Unit pricing—the display of price per weight or volume—has been mandatory in Australia for decades as it gives shoppers a way to compare costs between brands and sizes.

But not all retailers make these comparisons easy.

Case in point: A recent incident involving Woolworths’ in-store labels has consumers questioning whether some pricing displays are intentionally obscure.

At one Woolworths store, a shopper noticed a pack of steak that was labelled with a unit price of $7,500 per 100kg which left them confused as they were only looking for a normal half a kilo worth of beef.

A shopper spotted a label with a unit price of $7,500 per 100kg at Woolworths. Image source: Shutterstock (left), Reddit (right).

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This prompted the shopper to share an image of the label on social media with the caption 'cost of living is getting out of hand'.

However, other users who commented on the post shared their theories, with many believing that the odd pricing may be a tactic to hide the expensive cost of the meat, which is $75 per kilo.

Woolworths claims it was a mistake.

'While there was a typo error on the self sticker in this store, this product has an individual price printed on each pack due to slight weight differences, so the customer [would] have been charged the accurate price,' they explained.

Graham Cooke, Finder’s Head of Consumer Research, emphasised the importance of not taking labels at face value when shopping.

'It looks like a case of somebody just putting a default price in the wrong point, mistakes can happen on those tags,' he said.

Whether it was a mistake or not, Joel Gibson, an author and a consumer expert felt frustrated and was surprised to see a label with such pricing.

'It's hard to see how that mistake could be possible given no one is buying 100kg of anything at the supermarket, let alone fillet steak,' Mr Gibson said.

'The system should simply reject a label based on 100kg of any product. [This labelling is] against the Unit Pricing Code.'

'Consumer advocates had to fight for years to get unit pricing mandated in Australia and it's one of the few tools that shoppers have to make sense of all the different packet sizes and product placements and other marketing tricks in the supermarkets,' he added.

According to Finder’s Consumer Sentiment Tracker, 42 per cent of Aussies said that grocery shopping has caused financial stress. This number has doubled over the last three years as it used to be 19 per cent.

'Increased costs have really made families struggle to pay for grocery bills so it's more important than ever to try and find savings,' Mr Cooke shared.

With prices constantly increasing, Mr Cooke shared that doing research and staying vigilant may help.

Below are easy ways to save on grocery bills according to Mr Cooke:

• Don’t take pricing labels at face value. If a label looks and feels strange, do not hesitate to question it.
• Download and use supermarket apps to compare prices and find the cheapest items.
• Don’t do all your shopping in one store, shop around and get the best deals from each store.

In other news, Woolworths shoppers noticed a huge change to the retailer’s loyalty scheme—customers have now been separated into different status groups regarding certain prices.

One shopper shared a photo of a shelf label highlighting how members are eligible for exclusive access to cheaper prices on various items.

The photo shows packets of Cobs Salted Caramel Popcorn priced at two for $6 for Everyday Rewards members and $4 each for non-members.

This move has caused an outcry from those who aren’t signed up for the loyalty program, with some vowing to take their money elsewhere or disgusted that such subscription programs are sneaking into supermarkets.

You can read more about this story here.

Key Takeaways

• A consumer expert has questioned a label's bizarre pricing of an organic steak at a Woolworths store in Sydney.
  
• The label priced the steak at $7500 per 100 kilograms has caused confusion among shoppers and sparked the discussion that it may be a deliberate tactic to hide the actual cost.
  
• A Woolworths spokesperson confirmed that it was a mistake and customers would still be charged an accurate price based on the weight difference indicated on each individual pack.
  
• Graham Cooke, Head of Consumer Research at Finder, urged shoppers to be careful and not take labels at face value, as these mistakes can happen.
  

Members, have you seen a similar situation happen in your local Woolworths? Let us know in the comments below!

 

[Suzanne rose]

If it said $7.50 kg and you were charged $75 kg then that would be dishonest.

