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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5552/A13.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Food Containers Getting Smaller, But Prices Are Rising' data-article-id='6151'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10271'>In the United States, India, Britain and Japan, people are starting to see smaller containers and higher prices for food.</span> <span data-start-time='10271' data-end-time='19917'>The cost increases are affecting snack food, cheese, drinks, soaps and more.</span> <span data-start-time='19917' data-end-time='27438'>Economic experts say the changes in package sizes are a result of inflation. </span> <span data-start-time='27438' data-end-time='30500'>They call it “shrinkflation.”</span> <span data-start-time='30500' data-end-time='41688'>In the U.S., a popular kind of facial paper once had 65 sheets in each box, now it has 60. </span> <span data-start-time='41688' data-end-time='49979'>A container of yogurt that once had 150 grams now has about 125 grams. </span> <span data-start-time='49979' data-end-time='56583'>In Britain, a kind of coffee once had 100 grams in each package. </span> <span data-start-time='56583' data-end-time='59167'>It now has 90 grams. </span> <span data-start-time='59167' data-end-time='65021'>In India, a kind of soap is smaller by 20 grams.</span> <span data-start-time='65021' data-end-time='72604'>In some cases, people who buy these products are getting less for the same price. </span> <span data-start-time='72604' data-end-time='78146'>Some are seeing higher prices for smaller packages. </span> <span data-start-time='78146' data-end-time='86271'>Experts say the move by food companies is not new, but it is common in times of inflation.</span> <span data-start-time='86271' data-end-time='96250'>Around the world, people paid on average seven percent more for goods in May than they did the year before. </span> <span data-start-time='96250' data-end-time='107896'>A company that researches prices, S&P Global, said people should expect the inflation rate to stay the same at least until September.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5552/the_loose_part_of_a_rope.wav'><span>the loose part of a rope</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5552/a_roughly_built_cabin.wav'><span>a roughly built cabin</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=18690 data-hint-location='86271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5552/around_the_world_how_much_more_did_people_pay_on_average_for_goods_this_may_compared_to_last_may.wav'>Around the world, how much more did people pay on average for goods this May compared to last May?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='7 percent'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5552/7_percent.wav'><span>7 percent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5552/17_percent.wav'><span>17 percent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5552/70_percent.wav'><span>70 percent</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5552/2_percent.wav'><span>2 percent</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18691 data-hint-location='72604' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5552/some_are__blank__higher_prices_for_smaller_packages_.wav'>Some are <span class='blank'>seeing</span> higher prices for smaller packages. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='seeing'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5552/seeing.wav'><span>seeing</span></div><div class='choice' 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