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I understand, but a law like this wouldn’t actually make tuna cheaper. It would just increase the minimum amount you can buy and price you have to pay. When pri
by simonh 4y ago
I understand, but a law like this wouldn’t actually make tuna cheaper. It would just increase the minimum amount you can buy and price you have to pay. When prices are up and people are trying to economise, is requiring them to buy more of expensive products if they want any at all really benefiting them?
- Spooky23 4y agoSmaller packaging never decreases your costs, just sort of hides whatever price point boundaries marketers think exists. Having to buy 10 oz of tuna because the price point of 8 oz would go from $0.99 to $1.29 isn’t a savings. (Just a hypothetical price) There is some “innovation” in packaging that addresses consumer choice - for example with tuna a smaller portion in a pouch is available for you to take for lunch.
- CodeWriter23 4y agoIt’s a cash flow issue, not a cost per unit issue. The “buy in bulk” mentality doesn’t work for cash-strapped individuals, and could potentially force them, for example, to choose two instead of all three of: bread, tuna, mayo because minimum size laws have priced that individual out of the market. How does one make a sandwich for lunch then?
- Spooky23 4y agoYou make a good point. I suppose that’s one of the ways poor people stay poor - getting pigeonholed into making the best worst choice for many products drains what resources they have.
- CodeWriter23 4y agoMy apology for being somewhat unclear, I’m not experiencing KPs but rather GUI locks up tight such that either mouse won’t move or Force Quit is ineffective, leaving mashing the power button as the only option. Happens on my current-gen Intel Mac Mini, M1 Mac Mini and my 2015 MBP.