Saw something interesting today

[ponyo]

non-bulk chicken wings were cheaper than bulk chicken wings at the same store. And non-bulk wings wasn't on sale. How does that work?

 

[OverVolt]

A stupid store.

Alot of smaller grocery stores with inconsistent pricing are like this.

 

[ponyo]

A stupid store.

Alot of smaller grocery stores with inconsistent pricing are like this.

This was at Costco Business Center.

 

[shortylickens]

Go to the interwebs, look up "The Invisible Hand".

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

IO see crap like this at Wal-Mart even. A lot of their stuff is cheaper per unit in smaller bags than the "party size" bags. Things like Doritos. It's a tax on stupid people.

But I have also seen things for $5.99 for a two pack or $2.99 singly. That's equally annoying. Actually, Ithink that was a liquor store recently. Selling single bottles for $2.99 or the 4 pack for $11.99. I was tempted to buy a 4 pack and ask them to charge me the per bottle rate to see what they would say.

 

[Oyeve]

Was probably left out without refrigeration over night.

 

[zerocool84]

Same brand, same packaging type? Individual wrapped vs one big bag? Organic vs normal?

 

[Oyeve]

"Managers special"

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

IO see crap like this at Wal-Mart even. A lot of their stuff is cheaper per unit in smaller bags than the "party size" bags. Things like Doritos. It's a tax on stupid people.

This, but it's PARTICULARLY stupid, because majority of places will even put price per ounce (or some kind of measuring) on the fucking price tag below the item. It's one thing if you have to run the calculation yourself, even I don't have that kind of time to do for everything I buy, but when it is RIGHT fucking there it always bewilders me how stupid people are.

 

[ponyo]

Same brand, same packaging type? Individual wrapped vs one big bag? Organic vs normal?

To be fair, it wasn't the same brand. Bulk price was $2.49 /lb for a case of 40 pounds Grade A whole wings. That's the typical wholesale commodity wings and what good restaurants would buy and serve. The non-bulk wings were $2.29 /lb and Kirkland brand and averaged about 7 pounds per party pack. If you buy wings at Costco, you know the Kirkland wings come cut 2 sections and vacuum sealed in 6 separate pouches of around 10 wings per pouch. So not only is the Kirkland wings cheaper, it comes pre-cut so you're saving on labor to cut the wings and not paying for the wing tip which is normally trashed. So you're probably saving another $0.25-0.50 /lb there just in labor and lack of wing tip.

I've never seen Kirkland party pack wings cheaper than Grade A case wings at Costco until today. Granted I've only been tracking the prices for about a year but I track Costco meat prices daily. Does this mean wholesale wing prices are going up and it hasn't trickled down to Costco Kirkland wings yet because of prior purchase agreement?