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The price/cost of lazyness.
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I was in Tesco earlier, and fancied some dates.
The difference in price, between pitted and un-pitted was shocking.
An 800 gram box of un-pitted dates cost £3-75, which is £4-69 per kilogram.
A 200 gram tray of pitted dates cost £2, which is £10 per kilogram. :eek:
More than double the price, for the convenience of not chewing round the stone?
No thanks!
The difference in price, between pitted and un-pitted was shocking.
An 800 gram box of un-pitted dates cost £3-75, which is £4-69 per kilogram.
A 200 gram tray of pitted dates cost £2, which is £10 per kilogram. :eek:
More than double the price, for the convenience of not chewing round the stone?
No thanks!
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If a 200 gram tray costs £20, that's actually £100 per kilogram. :eek:
If you mean it costs £2, then you're actually paying less--assuming you only need the 200 grams. Pitted is also very useful if you like luxury, are unable to chew around the stone (poor oral dexterity and/or some physical or learning difficulties and so on).
Laziness is not the only reason people choose to buy pre-prepared foods.
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If a 200 gram tray costs £20, that's actually £100 per kilogram. :eek:
Beg pardon.
Edited. If you mean it costs £2, then you're actually paying less--assuming you only need the 200 grams.
Who only eats 200g of dates?Laziness is not the only reason people choose to buy pre-prepared foods.
I didn't say it was, but it's definitely an expensive way for lazy people to buy dates.0 -
And how much of the 800 grams of the unpitted dates is the weight of the stones?0
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So, not "more than double" the price then. You get 685g excluding the stones for £3.75 which is £5.47 per kg. Still a fair difference mind.Bedsit_Bob wrote: »One seventh.0 -
I fancy a date, but no one ever asks me
IlonaI love skip diving.0 -
be careful with dates, don't eat too many or you will regret it (well i did)0
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whiteguineapig wrote: »be careful with dates, don't eat too many or you will regret it (well i did)
Made your body "work", did they? 0 -
and then some0
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Which is why they come in so handy around Christmas - all that lush food, usually very little exercise & therefore dates with all that lovely fibre? Win-win-win!0
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