Buying in Bulk? You Might Be Giving/Throwing Away Your Money.

I like to read articles about tips to save money and not let the store scam me out of my money. Of all that I have read in the last few years I haven't seen anything about how grocery stores are using the unit prices to scam you out of more money.

Most people were brought up to believe that you save money when you buy in bulk. The idea was, since you were buying more at a time and the manufacturer didn't have to use as much packaging, the cost to you was less(as long as you could use all that extra product before it went bad).

I was also taught to always check the unit price anyway. The unit price will tell you what that jar of mayo costs per ounce. For the first years that I had grocery shopped the larger containers were almost always the cheapest but now things have turned around. I believe it is because the stores know that most people think they are getting a better deal when buying larger packages and don't know about or think that comparing unit pricing is too hard. I've seen my friends and my husband do it!

Hey, I look at it as a positive for me because I don't have to always buy a larger quantity and I save even more because there's less of a chance that I will throw away extra food but for others who aren't aware of this, these stores are really taking advantage of them.