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Blame it on the deep freeze down in Florida. The price of Tropicana's gallon container of pure premium orange juice will increase by between 5 percent and 8 percent, while the 64-ounce container will shrink to 59 ounces (and the price will stay the same). In case you haven't noticed, food companies have done of lot of package shrinking on the theory that shoppers are less likely to notice a smaller box than a higher price. (AP)


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