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I believe that's because you have situations where you're buying multiple items that have variable weights, but a fixed total price. For instance, a bag of appl
by joshvm 12y ago
I believe that's because you have situations where you're buying multiple items that have variable weights, but a fixed total price. For instance, a bag of apples will not be exactly 200g, it might be 205g or 195g. However, you know it will have 4 apples in it so you're paying per apple. If you buy apples loosely then you can pick the weight and pay accordingly.
You can see the same for the fixed price chickens vs the organic/free-range that are priced by weight.
Although Tesco will no doubt try to game the system, it is in their interest to show you understandable unit prices because they want to flog their stuff cheaper than the brands.
- eru 12y agoOh, I don't mind if they would price all their apples either by unit or by kg. It's just the mix and match that's designed to confuse you. > Although Tesco will no doubt try to game the system, it is in their interest to show you understandable unit prices because they want to flog their stuff cheaper than the brands. I'm not sure Tesco makes more money on the cheaper stuff. People who care about price and quality go to Lidl and Aldi anyway (if available in the vicinity).