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Know your Onions!

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  • Teahfc
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    arnoldy wrote: »
    Yes the overweight in some pre packed is not significant but still important to work out the per Kg price. Today I brought 300g lamb chops. Actual weight was 353g. But in future when they close the meat counter in the supermarket we won't have to choose between loose (counter) and pre packed anyway!

    We will ....... buy from your local high street butcher :T
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  • Farway
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    Teahfc wrote: »
    We will ....... buy from your local high street butcher :T

    Good idea, except T*sco forced the closure of many of them when people voted with their wallets buying meat at T*sco
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  • PLRFD
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    And the bakers and the fruit and veg shop etc.
  • aau1
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    It's always like this. Any two identical products in the same shop, presented in a different format, will vary in price.... it's always been so.

    They're not identical though, the netted onions are larger
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  • aau1
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    jenniewb wrote: »
    I am yet to see that

    next time you are in a supermarket check a few 335g heads of broccoli on the scales and you'll quickly see it
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  • arnoldy
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    aau1 wrote: »
    next time you are in a supermarket check a few 335g heads of broccoli on the scales and you'll quickly see it



    Yes the last one I got was 700g for 58p
  • maman
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    Farway wrote: »
    Good idea, except T*sco forced the closure of many of them when people voted with their wallets buying meat at T*sco
    PLRFD wrote: »
    And the bakers and the fruit and veg shop etc.


    I'd agree with that to an extent but in my area they (the butcher especially) has gone all artisan and charges a fortune.
    aau1 wrote: »
    next time you are in a supermarket check a few 335g heads of broccoli on the scales and you'll quickly see it


    Do shops have to provide scales? I don't recall seeing any for some time.
  • aau1
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    maman wrote: »

    Do shops have to provide scales? I don't recall seeing any for some time.

    self service tills double up as scales
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  • Farway
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    aau1 wrote: »
    self service tills double up as scales
    That's something I never knew
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  • maman
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    aau1 wrote: »
    self service tills double up as scales

    Yes, I thought that but not as convenient as by the fruit and vegetable section. Plus many fruits (and onions) are priced per unit. You need quite a lot of maths to be frugal. :D
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