Did McDonald's Quarter Pounder, Double Quarter Pounder and McChicken buns (Australia) shrink?
Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before4.5 inch bun
After4 inch bun
−11.1%smaller
Price per item · if the price stayed the same+12.5%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.
How big a cut? The 8th-largest of 10 documented fast food & restaurants cuts; a bigger cut than 42% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →
- When
- 2009 · reported 10 Dec 2009
- Country
- Australia
- Brand
- McDonald's
- Category
- Fast Food & Restaurants
- Source
- smh.com.au
Source and evidence
What the source says
“…"I admit I eat way too much of it, but suddenly I was getting these small buns in more than one store," he said. McDonald's has confirmed the buns have been shrunk from a 4.5-inch bun (11.43 cm) to a 4-inch bun (10.16 cm).”
More from Australia: the Australia shrinkflation list has all 33 documented cases, sortable and filterable.
Topic guide: fast food and restaurant shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand.
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