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Did Purina Beneful dry dog food, large bag (Canada) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before14 kg
After12.7 kg
−9.3%smaller
Price per kg · if the price stayed the same+10.2%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The 32nd-largest of 38 documented pet food cuts; a bigger cut than 29% of all 1,394 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2020–2024 · reported 16 Feb 2024
Country
Canada
Brand
Purina
Category
Pet Food
Source
ici.radio-canada.ca

Source and evidence

Radio-Canada — Bienvenue au rayon des formats réduits (réduflation database, updated 27 Oct 2026) ici.radio-canada.ca

Source fetched 2026-11-06.

No response from Nestlé Purina.

Evidence
Typenews organisation database (Radio-Canada, old and new formats checked against dated photos or web archives; companies asked to respond)
Confidencehigh

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Against official inflation: StatCan CPI (CA) “pet food and supplies” changed +23.2% (2024 average vs 2020). The size cut alone raises the price per kilogram by +10.2% 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

“Radio-Canada database record: Purina Beneful (Nestlé), product type "Croquettes pour chiens". Old format: 14 kg. New format: 12.7 kg (documented 2024).”

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Topic guide: pet food shrinkflation, every documented case in one place, brand by brand.

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Purina Beneful dry dog food, large bag (Canada) shrink? 14 kg → 12.7 kg”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/purina-beneful-dry-dog-food-large-bag-canada-2020-2024.html, accessed 2026-11-07. Original source: Radio-Canada — Bienvenue au rayon des formats réduits (réduflation database, updated 27 Oct 2026) (https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/2023/reduflation/base-donnees-produits-aliments-epicerie-formats-taxes/).

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