But I believe it was a mistake because anyone seeing $7500 kg would go straight by it. So woolworths would be losing but goodness even $75 is still very expensive

 

[AlanQ]

Common mistake. Decimal point put in the wrong spot. Even @$75/kg, I think I'd be considering the option to become a veggie. Much the same is trying to convert foreign currency to AUD. I more concerned at the food labels, nothing on these labels is verified. After price, that's what more people look. The manufacture is the one that puts this information on packaging and nobody checks what they print is kosher or just show what buyers want to believe.

 

[Macarj]

Yeah that is $75 a kilo for eye fillet I only pay $53 a kilo at my butcher

 

[Bridgit]

Two things - 1. It is organic and more expensive. 2. It is eye fillet and more expensive. It is a typo and depending on the supplier I suggest that it should be $ 75.00 per kilo. I look more at how much it is going to cost me for two people for a meal - I don't bother to look at unit price as the price for product I want to purchase is of interest.
As for Rewards Member prices - well that is fair enough because kick back to the member is no different to reward points on items that save that member on their overall purchases. I have been a member for almost the whole time these rewards have existed and saved a lot over the years - which helps - mind you I don't buy just to save, I buy what I need and if I get points, then great.

 

[EdwardsEJ]

Unit pricing—the display of price per weight or volume—has been mandatory in Australia for decades as it gives shoppers a way to compare costs between brands and sizes.

But not all retailers make these comparisons easy.

Case in point: A recent incident involving Woolworths’ in-store labels has consumers questioning whether some pricing displays are intentionally obscure.

At one Woolworths store, a shopper noticed a pack of steak that was labelled with a unit price of $7,500 per 100kg which left them confused as they were only looking for a normal half a kilo worth of beef.

View attachment 32521

A shopper spotted a label with a unit price of $7,500 per 100kg at Woolworths. Image source: Shutterstock (left), Reddit (right).

​

This prompted the shopper to share an image of the label on social media with the caption 'cost of living is getting out of hand'.

However, other users who commented on the post shared their theories, with many believing that the odd pricing may be a tactic to hide the expensive cost of the meat, which is $75 per kilo.

Woolworths claims it was a mistake.

'While there was a typo error on the self sticker in this store, this product has an individual price printed on each pack due to slight weight differences, so the customer [would] have been charged the accurate price,' they explained.

Graham Cooke, Finder’s Head of Consumer Research, emphasised the importance of not taking labels at face value when shopping.

'It looks like a case of somebody just putting a default price in the wrong point, mistakes can happen on those tags,' he said.

Whether it was a mistake or not, Joel Gibson, an author and a consumer expert felt frustrated and was surprised to see a label with such pricing.

'It's hard to see how that mistake could be possible given no one is buying 100kg of anything at the supermarket, let alone fillet steak,' Mr Gibson said.

'The system should simply reject a label based on 100kg of any product. [This labelling is] against the Unit Pricing Code.'

'Consumer advocates had to fight for years to get unit pricing mandated in Australia and it's one of the few tools that shoppers have to make sense of all the different packet sizes and product placements and other marketing tricks in the supermarkets,' he added.

According to Finder’s Consumer Sentiment Tracker, 42 per cent of Aussies said that grocery shopping has caused financial stress. This number has doubled over the last three years as it used to be 19 per cent.

'Increased costs have really made families struggle to pay for grocery bills so it's more important than ever to try and find savings,' Mr Cooke shared.

With prices constantly increasing, Mr Cooke shared that doing research and staying vigilant may help.

Below are easy ways to save on grocery bills according to Mr Cooke:

• Don’t take pricing labels at face value. If a label looks and feels strange, do not hesitate to question it.
• Download and use supermarket apps to compare prices and find the cheapest items.
• Don’t do all your shopping in one store, shop around and get the best deals from each store.

In other news, Woolworths shoppers noticed a huge change to the retailer’s loyalty scheme—customers have now been separated into different status groups regarding certain prices.

