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articles/2010/07/29/tuna-shrinkage-cans-now-five-ounces-more-expensive/sherman-tuna_116667_lf8tyf

Honey, They Shrunk the Tuna!

Gone are the days of the six-ounce can of tuna for $1—tuna fish purveyors have been reducing their can size and upping their prices, leaving buyers and sandwich lovers outraged. William Sherman reports.

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