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Default Yet another example of shrink

Goomba wrote:
> George wrote:
>> Yesterday I was at Costco buying buying supplies for our office.
>> Once of the items that I get is coffee. Usually, I buy maxwell house
>> in the 48 oz containers. This time I noticed that the cans which used
>> to be 48 oz are now 42.5. Still the same price as as 48oz, just less
>> coffee...
>>
>> Yet another example of shrink...
>>
>> George

>
> I noticed that last week when buying a carton of Tropicana light orange
> juice beverage. The normal 62 ounce carton looked narrow and when I
> checked it appears to have been shrunken to 59 ounces.


Sheeze, ok, so they started out at 64 oz, then dropped down to 62 oz
and now it's 59? And let me guess, still the same price as the larger size?