What Does It Really Cost to Manufacture a Preroll?

More than a decade in preroll manufacturing has taught me something about production costs — and why we still don’t see more large multipacks. We recently went back through some old California co-packing pricing and compared it with what the same operation is charging today. Same co-packer, four years apart. In 2022, the published labor charge to manufacture a traditional, non-infused preroll was $0.35. In 2026, it’s $0.40.