I don't know if they have unit pricing in Europe but this would have been the answer. I always check unit prices and buy a bigger size if the price per unit is cheaper. Here is where metric wins because all the units would be the same. They get you when you try and compare lbs. of one item with unit price in oz. of another. Who can convert between the two in the store? Certainly not I. Metric unit pricing by the gram or kg would be so much easier.
Sometimes also I prefer bo buy less and pay more since a larger size may never get used up. If one buys something that spoils after time then a larger package costs more since you end up wasting most of it. Its not uncommon to pay for that privilege of buying a smaller less efficient package. One would have to audit the company and find out if they indeed raise the price for smaller packages even if the product costs as much per unit to package at a smaller size than the larger. (ie. package costs and processing costs are the same no matter what size they sell). Howard Ressel Project Design Engineer, Region 4 (585) 272-3372 >>> "Mighty Chimp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/30/03 10:07AM >>> Han, It is common for smaller portions to be more expensive. One can buy a litre of coke for 0.89 $ and 2 L for 1.29 $ at the same store. Quantity is always cheaper. As for the 450 g being a pound, the BWMA wouldn't agree. To them that would be downsizing. If it isn't 454 g, it isn't a pound. I see nothing wrong with items coming in sizes of 50 g increments. As long as the last digit is a zero and there is nothing to the right of the decimal marker, I see no problem. Euric PS. I see the euro went above 1.20 $US for the first time in history on Friday. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Han Maenen Sent: Saturday, 2003-11-29 08:31 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:27702] Rip-off: from 500 to 450 g for the same price I was in the supermarket today and saw a nice rip off, targeted at people who live alone with 'special' one person portions. I bought a large pack of Lasagna, weighing 1000 g, for 5 euro. Then I saw the small pack for 3 euro. Buying this size is falling victim to cheating. Many people would think that it weighs 500 g. Not so. It is a double whammy. For the same price the small size has been downsized from 500 g to 450 g, as we know a very suspect size. Whether the downsizers really thought of English pounds is something we will never know. But you can see the rip-off: 900 g of lasagna in two one person packs costs 6 euros, a 1000 g pack costs 5 euro! Never buy these 'special' one person portions! They are bad news, whether the cheating and downsizing is done in metric, imperial or hidden imperial! Han Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 2003-11-27 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 2003-11-27
