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There were price controls in the 1980s in Brazil, so producers changed their products so as to introduce a "new" product. This never went away and now we have
by forinti 5y ago
There were price controls in the 1980s in Brazil, so producers changed their products so as to introduce a "new" product.
This never went away and now we have 90g chocolate bars (down from 200g) and you can find toilet paper rolls with as little as 10m.
Some supermarkets will give you the unit price to help you compare.
- npteljes 5y agoThis was a huge PITA in Hungary too, until they had to display unit price on each price tag. I'm thankful for that every time I shop.
- me_me_me 5y agoThat evil EU goes after poor shady business' practices again. \s I also love this, you can actually quickly make a better decision on what is worth. It would be interesting to see if UK decides to drop this law as result of brexit.
- def_true_false 5y agoNot sure if this was UK specific, but I distinctly remember UK stores full of signs like "7 for the price of 4", "11 for the price of 8", etc, probably to get around this. This was back when UK was still in the EU.
- npteljes 5y agoI love the EU for things like this. We're bombarded with anti-EU sentiments, like how the evil Brussels is forcing their overreaching rules on us, but frankly we're just so much ahead especially because of these rules. Go EU!
- marcosdumay 5y ago> Some supermarkets will give you the unit price to help you compare. I believe they are all required by law to do that. (What, of course, doesn't mean that they all do, but you should be able to get them a fine if you call your local PROCOM.)