Under consumer protection leglislation retrailers are obliged to display unit prices in most cases. The following is from the citizens advice webpage:
1)Sam McCauley (chemists chain) have a pack of three NUK (250ml) babies bottles and instead of displaying the price per bottle they display the price per litre!
2)Boots the Chemist sell huggies nappies in packs of 64 and instead of displaying the price per nappy they display the price per kilo!
Has anyone else come up with similar examples?
I have come accross some daft application of the regulations recently.Unit pricing
Unit pricing is a useful tool for comparing prices.
It is most useful when comparing food and grocery prices when products come in different size packages. The price for a product tells you how much you pay for an item. The unit price, however, tells you the price of a kg, litre, metre, square metre or cubic metre.
Unit pricing helps you compare costs of different brands and various sizes without doing complicated calculations.
The law, (SI 639 of 2002) sets down that unit prices must be displayed on or close to the item.
There are exceptions for traders who do not have equipment for printing shelf-edge labels or for point-of-sale scanning. The Regulations only apply to products being sold to the consumer.
By using unit pricing, you can easily compare the cost of any brand and any package size. Remember to compare only similar items. Unit pricing will not help you compare nutritional value or other factors you wish to consider, such as convenience and personal tastes.
1)Sam McCauley (chemists chain) have a pack of three NUK (250ml) babies bottles and instead of displaying the price per bottle they display the price per litre!
2)Boots the Chemist sell huggies nappies in packs of 64 and instead of displaying the price per nappy they display the price per kilo!
Has anyone else come up with similar examples?