‘Slow learner’?

Dear Editor:

I have recently noticed an inconsistent playbook is used in pricing at grocery stores – especially for canned goods, packaged meats and produce.

There are great bold price signs for each item, but look closer. Are they prices per unit, per 100g, per pound, per kilogram, per package? And for one or two?  Pricing strategies are there to keep you guessing. They seem to change the playbook rules at a whim.

The most sure way to know is at the checkout if you check each item as it is scanned.  I found an item as I did self-check. It was usually priced per unit, but came to the checkout at three times the cost  because I had not read the tiny print on the sale sign.

Are you sharper than I am or am I just a slow learner?

Marg Strom,
Guelph