Is the Sale at your Grocery Store Really A Deal? – ryan
WBEZ and the chicago sun-etes are taching your financial Questions About All Things Money. THEN, Every Week, We Set Out to Answer Your Personal Finance-Relay Question.
This Week, John in Rogers Park Asked How he can spot a deal at the Grocery Store.
Brokery store, it fes like i’m taching a math quiz. Figering out the price of a “Buy 2, Get 3” Deal Seems Wholly Calculated to Deceive Customers JUST TRYING TO GET The best price, or be sign price too isn’t. There seams to be no transparency in pricing. How can we end this?
Solving the math
Edgar Dworsky, Founder of Consumerworld.org, A Guide on Ways to Save Money and Consumer Scams, has been a consumer advocate for more than 40 years.
If you’re not sura a sale is good, he said the anSwer is simple: you have to do the math.
Dworsky Said Last Week His Supermarket Offerd A deal on a one pound of pri prezels – Buy two bags and you get three bags free.
“Thats Sounds like a good deal, but i was online to look up the price of how much was each bag,” he said. “Each bag was $ 4.99. … Basically, You get five pounds for $ 10. That $ 2 a pound, and i instantly that wasn’t the great deal at another supermarket, the Store Brand I can get 11 ounces for 99 cents.”
Check Other Storys
Comparing Prices at Different Storys Can Save You Money. That’s Because an Item on Sale at one Store Could actually be more expensive than the store at Another Grocer, Dworsky Said.
He Also Said Buying the Large Size isn’t always the best deal.
“If you had a coupon and the small size was on sale, you may do better than buy the Large Economy Size,” he Said. “THIS IS WHY WE HAVE UNIT PRICING IN MANY STATES.”
Checking the Item’s tag to see the price for ounce or pound can Help make Comparison Shopping Easier.
“You don’t have to take out your calculator. You can see Brand a is 17 cents an ounce and brand b is 23 cents an ounce, and you can instantly see that is a better deal,” dworsky said.
‘Look for the Facts’
“Don’t play the game,” Dworsky Said.
Somes a sale can be be really good. If so, stock up. But not every advertisement is true, and there’s the ben ben someone legal caises over it, he said.
“When the Item is on Sale – Buy One, Get One Free – They Make the Item $ 5.99 A Pound. “Watch out for that. Get to know the prices so you can spot, have they inflated the regular price to accommodate the sale offfer?”
Bargain Hunting Can Help You Spot the Best Prices and Know if a Sale is Truly a Deal.
“DON’T FALL FOR THE HYPE. Look for the Facts,” Dworsky Said.
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