As of: March 28, 2024, 7:24 a.m
By: Juliane Reyle
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A nasty trick in the supermarket? Customers often buy the same fruits and vegetables at different prices. Is it a shopping trap?
In the supermarket, customers can find a wide range of fruit and vegetables. The goods are on store displays and shelves, packaged and unpackaged. But be careful: If you don't look closely, you often pay significantly more for the same products. The prices for packaged and unpackaged fruit and vegetables can vary greatly, as
echo24.de
reports.
The trick of supermarkets and discounters like Kaufland and Lidl: Sometimes the packaged goods are more expensive, sometimes the unpackaged ones. The price differences are often incomprehensible to the customer. It can happen that you have to pay significantly more for a few apples in a bag than for the same amount of loose goods - or vice versa. A store manager explains how customers only buy fresh fruit and vegetables.
Nasty trick: Why are the prices for fruit and vegetables in the supermarket so different?
Apples, carrots or potatoes from the same farmer can be on sale in the same store at different prices. As “Contity” explains, grocery stores usually decide arbitrarily how the goods are advertised and sold. Is this a nasty scam in the supermarket? Finally, some customers choose the packaged fruits and vegetables out of habit. However, only a few calculate the price per kilo.
Some may dismiss the price differences as a bad trick by supermarkets and discounters, while others attribute the price differences to legitimate reasons. For example:
Packaging costs
durability
practicability
In fact, packaged fruits and vegetables sometimes have a longer shelf life and are easier to transport and store. But regardless of whether it is a deliberate deception or not, it is important that customers compare prices and calculate the price per kilo to make the best purchasing decisions. In general, beware of deceptive packages: hidden price increases are lurking for customers.
Price difference for fruit and vegetables in the supermarket: This is what customers can do
Some products may be more expensive when packaged, meaning customers pay more for a smaller quantity than if they were to purchase the same product unpackaged. However, there are also reasons why packaged products can be cheaper than unpackaged ones. For example, packaged fruits and vegetables can have a longer shelf life and are often easier to transport and store.
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Consumers should therefore weigh up the various options when shopping in order to choose the best and most cost-effective product for them. Whether the price differences are a nasty sales trick or justified production and packaging costs depends on the individual. What customers can do to choose the best or cheapest product for themselves:
Compare prices
Calculate the price per kilo
Pay attention to quality
Protect the environment without packaging