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The per 100g price makes it seem like the 1kg (bottom) item is cheaper than the 2kg one.

I wonder how many people are baited into getting the more expensive item (by weight).

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[–] scarabic 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

“Great value” is like “all natural:” a totally meaningless phrase that signals nothing except that someone’s selling you something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 46 minutes ago (1 children)

Great value is like "kraft". It's the brand name. The store brand in this case.

[–] scarabic 1 points 28 minutes ago

Yep I can see that. I just find it fatuous.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

always. practicing basic division is also good brain excersise.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

What happened there? These are presumably calculated automatically, so does the second item has its mass listed as 2kg?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve been noticing bad math in the Uber driver app lately.

There have been a few times it tells me my ETA is 12 minutes but I’m 16 miles away. Like I know it doesn’t think I’m gonna be doing these residential streets at 90 mph

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago

Afaik that's deliberate to force the driver to get to the destination asap at all costs, but also to lie to the customer that their ride is just a few minutes away so there's no need to cancel or look for alternatives.

[–] WhatAmLemmy 13 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

What happened? We live in corporate dictatorships where oligarchs can false advertise, price gouge, kick your dog, and fuck your wife... and your only recourse is a class action lawsuit where you make a few bucks after a decade.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Damn, I didn't know things were so bad there in Canada.

[–] WhatAmLemmy 2 points 8 hours ago

The same dystopian enshittification is going on pretty much everywhere, you just aren't aware of it yet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

Even in the detailed info? If so that's weird; probably something along the lines of "the seller messed up the weight, fixed it, but for some insane reason the site doesn't recalculate the price".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Second is scam by 2 for 12$ but 35c(lol?) per 100g. = 3,50 per 1kg = 7 for 2kg.. So 6.97 for 1 kg by 35ct per 100g. Wtf?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

Price per 100g should not change.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

the per 100g price on the bottom is incorrect. they are 70 cents per 100g... or I'm too high. choosing by weight is literally the frugal method.

edit: try living out of a vending machine - if you only have a dollar, you should buy the item with most weight and presumably most calories

[–] pirat 7 points 18 hours ago

Surprise, the heaviest $1 item was a 1500 g bottle of still water...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

There bottom one is 60 cents per 100 g. Top left it says 2 for 12$. It may be that the weight didn't register correctly, as it says '1' instead of '1kg' or because some other conflict.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's why I stopped shopping by listed price a long time ago. My punk ass was poor, as in below poverty line several times while still working. Had to learn that lesson quick lol.

Once I learned that the per weight pricing was a more useful metric, I carried a calculator any time I shopped. Ain't no reason to pay more for products that are functionally the same.

Now, I'm not saying that any given brand is worth the savings per weight. Some store brands suck, and do so hard enough that even though they cost less, they're a waste. The products do need to be in line with needs as a primary factor.

Peanut butter in specific, there's a chain here that it is so thick and gritty, you'd think it was a stripper. You take a taste and the only way you'd want it again is if it were twerking on a pole. So, even though name brands cost more, if it comes down to having to eat that crap or do without, I'm doing without.

[–] Flummoxed 2 points 6 hours ago

I love thinking about peanut butter being a stripper, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The issue here is that the per weight pricing listed is half of what it should be.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

Ahhh, gotcha. It wasn't evident without paying attention more than I would have considered necessary given the title. Thanks for the correction

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only if it is a 2 pack of 1kg containers. I know costco does that often so I imagine walmart might too. (And if that 2-for-12 runs you a total of 4 kg.)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Top one is 2kg (single unit) and the bottom is sold as a 1 kg single unit, or 2 / $12 (2 x 1kg), which is STILL not a better value than the top one! LOL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It very well could be typical corporate fuckery, but that makes me wonder if it's actually a bug and that it's computing the per kg price based on the single until price but dividing by the total weight of the pack.

Or perhaps it's a "bug" that's left intentionally until called out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

If it's a "bug" that they are actively profiting from, likely for years, it's probably a feature! LOL

[–] Rhynoplaz 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have to admit, it took me a while to realize the bottom one was only 1kg. And all the numbers would "confirm" that they are both 2kg

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

It took me a while also. It all make sense if the price by weight is calculated when 2 are bought. Also, a comment about 4kg need not be.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

How are you going to pass on one called great value? Would be like buying something that doesn't have the word best in it when another product does. I'm not dumb.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

Not sure if you're Canadian, but we have a brand called "President's Choice"... oh god.

[–] Pillagenplunder 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The great value peanut butter has a weird taste, in my opinion. it's worth a few bucks more to get something that tastes better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

Rule #1: Never buy great value.

[–] Tudsamfa 5 points 22 hours ago

But that's no excuse for the wrong per 100g price listed, is it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I was actually looking for 100% peanut butter, but this discrepancy caught my eye, and it really bothered me because I almost always ignore the product price and compare items by unit price. Now I'm second guessing everything they list!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They are routinely wrong. And sometimes they list (in the US) things by unit instead of weight. I have reported many wrong listings like this. Always double check any label/listing because people are lazy at so many companies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

The worst is mixed units for the same items.

With must items I buy on a regular basis, I'm able to make quick comparisons off the top of my head, but it would be nice if things were accurate!

[–] Lost_My_Mind 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I'd imagine not many. I don't know anyone who says "I need (x of weight) worth of peanut butter!" And then uses the weight as the measurement.

Everyone I know says "I need peanut butter. Oh, $6.97 is less than $8.27" and never checks the weight.

If you're shopping by weight, you're probably not getting either of these. You're getting those massive jars that are like 15lbs, and come in almost mini barrels.

Also, unrelated, but WHY are you getting creamy when EXTRA CRUNCHY exists?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

When it come to peanut butter I only get the small jars. I have a rule that once the knife touches the bread it doesn't go back into the jar, my wife doesn't follow this rule so we would end up with a jar the size of my head just sitting there becaused it's filled with old bread bits and no one would buy more because "we already have some".

[–] papalonian 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't know anyone who says "I need (x of weight) worth of peanut butter!" And then uses the weight as the measurement.

This isnt what that price is for.

Say I'm buying ketchup. Bottle A is 725ml and costs $5. Bottle B is 967ml and costs $6. Giving you the cost / mL tells you which one is actually cheaper, not which one costs less.

Everyone I know says "I need peanut butter. Oh, $6.97 is less than $8.27" and never checks the weight.

If this truly is the case, be happy that nobody you know is struggling to pay for groceries 😉

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

If you’re shopping by weight, you’re probably not getting either of these. You’re getting those massive jars that are like 15lbs, and come in almost mini barrels.

I tend to buy the max size that my family can reasonably eat before the item goes bad. 2kg is the largest size at this store, but I think anything larger would just be impractical, and I KNOW FOR 10000% FACT that my wife would just drop something heavier on the ground. LOL

Also, unrelated, but WHY are you getting creamy when EXTRA CRUNCHY exists?

I was looking for 100% peanuts in the crunchy variety!

[–] Lost_My_Mind 1 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I tend to buy the max size that my family can reasonably eat before the item goes bad

Does peanut butter even go bad? I've never seen moldy peanut butter....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

We usually get 100% peanuts, which can go... Dry.

[–] pirat 1 points 17 hours ago

I assume the taste will probably just become increasingly more rancid long before pure (and bacterially uncontaminated) 100% PB goes dangerously bad, if ever.

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[–] MissJinx 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Americans trying to understand this post

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago

Ah fuck, I've forgotten how to do basic math

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

I'm stuck trying to figure out how many linear feet there are per gram.

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