silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTo Fight ‘Shrinkflation’ France Will Force Retailers to Warn Shoppers: Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cutwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up11.26Kcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up11.26Kexternal-linkTo Fight ‘Shrinkflation’ France Will Force Retailers to Warn Shoppers: Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cutwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square96fedilinkcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareburrito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 months agoAnd the units should be consistent. It drives me nuts when I’m in a store and the unit varies across different sizes of the same product.
minus-squareFinal Remix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-27 months agoWho the fuck even knows what the unit price of paper towels is?!
minus-squareburrito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoTurns per roll on one brand, grams per inch for the next, and ounces per half-roll for your third choice.
minus-squareJackFrostNCola@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 months agoAnd each brand has a different tear-off square size. Some have ‘jumbo size’ and also ‘pick-a-size’ where its smaller rectangles tear offs instead of squares. How do you compare? You dont and its by design
And the units should be consistent. It drives me nuts when I’m in a store and the unit varies across different sizes of the same product.
Who the fuck even knows what the unit price of paper towels is?!
Turns per roll on one brand, grams per inch for the next, and ounces per half-roll for your third choice.
And each brand has a different tear-off square size. Some have ‘jumbo size’ and also ‘pick-a-size’ where its smaller rectangles tear offs instead of squares.
How do you compare? You dont and its by design
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