One shopper shared a photo of a shelf label highlighting how members are eligible for exclusive access to cheaper prices on various items.

The photo shows packets of Cobs Salted Caramel Popcorn priced at two for $6 for Everyday Rewards members and $4 each for non-members.

This move has caused an outcry from those who aren’t signed up for the loyalty program, with some vowing to take their money elsewhere or disgusted that such subscription programs are sneaking into supermarkets.

You can read more about this story here.

Key Takeaways

• A consumer expert has questioned a label's bizarre pricing of an organic steak at a Woolworths store in Sydney.
• The label priced the steak at $7500 per 100 kilograms has caused confusion among shoppers and sparked the discussion that it may be a deliberate tactic to hide the actual cost.
• A Woolworths spokesperson confirmed that it was a mistake and customers would still be charged an accurate price based on the weight difference indicated on each individual pack.
• Graham Cooke, Head of Consumer Research at Finder, urged shoppers to be careful and not take labels at face value, as these mistakes can happen.

Members, have you seen a similar situation happen in your local Woolworths? Let us know in the comments below!

I find that since Woolworths in Raymond Terrace NSW have changed their shelf pricing tags , I can no longer read at normal viewing ( I don't wear glasses for reading) The Print is smaller and the Unit pricing is Inconsistent, ( not comparing apples with apples).
At times I find it frustrating and would rather go to ALDI first. I feel the current shelf labeling is nothing short of Deceitful , especially if one is doing a supposedly Quick shop.
Another issue is on a Friday afternoon ( 4.00pm to 6.00pm ) there are not enough checkouts open or WW have slow trainees on the checkouts. I have left my 1 basket and walked out to Aldi.
The floor supervisor should be On Top of such issues when the opened checkouts have 3 to 5 persons waiting with trolleys of goods. Poor , if you have frozen goods to purchase.
I will never use WW's self serve checkouts with face recognition overhead, besides before the Overhead devices < I always had issues & needed the Standby assistant.

 

[wavery]

Unit pricing—the display of price per weight or volume—has been mandatory in Australia for decades as it gives shoppers a way to compare costs between brands and sizes.

But not all retailers make these comparisons easy.

Case in point: A recent incident involving Woolworths’ in-store labels has consumers questioning whether some pricing displays are intentionally obscure.

At one Woolworths store, a shopper noticed a pack of steak that was labelled with a unit price of $7,500 per 100kg which left them confused as they were only looking for a normal half a kilo worth of beef.

View attachment 32521

A shopper spotted a label with a unit price of $7,500 per 100kg at Woolworths. Image source: Shutterstock (left), Reddit (right).

​

This prompted the shopper to share an image of the label on social media with the caption 'cost of living is getting out of hand'.

However, other users who commented on the post shared their theories, with many believing that the odd pricing may be a tactic to hide the expensive cost of the meat, which is $75 per kilo.

Woolworths claims it was a mistake.

'While there was a typo error on the self sticker in this store, this product has an individual price printed on each pack due to slight weight differences, so the customer [would] have been charged the accurate price,' they explained.

Graham Cooke, Finder’s Head of Consumer Research, emphasised the importance of not taking labels at face value when shopping.

'It looks like a case of somebody just putting a default price in the wrong point, mistakes can happen on those tags,' he said.

Whether it was a mistake or not, Joel Gibson, an author and a consumer expert felt frustrated and was surprised to see a label with such pricing.

'It's hard to see how that mistake could be possible given no one is buying 100kg of anything at the supermarket, let alone fillet steak,' Mr Gibson said.

'The system should simply reject a label based on 100kg of any product. [This labelling is] against the Unit Pricing Code.'

'Consumer advocates had to fight for years to get unit pricing mandated in Australia and it's one of the few tools that shoppers have to make sense of all the different packet sizes and product placements and other marketing tricks in the supermarkets,' he added.

