I Know It's a Long Shot...

[toggleswitch]

Get the portable defribulator!

~Which of those spices is REALLY $621.33, $60.69, and $58.56???

I do believe it is PER POUND (16 ounces). One typically buys just a portion of an ounce at a time!

Sometimes prices are per 100 count (or toher odd units), so one really has to read pricing labels!

Last night I found Barilla brand pasta on sale for $0.69 per pound. So a one pound box is.... DING DING DING DING $0.69.
WHOLE WHEAT Barilla brand pasta is also $0.69 PER BOX, BUT FOR 12 ounces (3/4 or a pound at $0.92 per pound.) Tricky, huh?

So basically those truth-in-labeling pricing tags in my state can be VERY misleading, if you are not thinking.

My favorite is that, let's say, for canned tomato sauce, one brand is priced in ounces, another in pounds and a third in quarts. So the law had been effectively circumvented. Comparison shopping (the intent of the law) is not so easy.

 

[toggleswitch]

and there is definitely only one M in that........

well the bottles above those labels/prices is

bay leaves
cinnamon
cumin

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Okay..

I see how it works now.. makes sense.

How silly.

Only one M...
No comment.

 

[turquoisedude]

5 bottles located in my basement!

Sorry for the delay in getting this posted, but here is a picture of 5 of the green-topped spice bottles. If you are interested, please send me an email ([email protected]).
I am not sure how old they are but for sure, the two on the right side of the picture are pre-1970 (unilingual English product labels, in Imperial meaurements, and no 6-character Postal Codes!).
I am in and out of town again this week (damned job!!), but I am always able to receive and reply to my emails.