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  • New Grocery Shrink Ray Makes Me Feel Dirty

    The Grocery Shrink Ray has reared its ugly head again, this time hitting Dawn hand soap by nearly an entire ounce. It's amazing what they can hide in slight revisions of molded plastic.

    3:30 PM on Fri Jan 2 2009, by Alex Jarvis, 19,111 views, 76 comments

  • For those of you who wanted a transcript of the NPR interview I did yesterday about the Grocery Shrink Ray, we added one here.

    3:32 PM on Fri Jul 11 2008, by Ben Popken, 1,236 views, 4 comments

  • Consumerist Editor Ben Popken (hey, that's me!) talks about the grocery shrink ray today at 5:30 PM Eastern on WTVT-TV FOX 13 in Florida.

    3:03 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008, by Ben Popken, 776 views, 11 comments

  • Lack Of Grocery Shrink Rayage Is Peanut Butter Selling Point

    Matt spotted this jar of Jif peanut butter that proudly boasts its eluded the all-seeing scope of the grocery shrink ray and still packs 18 ounces of goodness within its plastic confines.

    9:30 AM on Mon Nov 9 2009, by Phil Villarreal, 7,187 views, 76 comments

  • Grocery Shrink Ray Hits Dawn Soap

    The grocery shrink ray continues firing unabated, this time scoring a direct hit on Dawn soap. Reader Courtney reports that Dawn containers, once a proud 740 ml, have now shrunk to a mere 650 ml—a loss of 90 ml of bleach-alternative cleanliness!

    9:15 PM on Sun Jun 8 2008, by Carey Alexander, 4,395 views, 59 comments

  • Attention Floridian Consumerists! Provided everything goes according to schedule, I will be on Fox Tampa Thursday during the 10pm newscast, talking about the mysterious Grocery Shrink Ray sweeping across America.

    11:55 AM on Tue Jun 17 2008, by Ben Popken, 514 views, 9 comments

  • Grocery Shrink Ray Hits Bausch & Lomb Contact Solution

    Joe spotted this box of Bausch & Lomb Boston contact solution at his Target, another victim of the Grocery Shrink Ray. "Someone at Target wasn't smart enough to change the original price label...4oz down to 3.5oz is significant when you are...

    10:17 AM on Mon Jul 21 2008, by Ben Popken, 1,823 views, 16 comments

  • Grocery Shrink Ray Hits Purina Dog Food

    Michael sends in this latest Grocery Shrink Ray victim, found at the Petsmart where he works. He writes, "The price is the same, and the 20lb bag is apparently being "upgraded" to an 18lb bag. This was the only 20lb bag left, but consumers who pay...

    2:20 PM on Wed Jul 9 2008, by Ben Popken, 2,470 views, 42 comments

  • Grocery Shrink Ray Hits Edy's Ice Cream

    Attention Ice Cream Lovers: The evil entity wielding the grocery shrink ray has pointed its malevolent device at Edy's Ice Cream. The standard jug of ice cream is now 1.5 quarts, down from an already-shrunken 1.75. The price, naturally, is exactly...

    12:12 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008, by Meg Marco, 9,542 views, 62 comments

  • This morning, very early in the morning, we were on KTLK in Minnesota talking about, yep, you guessed it, the Grocery Shrink Ray. Clip is here. And earlier this week we were featured in an article in the UK's Observer.

    5:04 PM on Tue Jul 15 2008, by Ben Popken, 742 views, Comment