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Did Burger King chicken nuggets in meals shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before10 nuggets
After8 nuggets
−20.0%smaller
Price per nugget · if the price stayed the same+25.0%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The joint 3rd-largest of 10 documented fast food & restaurants cuts (tied with 2 others); a bigger cut than 72% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2021 · reported 25 Feb 2022
Country
United States
Brand
Burger King
Category
Fast Food & Restaurants
Source
foxbusiness.com

Source and evidence

Burger King shrinks chicken nuggets meal size as inflation eats into margins | Fox Business foxbusiness.com

Source fetched 2026-10-21.

Carrols, Burger King's biggest US franchisee, named the cut on its earnings call. Burger King told Fox Business it went from a 10-piece to an 8-piece count in Q3 2021, 'the first shift in piece count since inception', to make room for Ghost Pepper Nuggets.

Evidence
Typecompany-confirmed (franchisee earnings call; Burger King statement to Fox Business)
Confidencehigh

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What the source says

“…"Recent actions in this regard from our franchisor include lifting price caps on value menu items and reducing the number of nuggets in meals from 10 pieces to eight." BOYCOTTS OF RUSSIAN PRODUCTS MAY NOT HAVE HUGE FINANCIAL IMPACT BUT ARE STILL IMPORTANT, EXPERT SAYS Carrols, which…”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Burger King chicken nuggets in meals shrink? 10 nuggets → 8 nuggets”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/burger-king-chicken-nuggets-in-meals-us-2021.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Burger King shrinks chicken nuggets meal size as inflation eats into margins | Fox Business (https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/burger-king-chicken-nuggets-inflation).

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