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I did a little research study back in 2003 where I went to various grocers and purchased the same product at these grocers and compared. Walmart has larger box
by bsenftner 3mo ago
I did a little research study back in 2003 where I went to various grocers and purchased the same product at these grocers and compared.
Walmart has larger boxes, and less contents, universally, for pretty much everything in a box, and they charge 1/3 more for their 2/3rds of what you get everywhere else. They make nearly 50% more profit from that little slight of hand. And try discussing this with any shoppers and they will say "but the box is bigger", <- actual statement from a CS PhD, demonstrating how it does not matter your education, once outside of that specialization you're an idiot.
- LtWorf 3mo agoI've met CS PhD students in AI (a field that almost exclusively uses python) be completely unable to start a python script on their machine.
- Urahandystar 3mo agoWell obviously you just ask an LLM.
- LtWorf 3mo agoThat was before chatgpt 3 :D
- bena 3mo agoI'll admit that I tend to implicitly trust that the larger boxes on the shelves contain more. I haven't checked the price-per-unit in a bit. Granted, my closest grocery is not a WalMart and I'm typically purchasing mass-produced sundries. Basically, the "Family Size" of Cheez-its is the same at any store. One thing I have noticed is that 5lb bags of flour/sugar haven't been standard in a hot minute.
- bsenftner 3mo agoActually, the family size Cheez-its is one of the worst offenders, they are not 1/3rd less, more like 50% less product.
- bena 3mo agoThan what? It's 21oz compared to the 7oz regular size and 12.4oz "Pantry Size". It's like $5-$6 for the box. That's been true at both the local grocery and WalMart.
- pseudohadamard 3mo agoIt's actually not a complete loss, you can convince your girlfriend that it's 8 inches by measuring it against a "2x4" :-).
- soco 3mo agoFWIW in Switzerland (and surely other places too) you have on the price tag also the price per 100g (or ml or whatever) so you can quickly compare without bothering much with basic maths. Same for online shopping.
- _DeadFred_ 3mo agoAnd a ridiculously high percentage of the time markdown prices on the shelves at Walmart are not reflected at checkout. Happened to me just this weekend. Walmart, one of the largest companies in the USA, whose job is to sell items, can't do the basics of keeping pricing/signage in sync? BS.
- NorthernWind 3mo ago[dead]
- GeoAtreides 3mo ago>Walmart has larger boxes, and less contents in EU labels must show prices per kilogram of product, to make this kind of fuckery harder
- GitPushOrigin 3mo agoIsn't this required in US stores now as well? Everywhere I go I see a $/oz next to the price. Edit: I guess not: 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... Though my state doesn't have this law and I still see it at all stores. I very much rely on it, and it should be law.