Hi:

In a Safeway, I noticed the Laura Scudders peanut butter shelf stickers.

One size shows:
16 OZ(454 g)
$4.39 Ea.
27.5¢ / ounce.


Larger size, same product:
26 OZ(737 g)
$6.09 Ea
$3.75/pound

Quickly, Which one is cheaper per unit?

You need to carry a calculator in your pocket for this.
Let's see now, multiplying 27.5¢ per ounce by 16 changes it to 440¢ /pound or 
$4.40 / pound.
So the larger size is cheaper per unit.

If they used only metric, you could just move a decimal point and quickly know 
which was cheaper.
I wonder if keeping the old colonial measures is one way of confusing the 
consumer and thus getting more revenue.

Note: The grams showed on the jar label and not on the shelf stickers.

..Parker

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