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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, 0 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, 0 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, 0 views, 11 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, 0 views, 9 comments

  • Grocery Shrink Ray Zaps Pampers

    The grocery shrink ray doesn't just target food. It's coming after your baby's diapers.

    8:42 AM on Thu Jul 3 2008, by Meg Marco, 0 views, 50 comments

  • Blue Bell ice cream never shrank either. [Blue Bell]

    3:44 PM on Thu May 8 2008, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 30 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, 0 views, Comment

  • 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, 0 views, 59 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, 0 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, 0 views, 42 comments