According to Finder’s Consumer Sentiment Tracker, 42 per cent of Aussies said that grocery shopping has caused financial stress. This number has doubled over the last three years as it used to be 19 per cent.

'Increased costs have really made families struggle to pay for grocery bills so it's more important than ever to try and find savings,' Mr Cooke shared.

With prices constantly increasing, Mr Cooke shared that doing research and staying vigilant may help.

Below are easy ways to save on grocery bills according to Mr Cooke:

• Don’t take pricing labels at face value. If a label looks and feels strange, do not hesitate to question it.
• Download and use supermarket apps to compare prices and find the cheapest items.
• Don’t do all your shopping in one store, shop around and get the best deals from each store.

In other news, Woolworths shoppers noticed a huge change to the retailer’s loyalty scheme—customers have now been separated into different status groups regarding certain prices.

One shopper shared a photo of a shelf label highlighting how members are eligible for exclusive access to cheaper prices on various items.

The photo shows packets of Cobs Salted Caramel Popcorn priced at two for $6 for Everyday Rewards members and $4 each for non-members.

This move has caused an outcry from those who aren’t signed up for the loyalty program, with some vowing to take their money elsewhere or disgusted that such subscription programs are sneaking into supermarkets.

You can read more about this story here.

Key Takeaways

• A consumer expert has questioned a label's bizarre pricing of an organic steak at a Woolworths store in Sydney.
• The label priced the steak at $7500 per 100 kilograms has caused confusion among shoppers and sparked the discussion that it may be a deliberate tactic to hide the actual cost.
• A Woolworths spokesperson confirmed that it was a mistake and customers would still be charged an accurate price based on the weight difference indicated on each individual pack.
• Graham Cooke, Head of Consumer Research at Finder, urged shoppers to be careful and not take labels at face value, as these mistakes can happen.

Members, have you seen a similar situation happen in your local Woolworths? Let us know in the comments below!

 

[BlackWolf]

Unit pricing—the display of price per weight or volume—has been mandatory in Australia for decades as it gives shoppers a way to compare costs between brands and sizes.

But not all retailers make these comparisons easy.

Case in point: A recent incident involving Woolworths’ in-store labels has consumers questioning whether some pricing displays are intentionally obscure.

At one Woolworths store, a shopper noticed a pack of steak that was labelled with a unit price of $7,500 per 100kg which left them confused as they were only looking for a normal half a kilo worth of beef.

View attachment 32521

A shopper spotted a label with a unit price of $7,500 per 100kg at Woolworths. Image source: Shutterstock (left), Reddit (right).

​

This prompted the shopper to share an image of the label on social media with the caption 'cost of living is getting out of hand'.

However, other users who commented on the post shared their theories, with many believing that the odd pricing may be a tactic to hide the expensive cost of the meat, which is $75 per kilo.

Woolworths claims it was a mistake.

'While there was a typo error on the self sticker in this store, this product has an individual price printed on each pack due to slight weight differences, so the customer [would] have been charged the accurate price,' they explained.

Graham Cooke, Finder’s Head of Consumer Research, emphasised the importance of not taking labels at face value when shopping.

'It looks like a case of somebody just putting a default price in the wrong point, mistakes can happen on those tags,' he said.

Whether it was a mistake or not, Joel Gibson, an author and a consumer expert felt frustrated and was surprised to see a label with such pricing.

'It's hard to see how that mistake could be possible given no one is buying 100kg of anything at the supermarket, let alone fillet steak,' Mr Gibson said.

'The system should simply reject a label based on 100kg of any product. [This labelling is] against the Unit Pricing Code.'

'Consumer advocates had to fight for years to get unit pricing mandated in Australia and it's one of the few tools that shoppers have to make sense of all the different packet sizes and product placements and other marketing tricks in the supermarkets,' he added.

According to Finder’s Consumer Sentiment Tracker, 42 per cent of Aussies said that grocery shopping has caused financial stress. This number has doubled over the last three years as it used to be 19 per cent.

