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(colloquial) The practice, among manufacturers, of gradually reducing the physical size of grocery items so as to increase profits.

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grocery shrink ray

Source Word

grocery shrink ray

Noun

colloquial

(colloquial) The practice, among manufacturers, of gradually reducing the physical size of grocery items so as to increase profits.

Japanese Meaning

（口語）メーカーが利益増大を目的として、食品や日用品の実際のサイズを徐々に小さくする慣行

Shoppers joked that the new packaging looked like the work of a grocery shrink ray when the cereal box seemed to contain half the flakes it used to.

買い物客は、新しいパッケージを見て、シリアルの箱が以前の半分しかフレークが入っていないように見えたとき、メーカーが利益のために食品の中身を徐々に減らす行為の仕業だと冗談を言った。

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(colloquial) The practice, among manufacturers, of gradually reducing the physical size of grocery items so as to increase profits.