Don't Make This Shopping Mistake at the Grocery Store - It'll Cost You
Watch what you buy at the grocery store. We've come to expect that the super large size packages of different products are the best deal on a cost per unit basis. It's one of those common knowledge kind of things. Everybody just takes it for granted that the larger containers and packages are a better deal. Except that, in more than a few cases, it's just not true. The larger containers are not a better deal. In some cases they're substantially more expensive. So, in effect, you're getting hit from both sides. Not only are you paying more for the product, you're also buying more of it. Sometimes far more than you need, or would typically buy at one time.
Here are a few examples from the local warehouse supermarket. I shop there regularly. They do have fantastic savings on most products, and even at the greater prices exhibited by the following examples, they usually price out much better than at the big, national chain grocery stores.
So, be careful and check your per unit pricing, either by looking at the store's price tag, or, if that fails to provide the desired pricing information, do it the old fashioned way, using cross multiplication. You may be surprised at how much you can save by buying the smaller quantity.
Small Cheerios pricing - 13.2 cents / oz
Large Cheerios pricing - 20.9 cents / oz
small Malt-O-Meal pricing - 14.5 cents / oz
Large Malt-O-Meal pricing - 18.3 cents / oz
Sorry about the fuzzy, camera phone pictures. They do show, however that the size does not always give an accurate reflection of the per unit pricing.
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