How easy is it to use unit pricing in the supermarket?

I was relating my frustration based on my observations on unit pricing. What should be done, eg consistent unit pricing per kg, is obviously not complied with.

As for the tea bag question raised by @fred, I would want to see unit pricing by weight, regardless of packaging. The reason for this is inconsistency in the contents of the teabags. What I can see happening if it were by the number of bags is some manufacturers reducing the amount of tea per bag to save costs. This would be comparable to the shrinkage we have seen in confectionary.

In my opinion, the unit price must reflect some immutable consistent measure that can’t be manipulated by manufacturers/packagers.

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