Re: Target stores unit pricing on paper goods.

Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:
> Stan Brown wrote:
>> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:49:58 -0700 (PDT) from the zak 
>> <don.saklad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>>> Target unit pricing shelf labels for paper goods like paper
>>> towels and toilet tissue list the unit price per 100 sheets
>>> instead of per 100 square feet as do other stores.
>>> It's inaccurate. Sheet sizes vary. Converting unit pricing
>>> from per 100 sheets to per 100 square feet is difficult
>>> to do in the aisle of the Target store.
>>
>> But think about when you use them -- you don't tear off X square feet 
>> of paper towel, you tear off one (or two). To me it makes sense to 
>> compute unit price per towel because that's price per use.
>>
>> Someone else said "don't use paper, use cloth". I agree in principle, 
>> but in 40+ years I've never found a cloth towel that does anywhere 
>> near as good a job of drying as paper. I'm willing to try something 
>> new if it really works. Anyone have any practical suggestions?
> 
> Use cloth when you can, but paper when you can't.
> 
> For example, cloth to clean up paint or motor oil drips is probably not 
> a reasonable use of cloth.  Paper to dry your hands is not a good use of

>   paper.
> 


  I noticed recently that the local Cala/Bell Markets which are owned by 
Kroger's have some paper towels priced by square feet and others by 
number of sheets.