# Unit Pricing – The Family Size Isn’t Always the Cheaper Buy

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-19T01:30:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.moneycrashers.com/unit-price-shelf-tag/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/unit-pricing-the-family-size-isn-t-always-the-cheaper-buy-cf6916/

Take two jars of the same brand on the same shelf. The 24-ounce jar costs $4.79, and the 48-ounce jar costs $10.29. By our math, the small jar works out to about 20 cents an ounce and the big one... Source

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