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Did Nathan's Bigger Than The Bun franks (2016) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before14 oz
After12 oz
−14.3%smaller
Price per oz · if the price stayed the same+16.7%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The joint 24th-largest of 45 documented meat & fish cuts (tied with 2 others); a bigger cut than 56% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2016 · reported 19 Dec 2016
Country
United States
Brand
Nathan's
Category
Meat & Fish
Source
mouseprint.org

Source and evidence

Here We Downsize Again – 2016 (Part 3) – Mouse Print* mouseprint.org

Source fetched 2026-10-20. All 201 Mouse Print* cases.

Evidence
Typeconsumer advocate report (Mouse Print*, old and new packages compared)
Confidencehigh

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What the source says

“INT: These no longer “bigger than a bun” frankfurters went from a full pound down to 14 ounces in 2012. And just recently, they knocked another two ounces off, bringing Nathan’s down to just 12 ounces. This is some way to celebrate their 100th anniversary. The regular short ones, incidentally, are still 14 ounces.”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Nathan's Bigger Than The Bun franks (2016) shrink? 14 oz → 12 oz”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/nathan-s-bigger-than-the-bun-franks-2016-us-2016.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Here We Downsize Again – 2016 (Part 3) – Mouse Print* (https://www.mouseprint.org/2016/12/19/here-we-downsize-again-2016-part-3/).

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