Brand: Q-Tips

Q-Tipspersonal care

First documented at 0.5ct in 2023. As of Apr 2025, the same product is 400ct — a cumulative 79900% reduction across 3 documented events.

Total events

documented shrinks

Cumulative shrink

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0.5ct → 400ct

Biggest single drop

-33%

750ct → 500ct · Sep 2023

First detected

2023

last update 2025-04-07

Size trajectory

0.5ct → 400ct across 3 events

0ct

156ct

312ct

468ct

625ct

20232025

Started at

0.5ct

First documented · Jul 2023

Ended at

400ct

Latest observation · Apr 2025

Net loss

400ct (79900%)

2023 → 2025 · 3 drops

From documented events only — earlier or in-between sizes may exist but weren't reported

Change history

3 events · 6 total sources · click a row for sources

Q-tips-from 500 to 400 and of course, boasting new packaging

Beepbeepboobop1

2025-04-07

Less Q-tips for the same price.

AstralTurtle11

“My store stopped carrying the 750 count Q-tips, and instead now carries the 500 count for amost the same price (actually 34l cents MORE). I'm sick of it. When does this shit end? What is the tipping point? If we haven't said "ENOUGH!" at t…”

2023-09-21

My informal analysis on the degradation in quality of Q-Tips

EevelBob

“A month or so ago, I bought Unilever branded Q-Tips from Sam’s Club and my wife and I noticed immediately that the quality had decreased. There appears to be less cotton on them and the paper tube is now flimsy and bends easily compared to…”

2023-08-13

Where it's sold

5 variants · monitored via retailer APIs

We’re not actively watching this product at retailers yet. Once it shows up in our weekly Kroger or Open Food Facts sweeps, prices and per-unit cost will appear here.

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