Did Great Value mixed nuts can shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before18.25 oz
After16 oz
−12.3%smaller
Price per oz · observed+26.4%Shelf price $7.98 → $8.84, as recorded by the source.

Before you paid $0.44 per oz; after, $0.55 per oz: 26.4% more for the same amount.

How big a cut? The 53rd-largest of 94 documented chips & snacks cuts; a bigger cut than 48% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2015 · reported 21 Dec 2015
Country
United States
Brand
Great Value
Category
Chips & Snacks
Source
mouseprint.org

Source and evidence

Evidence
Typeconsumer advocate report (Mouse Print*, old and new packages compared)
Confidencehigh
Size cut alone, at the old price+14.1%

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What the source says

“…smaller despite such a small decrease in contents. *MOUSE PRINT: Tim B. discovered that Walmart lopped off more than 12% from their Great Value mixed nuts, bringing cans down to an even pound from 18.25 ounces. The price also went up from a reported $7.98 to $8.84.”

Store brand: this is a Walmart own-label product. See all Walmart store-brand cases or store-brand shrinkflation across retailers.

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Great Value mixed nuts can shrink? 18.25 oz → 16 oz”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/great-value-mixed-nuts-can-us-2015.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Here We Downsize Again 2015 (Part 4) – Mouse Print* (https://www.mouseprint.org/2015/12/21/here-we-downsize-again-2015-part-4/).

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