Orville Redenbacher Is The Latest Victim Of The Grocery Shrink Ray

Popcorn, as its name implies, tends to expand when you cook it (otherwise, you’re just eating “corn”). But while Orville Redenbacher’s caramel popcorn presumably still gets larger when you pop it into the microwave, you are now getting less food for your popcorn-buying dollar.

Consumerist reader Norm sent in these side-by-side photos of two equally priced packages of the product, which shows all signs of being zapped by the patented Grocery Shrink Ray.

The packaging confirms that you are indeed getting both less caramel and popcorn than you were before.

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