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[rhizome]

The easy proof of this is in the cracker section: "family size" is always priced more per unit than smaller sizes.

[lonelappde → rhizome]

I don't know where you all shop but I check unit prices all the time and rarely see an inversion.

[stickfigure → lonelappde]

Agreed. It does happen, but it's an exception not the rule.

I spent my first 7 years out of college building business intelligence software for grocery retailers. My guess is that when it happens, it's a f-up rather than something nefarious. Especially with Amazon, whose seller interface is pretty much user-hostile.

[pixl97 → lonelappde]

I would say it happens commonly enough that one must constantly keep one's eye out. For example at my local H.E.B. I see this all the time.

64oz Store brand half and half: $3.50 (avg range $3.25-3.68)

32oz Store brand half and half: $1.50 (avg range $1.25-1.68)

Um, wat?

[rhizome → lonelappde]

This thread will close by then, but I'll take a picture the next time I see it. Repost this in one year and I'll have something.