Incredible Shrinking Foodstuffs

Pictured above is Edgar Dworsky, editor of consumer education Web site Mouseprint.org, as he measures the depth of an indentation in a jar of peanut butter.
Many food items have been shrinking as companies try to make up for higher ingredient costs. The companies are also raising prices, but making products smaller gives them another way to make up the difference. At the same time, though, customers are getting less food but they're not paying less.
HERE's a look at how some big-name products are shrinking.
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With food prices rising and packages shrinking, parents are wondering how they'll stretch their food budgets. Children are going to get an unwitting lesson in economics, analysts say, as parents change their food-buying habits to keep costs down.
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