Re: Target stores unit pricing on paper goods.

In article <slrng686v1.8np.don@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 don@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Don Klipstein) wrote:
> In <c75904f4-f182-445f-abdf-1234a304b95d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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the 
> zak wrote:
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> >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.
> 
>   My experience at the supermarkets where I usually shop is that they
also 
> give unit prices being price per 100 sheets.

On average, that is probably actually more accurate a predictor of how 
much a roll really costs, since most people will consume paper towels by 
the sheet, not by area.

For example, given a roll X with sheets of a given size (let's call that 
size 1), and a roll Y, with sheets 10% bigger (so, size 1.1), all those 
spills small enough to clean up with one X sheet would take one Y sheet, 
so the net result would be that the extra 10% on the Y sheets would be 
completely wasted on those spills.

Here's a table:

   Spill Size        # X sheets        # Y sheets
   ----------        ----------        ----------
   ( 0, 1 ]             1                 1
   ( 1, 1.1 ]           2                 1
   ( 1.1, 2 ]           2                 2
   ( 2, 2.2 ]           3                 2
   ( 2.2, 3 ]           3                 3
   ( 3, 3.3 ]           4                 3
   ...

I think most spills will be in the ( 0, 1 ] range, using 1 sheet of 
either, where the extra 10% on the Y sheets is completely wasted on 
those consumers who don't carefully tear off the dry ****tions after 
using a towel and save those for small later spills.

-- 
--Tim Smith