'Increased costs have really made families struggle to pay for grocery bills so it's more important than ever to try and find savings,' Mr Cooke shared.

With prices constantly increasing, Mr Cooke shared that doing research and staying vigilant may help.

Below are easy ways to save on grocery bills according to Mr Cooke:

• Don’t take pricing labels at face value. If a label looks and feels strange, do not hesitate to question it.
• Download and use supermarket apps to compare prices and find the cheapest items.
• Don’t do all your shopping in one store, shop around and get the best deals from each store.

In other news, Woolworths shoppers noticed a huge change to the retailer’s loyalty scheme—customers have now been separated into different status groups regarding certain prices.

One shopper shared a photo of a shelf label highlighting how members are eligible for exclusive access to cheaper prices on various items.

The photo shows packets of Cobs Salted Caramel Popcorn priced at two for $6 for Everyday Rewards members and $4 each for non-members.

This move has caused an outcry from those who aren’t signed up for the loyalty program, with some vowing to take their money elsewhere or disgusted that such subscription programs are sneaking into supermarkets.

You can read more about this story here.

Key Takeaways

• A consumer expert has questioned a label's bizarre pricing of an organic steak at a Woolworths store in Sydney.
• The label priced the steak at $7500 per 100 kilograms has caused confusion among shoppers and sparked the discussion that it may be a deliberate tactic to hide the actual cost.
• A Woolworths spokesperson confirmed that it was a mistake and customers would still be charged an accurate price based on the weight difference indicated on each individual pack.
• Graham Cooke, Head of Consumer Research at Finder, urged shoppers to be careful and not take labels at face value, as these mistakes can happen.

Members, have you seen a similar situation happen in your local Woolworths? Let us know in the comments below!

unit pricing is so inconsistent. One product could give you the unit price by 100g, but similar item will have unit price by the kg.

 

[IanB.]

Unit pricing—the display of price per weight or volume—has been mandatory in Australia for decades as it gives shoppers a way to compare costs between brands and sizes.

But not all retailers make these comparisons easy.

Case in point: A recent incident involving Woolworths’ in-store labels has consumers questioning whether some pricing displays are intentionally obscure.

At one Woolworths store, a shopper noticed a pack of steak that was labelled with a unit price of $7,500 per 100kg which left them confused as they were only looking for a normal half a kilo worth of beef.

View attachment 32521

A shopper spotted a label with a unit price of $7,500 per 100kg at Woolworths. Image source: Shutterstock (left), Reddit (right).

​

This prompted the shopper to share an image of the label on social media with the caption 'cost of living is getting out of hand'.

However, other users who commented on the post shared their theories, with many believing that the odd pricing may be a tactic to hide the expensive cost of the meat, which is $75 per kilo.

Woolworths claims it was a mistake.

'While there was a typo error on the self sticker in this store, this product has an individual price printed on each pack due to slight weight differences, so the customer [would] have been charged the accurate price,' they explained.

Graham Cooke, Finder’s Head of Consumer Research, emphasised the importance of not taking labels at face value when shopping.

'It looks like a case of somebody just putting a default price in the wrong point, mistakes can happen on those tags,' he said.

Whether it was a mistake or not, Joel Gibson, an author and a consumer expert felt frustrated and was surprised to see a label with such pricing.

'It's hard to see how that mistake could be possible given no one is buying 100kg of anything at the supermarket, let alone fillet steak,' Mr Gibson said.

'The system should simply reject a label based on 100kg of any product. [This labelling is] against the Unit Pricing Code.'

'Consumer advocates had to fight for years to get unit pricing mandated in Australia and it's one of the few tools that shoppers have to make sense of all the different packet sizes and product placements and other marketing tricks in the supermarkets,' he added.

According to Finder’s Consumer Sentiment Tracker, 42 per cent of Aussies said that grocery shopping has caused financial stress. This number has doubled over the last three years as it used to be 19 per cent.

