Originally Posted by
sokolov
It is a mixture. In the stores, produce and meat is often advertised at $/lb, but you are charged in $/kg. Cheese however is advertised in $/100g. :-)
Grocery stores sure do show the Canadian hybrid between metric and imperial. You buy a litre of milk and a 10 lb bag of potatoes.
Due to lack of enforcement of metric by the Feds, I think psychological pricing in grocery stores is why we still see prices that are sold by weight largely in pounds. 99 cents / lb sounds so much cheaper than $2.18 / kilo, even though it's the same freakin' price!
The deli dept is the ulitmate place that drives me nuts. All the prices are at the counter in $ per 100 grams, but then the flyer shows ham on sale for $6.99 / lb this week. ugh!!
