Did Junior Mints box shrink?
Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before4 oz
After3.5 oz
−12.5%smaller
Price per oz · if the price stayed the same+14.3%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.
How big a cut? The joint 90th-largest of 189 documented chocolate & candy cuts (tied with 2 others); a bigger cut than 48% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →
- When
- 2016 · reported 19 Dec 2016
- Country
- United States
- Brand
- Junior Mints
- Category
- Chocolate & Candy
- Source
- mouseprint.org
Source and evidence
What the source says
“…A favorite of moviegoers is a box of Junior Mints. In the past few months, however, the packages have been downsized by 12-1/2 percent to three and half ounces from four. *MOUSE PRINT: Following a downsizing by Colgate a few months earlier, could other brands be far behind?”
More from the US: the US Shrinkflation Tracker has all 296 documented cases, sortable and filterable.
Topic guide: chocolate shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand.
Junior Mints products we track
- Candies
Junior Mints
Net wt.3.5 ozNo size change19 checks · last 2026-11-05
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