'Increased costs have really made families struggle to pay for grocery bills so it's more important than ever to try and find savings,' Mr Cooke shared.

With prices constantly increasing, Mr Cooke shared that doing research and staying vigilant may help.

Below are easy ways to save on grocery bills according to Mr Cooke:

• Don’t take pricing labels at face value. If a label looks and feels strange, do not hesitate to question it.
• Download and use supermarket apps to compare prices and find the cheapest items.
• Don’t do all your shopping in one store, shop around and get the best deals from each store.

In other news, Woolworths shoppers noticed a huge change to the retailer’s loyalty scheme—customers have now been separated into different status groups regarding certain prices.

One shopper shared a photo of a shelf label highlighting how members are eligible for exclusive access to cheaper prices on various items.

The photo shows packets of Cobs Salted Caramel Popcorn priced at two for $6 for Everyday Rewards members and $4 each for non-members.

This move has caused an outcry from those who aren’t signed up for the loyalty program, with some vowing to take their money elsewhere or disgusted that such subscription programs are sneaking into supermarkets.

You can read more about this story here.

Key Takeaways

• A consumer expert has questioned a label's bizarre pricing of an organic steak at a Woolworths store in Sydney.
• The label priced the steak at $7500 per 100 kilograms has caused confusion among shoppers and sparked the discussion that it may be a deliberate tactic to hide the actual cost.
• A Woolworths spokesperson confirmed that it was a mistake and customers would still be charged an accurate price based on the weight difference indicated on each individual pack.
• Graham Cooke, Head of Consumer Research at Finder, urged shoppers to be careful and not take labels at face value, as these mistakes can happen.

Members, have you seen a similar situation happen in your local Woolworths? Let us know in the comments below!

Bit off topic
it's a bit like buying "cheap" garden stones in small bags . When you work out the cost by the tonne you would never buy the small "cheap" bags . I have forgotten the figures but most local landscape suppliers will seem very inexpensive ; especially when most will let you fell your bucket .
With meat ; no one ever works out the price of a ton of steak ; or even mince .

 

[IanB.]

Unit pricing—the display of price per weight or volume—has been mandatory in Australia for decades as it gives shoppers a way to compare costs between brands and sizes.

But not all retailers make these comparisons easy.

Case in point: A recent incident involving Woolworths’ in-store labels has consumers questioning whether some pricing displays are intentionally obscure.

At one Woolworths store, a shopper noticed a pack of steak that was labelled with a unit price of $7,500 per 100kg which left them confused as they were only looking for a normal half a kilo worth of beef.

View attachment 32521

A shopper spotted a label with a unit price of $7,500 per 100kg at Woolworths. Image source: Shutterstock (left), Reddit (right).

​

This prompted the shopper to share an image of the label on social media with the caption 'cost of living is getting out of hand'.

However, other users who commented on the post shared their theories, with many believing that the odd pricing may be a tactic to hide the expensive cost of the meat, which is $75 per kilo.

Woolworths claims it was a mistake.

'While there was a typo error on the self sticker in this store, this product has an individual price printed on each pack due to slight weight differences, so the customer [would] have been charged the accurate price,' they explained.

Graham Cooke, Finder’s Head of Consumer Research, emphasised the importance of not taking labels at face value when shopping.

'It looks like a case of somebody just putting a default price in the wrong point, mistakes can happen on those tags,' he said.

Whether it was a mistake or not, Joel Gibson, an author and a consumer expert felt frustrated and was surprised to see a label with such pricing.

'It's hard to see how that mistake could be possible given no one is buying 100kg of anything at the supermarket, let alone fillet steak,' Mr Gibson said.

'The system should simply reject a label based on 100kg of any product. [This labelling is] against the Unit Pricing Code.'

'Consumer advocates had to fight for years to get unit pricing mandated in Australia and it's one of the few tools that shoppers have to make sense of all the different packet sizes and product placements and other marketing tricks in the supermarkets,' he added.

