• ccunning@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Where is “here” approximately?

    In the U.S. retailers are notorious for having the “unit” price of similar items being listed as (for example) $1.57/oz in one case and $2.23/count in another.

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      9 months ago

      At least in California in grocery stores they always have a per weight tag too. Problem is that it’s not always the same weight…

    • ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Exactly this, they will put $/oz next to $/unit next to $/lb. It’s infuriating but I still take the time to do the math.

    • Nick@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Well, since my instance is local I can just as well say that it’s Switzerland. Apparently it’s mandatory to label proces in a specific way. So far, I’ve never encountered the case that I wasn’t able to compare those prices between products of the same category.