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Did Pennysticks pretzels (Dollar Tree) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before12 oz
After10 oz
−16.7%smaller
Price per oz · if the price stayed the same+20.0%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The joint 24th-largest of 94 documented chips & snacks cuts (tied with 6 others); a bigger cut than 62% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2023 · reported 18 Dec 2023
Country
United States
Brand
Pennysticks
Category
Chips & Snacks
Source
mouseprint.org

Source and evidence

Here We Shrink Again – Year-End 2023 – Mouse Print* mouseprint.org

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

Mouse Print: sold in 12-ounce bags 'forever'; the new bags have two ounces less.

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

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Against official inflation: BLS CPI-U (US) “snacks” changed +2.0% (12 months to Dec 2023). The size cut alone raises the price per ounce by +20.0% if the shelf price stayed the same (the source recorded no prices). Every case is compared the same way in the ShrinkRadar Index.

What the source says

“…They have been sold in 12-ounce bags forever, it seems. Then for the past couple of months they disappeared from Dollar Tree. But now they are back … with two ounces less in every bag.”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Pennysticks pretzels (Dollar Tree) shrink? 12 oz → 10 oz”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/pennysticks-pretzels-dollar-tree-us-2023.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: Here We Shrink Again – Year-End 2023 – Mouse Print* (https://www.mouseprint.org/2023/12/18/here-we-shrink-again-year-end-2023/).

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