All supermarkets.

BJV

sillygoose wrote: »

The loose ones have been chewed on by chavy rabid children trying to escape trolley jail and horse flies. The ones in tubs are more expensive due to having been hand picked by virgins and washed in water from Lourdes that will cure leprosy. Not all fresh produce is equal. (except in North Korea)

Sorry just made me laugh! You just forgot the vestal virgins. Sad thing is I always used to prefer loose grapes. But always dug out from the pack below. ( No any more I will never be able to pick up another pack without thinking of small children , snot and bodily fuilds! ha ha

I can not stand it when supermarkets offer their stupid 2 for £6.00. Then when you work it out you are saving £0.05 if you are lucky!

Clever marketing or scam? Not sure but i wounder how many people are tempted into buying that second pack of whatever?

Azari

Deleted_User wrote: »

Really. Why should I have a maths lesson when buying veg when it should be priced correctly in the first place.

You should have had your maths lessons at school.

I just can't see the point of whining about having to do such a simple sum.

Although I would agree that there should be a legal requirement to show comparison prices in similar units so that supermarkets cannot get away with the deliberately obfuscational practices they use on certain good.

[Deleted User]

Azari wrote: »

You should have had your maths lessons at school.

I just can't see the point of whining about having to do such a simple sum.

Although I would agree that there should be a legal requirement to show comparison prices in similar units so that supermarkets cannot get away with the deliberately obfuscational practices they use on certain good.

I'm not whining. You are the one turning the thread into a "my maths is better than your maths" thread.

Dukesy

sillygoose wrote: »

The loose ones have been chewed on by chavy rabid children trying to escape trolley jail and horse flies. The ones in tubs are more expensive due to having been hand picked by virgins and washed in water from Lourdes that will cure leprosy. Not all fresh produce is equal. (except in North Korea)

Except that which is more equal than the rest

MissAT

This is always the case, and supermarkets don't have scales available anymore. I partially dislike when they refer to things in grams, kilos and ounces for the same products across different packaging so you can't easily compare.

Cornucopia

I'm sure my local Asda has scales. Big old-style one with a chrome bowl.

[Deleted User]

2 local Morrisons both have scales hanging up. You do have to look though as it is just one scale in the whole produce department. Not like the old days where they were dotted all over.

sillygoose

If there are no scales available its easy to improvise, find a stale baguette and balance it on a firm courgette at it midpoint. Placing a known weight on one end, say a 455g bag of Kenco coffee add grapes to the other until balance is achieved. I find the deli counter ideal to do this.

Money-Saving-King

Azari wrote: »

such a simple sum.

Dividing by 3 and then timesing by 2.2?

I can see halving or maybe dividing by 3 being such a simple sum but then timesing not only by 2 but 2.2!

Come on Azari even you must admit that is a slight exaggeration describing dividing by 3 then timesing by 2.2 in someones head that it's such a simple sum!

Azari

Money-Saving-King wrote: »

Dividing by 3 and then timesing by 2.2?

I can see halving or maybe dividing by 3 being such a simple sum but then timesing not only by 2 but 2.2!

Come on Azari even you must admit that is a slight exaggeration describing dividing by 3 then timesing by 2.2 in someones head that it's such a simple sum!

All you have to do to multiply by 2.2 is double the number and then add it to itself after moving the decimal point.

I would certainly agree that dividing by 2.2 is not a trivial sum.