5 hours ago, Anna N said:We are a little schizophrenic when it comes to pricing in the grocery store. As far as I know the law requires it be priced in kilograms but then the grocery stores use pounds instead to make it look less expensive. Very few of us have adapted to ordering 100 g of any kind of meat or fresh produce. A very few grocery stores do stick to the letter of the law. In that case many of us turn ourselves into pretzels trying to convert 100 g @ x/kg into a price we can understand!
I really wish we would just stick to metric in Canada. I prefer to order most things in metric. With deli meats or some specialty cheese or something like smoked lox, I usually want fairly small amounts - 100, 150 or 200 g and when I am in the US, I have to stop and think how to ask for some of those amounts. I like the precision of metric, especially with expensive items like halibut. I know I want about 300 g for dinner for the two of us if we are hungry, maybe only 200 g if we are having several veggies and/or salad. It irks me to no end when I go to a store and the biggest price sign is for $/lb and I have to search to find the price per 100 g.
It also irks me when I look at a store flyer and they are inconsistent - I was just looking at a flyer that listed all the seafood items in grams and most of the meat items in pounds. Well, they listed both but good luck finding and reading the small print for the items in the opposite measurements.
We should either use metric exclusively or clearly and obviously display both measures with their respective costs.
OK, take that soap box away from me, someone.... 🛒
