I went to a supermarket last Thursday to get ready for the World Cup match between Japan and Sweden. It was on Friday morning, and I wanted to buy some snacks to eat while watching the game. As I was looking at the snacks, I saw something silver. It was a special package with a black and white design. The company’s usual red and yellow package uses ink that is made with oil products, but this company is trying not to use oil now because it’s difficult to get oil from the Middle East. Not using colorful ink for the packages is one way that the company can use less oil.   (111 words)

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