Cost per kilo is the same as cost per 900g?

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I've put this here because of the ongoing court cases for false advertising etc...
Raising the price just before a "discount"

I spotted this yesterday when looking for grapes
If 900g costs $5, how much is that per kilogram?
Not hard to work out it is NOT $5.

Likewise if 900g costs $4.50, how much is it per kilo? Not $4.50!

 

[karadekoolaid]

I've found that here, too. Especially rice and sugar.
I scratched my head to think what on earth it could all be about, and then I thought: Hmmm, 900 gms is closer to 2 lbs than to 1 kg. Could be a company trying to revive pounds and ounces

 

[TastyReuben]

Here, grapes are advertised with pricing like that, giving us the per-pound price, but then saying what the “average” (or approximate) cost is, because they’re already bagged, and they’re weighed at purchase to get the actual price.

Are those actually priced at $5 for 900g bag, or are those weighed at purchase, and would actually cost a little less for 900g?

 

[Z-Cook]

I've found that here, too. Especially rice and sugar.
I scratched my head to think what on earth it could all be about, and then I thought: Hmmm, 900 gms is closer to 2 lbs than to 1 kg. Could be a company trying to revive pounds and ounces

It can be about trying to fudge incremental price rises. It's also often about advertising 'theories' and how numbers appear at first sight to people when they shop, compared to competitors prices. Whether a number looks less or more. It all gets a bit convoluted tbh.

 

[Z-Cook]

I spotted this yesterday when looking for grapes
If 900g costs $5, how much is that per kilogram?
Not hard to work out it is NOT $5.

Bit blatent!

 

[Gone Hiking]

"Our grapes have new packaging! New lower quantity. Same great price!"

 

[Barriehie]

It can be about trying to fudge incremental price rises. It's also often about advertising 'theories' and how numbers appear at first sight to people when they shop, compared to competitors prices. Whether a number looks less or more. It all gets a bit convoluted tbh.

All these, not you, people in advertising thinking when they're not qualified...

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Are those actually priced at $5 for 900g bag, or are those weighed at purchase, and would actually cost a little less for 900g?

It would appear that it is just very unclear advertising. The bag my husband picked up only had 0.755kg in it, so he only paid $3.55, thankfully.
But I have to say, when I posted this, it was a case of WTF? They sell grapes in sealed boxes in the new packaging. This must still be the old packaging!

 

[TastyReuben]

They sell grapes in sealed boxes in the new packaging. This must still be the old packaging!

Some grapes here are sold in plastic clamshell-style boxes - those are priced differently, since they’re pre-measured and not meant to be opened (until you get home).

The bagged ones are still open, so shoppers are free to remove/add grapes from other bags, but no one seems to know this, as I’ve seen other shoppers complaining about the bags having too many/too little grapes in them!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

The bagged ones are still open, so shoppers are free to remove/add grapes from other bags, but no one seems to know this, as I’ve seen other shoppers complaining about the bags having too many/too little grapes in them!

Even with cherries in those bag (separately to grapes obviously), I've always just taken the volume I've wanted. It's just never really been shown that way, just a cost per kilo, not approx per bag.

 

[Barriehie]

Even with cherries in those bag (separately to grapes obviously), I've always just taken the volume I've wanted. It's just never really been shown that way, just a cost per kilo, not approx per bag.

Same with green beans here. Like TR said earlier I always thought you had to buy the whole bag; that's a load of beans!

 

[TastyReuben]

I always thought you had to buy the whole bag; that's a load of beans!

That’s what the grocery store wants you to think. That’s why those bags are so big.

 

[Barriehie]

That’s what the grocery store wants you to think. That’s why those bags are so big.

Now though with my GG's serving size experience I can pull out servings at a time.

 

[badjak]

We got a lot of loose produce.
You grab a bag, fill it with however much you want and then they weigh and price it for you.
There is also pre-packaged produce. You have to buy the pack as it is already weighed etc.
On the side of the road, it goes by pile. All neatly stacked and you buy a couple of "stacks"

 

[Z-Cook]

The bagged ones are still open, so shoppers are free to remove/add grapes from other bags, but no one seems to know this, as I’ve seen other shoppers complaining about the bags having too many/too little grapes in them!

True! Me!