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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).
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
Surprise, the heaviest $1 item was a 1500 g bottle of still water...
Well the second heaviest then
Oh, which one are you referring to here – of all those different 750 g supposedly exotic fruitberry-flavoured water beverages, all with 0 kcal? One of those with a dose of factory-added vitamins, or just the funkiest sun-kissed fruit imitation available?
There bottom one is 60 cents per 100 g. Top left it says 2 for 12$. It may be that the weight didn't register correctly, as it says '1' instead of '1kg' or because some other conflict.
What happened there? These are presumably calculated automatically, so does the second item has its mass listed as 2kg?
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.
Damn, I didn't know things were so bad there in Canada.
The same dystopian enshittification is going on pretty much everywhere, you just aren't aware of it yet.
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
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.
Second item is 1KG.
Price per 100g should not change.
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".
My guess is that there's some funky spaghetti code that's using the promo, which is for 2 kg, as the weight of the product on the calculations.
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?
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.)
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
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.
The issue here is that the per weight pricing listed is half of what it should be.
Ahhh, gotcha. It wasn't evident without paying attention more than I would have considered necessary given the title. Thanks for the correction
I love thinking about peanut butter being a stripper, thank you.
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
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.
Not sure if you're Canadian, but we have a brand called "President's Choice"... oh god.
As an American the last thing I’d ever be buying is something that’s “presidents choice”
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?
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 😉
Crunchy is just creamy that failed. I'm not paying the same price if you can't do it right. now maybe if it was cheaper ...
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!
“Great value” is like “all natural:” a totally meaningless phrase that signals nothing except that someone’s selling you something.
Great value is like "kraft". It's the brand name. The store brand in this case.
Yep I can see that. I just find it fatuous.
Over here, peanut butter is an EXTREMELY costly delicacy. To have a store sell it in 2kg portions for less than 10usd looks like a dream to me.
You people need to better appreciate what you have
It's great value peanut butter. It is easier to clarify that as a semi solid oil than actual peanut butter. Feel free to be jealous but that's not 'good' peanut butter. It's better than nothing but only just.
Oh don't worry, I am sure that whatever we get sent down here for exports is of inferior quality than your worst quality product
But feel free to expose how no one has it worst than you guys as an excuse to complain
Americans trying to understand this post
Ah fuck, I've forgotten how to do basic math
I'm stuck trying to figure out how many linear feet there are per gram.
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.
But that's no excuse for the wrong per 100g price listed, is it?
Rule #1: Never buy great value.
always. practicing basic division is also good brain excersise.
You should shop by ingrediends and ecological reasons. That's sadly not represented by $/g.
The heavier product with the better "bang for the buck" is usually the one with the poorest quality and lots of sugar/additives/flavours/etc.
Discounter products like "Great Value" can easily have a better quality than stuff produced by "Kraft" and other Unilever/Nestle/etc. products.
Checking the ingredients list and the nutrition table should be a natural first instinct when grabbing something off the shelf.
What? How can my comment possibly be voted down?
While you're not wrong that people should probably shop that way, if they can. It feels tone deaf, as many people can barely afford groceries in the first place, so shopping by cost per weight/calorie is almost a requirement.
At least I think that's what's happening.
Definitely what happened. OP sounds pretentious being like "you should be".
yeah sounds way entitled. like people always have a choice of price to ingredient. sounds like someone who have never paid rent.