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Costco’s whole thing is selling larger quantities, most times at a lower per unit price than other retailers such as Walmart. Walmart’s wholesale competitor to
by lotsofpulp 10mo ago
Costco’s whole thing is selling larger quantities, most times at a lower per unit price than other retailers such as Walmart. Walmart’s wholesale competitor to Costco is Sam’s Club. Also, Costco’s price labels always show the per unit price of the product (as do Walmart’s, in my experience).
- SoftTalker 10mo agoOften a false economy. My MIL shops at Sam's Club, and ends up throwing half her food away because she cannot eat it all before it expires. I've told her that those dates often don't mean the food is instantly "bad" the next day but she refuses to touch anything that is "expired."
- Scoundreller 10mo agoAlso: freezer
- RajT88 10mo agoMy wife is the same way - the "best by" date is just a date they put for best "freshness". "Sell by" date is similar. It's not about safety. My wife grew up in a hot and humid climate where things went bad quickly, so this tendency doesn't come from nowhere. Her whole family now lives in the US midwest, and there are similar arguments between her siblings and their spouses.
- drdec 10mo agoShowing a unit price on the label is a requirement of US law.
- pixl97 10mo agoWhich unit is the fun game that gets played. I've seen way to many products right beside each other that use different measurements.
- lotsofpulp 10mo agoMost people will have devices that can easily convert measurements to the desired unit.
- Twistyfiasco 10mo agoOh fun, now I can invest even more time and energy into grocery shopping.
- Timon3 10mo agoThat same device can also calculate the unit price (since you know price & weight), so why even print it, right?
- WillPostForFood 10mo agoThere is no federal law requiring unit requiring unit pricing, but the the NIST has guidelines that most grocery stores follow voluntarily. 9 states have adopted the guidelines as law. https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2023/02/09/2023%20NIST%20HB130%20C.%20Uniform%20Unit%20Pricing%20Regulation.pdf https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2023/02/09/2023%...
- Gormo 10mo agoI don't think that's correct. Prices for retail goods aren't usually even attached to the product in interstate commerce, and are shown locally on store shelving. Any applicable unit pricing requirements would be at the state/local level, not federal, but only a few states have such requirements. See: https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/national-legal-metrology/us-retail-pricing-laws-and-regulations https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/national-legal-metrology/us-ret...
- mjklin 10mo agoThe ones I’m talking about were only subtly different, like 22 oz vs 24 oz. To me it was obvious what they were doing, shoppers couldn’t compare same-size units and they could have more freedom with prices.