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I can only speculate that they wanted to
match the size of a large liquor bottle, which is 1.75 L, rather than 2
L.
However, as I said, the price that will
matter is the "standard" price, not the sale price (which is almost 50% off
list).
If they eventually replace the carton with
the plastic carafe, I'll take another look. For the moment, they offer a choice
and are, therefore, not hiding anything. Incidentally, their use of plastic
isn't new, as they've used opaque plastic (the carafe is transparent) for the 3
qt (2.8 L) size for a long time.
Incidentally, it's no use asking people
within a supermarket, even the managers about reasons for doing things or about
pricing policy. That's done at a much higher level in the organization and local
management simply isn't given reasons. The managers at Raley's can't tell me why
they don't have the zero transfat version of Canola Harvest margarine one year
after Safeway started stocking it. (In Canada, they have both versions in three
sizes, all the way up to the soft-metric 1361 g [3 lb].)
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
The BWMA would call selling a smaller amount in metric
for the same price as the former imperial product METRICKERY. I'd
like to know why they didn't go to a 2 L size.
Euric
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, 2004-08-15 14:00
Subject: [USMA:30780] Re: Tropicana
Orange Juice
No, I would have felt like a piker, as
the price (and the unit price) was already a considerable reduction from
list price. Besides, I made a conscious decision with full knowledge of the
facts. If the 2 qt size had been eliminated and there was a hidden change in
the list price, that would be different. As it was, I had a
choice.
After the sale is over (it probably
ended yesterday), I'll see how the standard 1.75 L and 2 qt prices
compare. (I won't buy either at list price, though. I'll just go to another
supermarket. Fortunately, the sale prices seem to rotate from one
supermarket chain to another.)
On 2004 Aug 15 , at 12:29 AM, Bill Potts
wrote:
It was on sale for the same price ($2) as the standard 2
quart (1.89 L)
carton. However, even though its unit price was a
little higher, I bought
one just because I felt good about
it.
Wouldn't you have felt even better about it if you
had complained about the disparity in price and gotten the manager to
reduce the price on the metric size?
Regards,
Bill
Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida,
USA
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