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[pawilliams1]

In reply to Simon, the answer is no. I have never worked in a shop of any sort but even when I was a child I had this thing about moving food so the oldest food was always at the front. I don't know how it started but I've done it ever since - and the labels on everything have always had to be front facing. I must confess that if I walk into a shop and see anything with the label not facing correctly, I will sometimes turn the tin/jar/packet so that it is.

And I can't drink in a pub that has the label on a spirits bottle facing the wrong way even though I don't drink spirits.

With regards to Tony's comment, perhaps training supermarket staff could be a new career move! Perhaps training them to be a bit more helpful might be an idea too - I was in a supermarket on Saturday and saw an offer of an item "one for 62p or four for £1" and asked a supervisor if it was right and she said "It's what it says, innit?"

[Ji']

In reply to Simon, the answer is no. I have never worked in a shop of any sort but even when I was a child I had this thing about moving food so the oldest food was always at the front. I don't know how it started but I've done it ever since - and the labels on everything have always had to be front facing. I must confess that if I walk into a shop and see anything with the label not facing correctly, I will sometimes turn the tin/jar/packet so that it is.

And I can't drink in a pub that has the label on a spirits bottle facing the wrong way even though I don't drink spirits.

With regards to Tony's comment, perhaps training supermarket staff could be a new career move! Perhaps training them to be a bit more helpful might be an idea too - I was in a supermarket on Saturday and saw an offer of an item "one for 62p or four for £1" and asked a supervisor if it was right and she said "It's what it says, innit?"

Pawilliams1, in 2009, saw an offer of an item "one for 62p or four for £1" and asked a supervisor if it was right and who said that that was what it said, "in'[t] it". No argumentativeness there and always best to answer the specific question raised.

 

So this is funny! If 5 will cost £1.62 - where 3 more is an extra 38p - or 2 less (only 3) costs 24p extra (£1.86) and you get the next 5 for another 14p, you will still need to be able to fit them in your bag after purchase! Or, they just give you 86p cashback were you to try and fit in one more!

 

The simplest explanation is that the item is bottled beer which can both be sold individually as well as in packs of 4. The packs are cheaper to be retransported to faster selling outlets (if needed) because the packs take a quarter of the time to stack and shift around, in that each pack of four can be lifted with one hand.

 

Either way, the individually separated items are evidently 148% more costly in terms of distribution, storage and accounting. {62p(4) - 100p = 148p, the price difference amounts to the appreciation in value}

Edited by Ji', 10 July 2020 - 10:19 PM.