Please Help - Which is the Cheaper

Ms_Chocaholic

Hi
I bought a pack of 4 cans of beer today, each bottle was 330ml and the pack of 4 cost £4.49.

There were also single bottles available priced at £1.99 each but these bottles were 500ml.

I've tried to work out which was the better value but I'm struggling, maths isn't my forte and I would be grateful if someone could tell me.

Thanks
Ms Choc x

Meadows

£4.49 / 1320ml (4 x 330) = 0.00340p per ml
£1.99 / 500ml = 0.00398p per ml

What you bought works out cheaper (0.00340p x 500 ml = £1.70)

missmucksmum

1320mls for £4.49
1000mls for £3.98
so with the cans you would get an extra 320mls for an extra 51p so without having to work it out properly the cans are definitely the best buy. x

Ms_Chocaholic

Thank you, they will taste so much better now

starrybee

For future reference it normally says under the price what it works out as per 100ml.

Ms_Chocaholic

It was Lidl, I couldn't see it

Meadows

Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »

Thank you, they will taste so much better now

If in doubt check the shelf edge label and it should say price per 100 / 1000 ml, if one is in 100's and the other happens to be in 1,000's just x the 100 x 10 to get 1,000 and then compare prices.
They ought to have all weights and measure the same on the SEL but seldom don't I think they do this to confuse the buyer.

e.g

Item €1.29 30g (Then at the bottom under price it shows €43.00 per kg)

VoucherMan

Not always a better deal though.

I used to buy bars of chocolate for about £1.80.
Then decided to buy a bar twice the size for £3.00

In theory it was better value. But since I ended up eating the whole bar as soon as I opened it It ended up costing a lot more, not to mention the health issues.

missmucksmum

VoucherMan wrote: »

Not always a better deal though.

I used to buy bars of chocolate for about £1.80.
Then decided to buy a bar twice the size for £3.00

In theory it was better value. But since I ended up eating the whole bar as soon as I opened it It ended up costing a lot more, not to mention the health issues.

but with buying 4 cans rather than 2 big bottles op can have a glass a night for 4 nights rather than buying 2 big bottles that would last 2 nights so the cans are better value both money, if the big bottles worked out cheaper your theory would apply then as after opeing a bottle you would be more inclined to drink it.

VoucherMan

missmucksmum wrote: »

but with buying 4 cans rather than 2 big bottles op can have a glass a night for 4 nights rather than buying 2 big bottles that would last 2 nights so the cans are better value both money, if the big bottles worked out cheaper your theory would apply then as after opeing a bottle you would be more inclined to drink it.

Good point. In my defence it was early in the morning and I didn't notice that the smaller bottles were cheaper.

So long as the op's not tempted to drink twice as many;)