According to Finder’s Consumer Sentiment Tracker, 42 per cent of Aussies said that grocery shopping has caused financial stress. This number has doubled over the last three years as it used to be 19 per cent.

'Increased costs have really made families struggle to pay for grocery bills so it's more important than ever to try and find savings,' Mr Cooke shared.

With prices constantly increasing, Mr Cooke shared that doing research and staying vigilant may help.

Below are easy ways to save on grocery bills according to Mr Cooke:

• Don’t take pricing labels at face value. If a label looks and feels strange, do not hesitate to question it.
• Download and use supermarket apps to compare prices and find the cheapest items.
• Don’t do all your shopping in one store, shop around and get the best deals from each store.

In other news, Woolworths shoppers noticed a huge change to the retailer’s loyalty scheme—customers have now been separated into different status groups regarding certain prices.

One shopper shared a photo of a shelf label highlighting how members are eligible for exclusive access to cheaper prices on various items.

The photo shows packets of Cobs Salted Caramel Popcorn priced at two for $6 for Everyday Rewards members and $4 each for non-members.

This move has caused an outcry from those who aren’t signed up for the loyalty program, with some vowing to take their money elsewhere or disgusted that such subscription programs are sneaking into supermarkets.

You can read more about this story here.

Key Takeaways

• A consumer expert has questioned a label's bizarre pricing of an organic steak at a Woolworths store in Sydney.
• The label priced the steak at $7500 per 100 kilograms has caused confusion among shoppers and sparked the discussion that it may be a deliberate tactic to hide the actual cost.
• A Woolworths spokesperson confirmed that it was a mistake and customers would still be charged an accurate price based on the weight difference indicated on each individual pack.
• Graham Cooke, Head of Consumer Research at Finder, urged shoppers to be careful and not take labels at face value, as these mistakes can happen.

Members, have you seen a similar situation happen in your local Woolworths? Let us know in the comments below!

I will give you another ; "grass feed" or "grain feed"
Grain feeder means the animal was finished off in a feed lot and feed prefect rations to keep you happier more often.
Many would say "grass feed" is better , and that can be true for usually young cattle finished in the paddock. However grass feed mince is more likely to be old worn out cows and bulls , or poorer cattle from drought paddocks . If you saw the cattle that used to be (again 40 years ago) exported to the USA for the 'bugger" trade. Now they were tough moos!!
The better tasting beef come from a grass feed seven year old beast kept in good condition . I was told that by the Bullo Down station butcher way out far SW Qld. His corn meat was unbelievable , 40++ years ago .

I lol when I saw beef that was labeled "grass and grain feed" . That is true for most if not all "grain feed" beef that is grown to a certain size in the paddock and then moved into a feed lot to be finished .
And imo; one of the best adverting labels (cons) is "Black Angus" meat ; especially mince/processed meats. Do you really think too many could notice/taste the difference ? Steak/good quality cut maybe yes .
But there is also a white Angus . No one can convince me their meat is different but we have accepted the "black angus" label as better. Even Maccas sells ''Black Angus'' 'burgers LOL!
I will stand to be corrected ; but I believe Murray Grey or Charolais cattle or ??? are basically the same as "black angus" . Will correct myself if I can find the correct answer/breed . But for now ; I'm cookin' another chook --- and there's a story there also

 

[margaretritchie48]

I shop at woolworths and am an everyday rewards member. Went to do my big shop yesterday, to get my 10% discount. The store I went to buy uncle tobys 10 sachet of oats. Member price for 2 pkts was $10.00. But guess what a pkt of 20 sachets were $9.50. Guess which I bought. Also a lot of specials were sold out? As they say NOT HAPPY JAN.

 

[Keswickian]

The problem here seems to be that one or two individual members of staff didn't have their brain engaged when they put that sign on the shelf and the whole Company is incurring the wrath of some of its customers.
'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone'.