Are your taste buds really able to discern the $20 price difference between real and imitation maple syrup? Does your love of fresh blueberries warrant shelling out nearly double the amount over the frozen variety?
WomansDay.com's interactive Food Dollar Feuds takes a look at some similar items, and their not so similar prices.
(thanks Annie)
4 comment(s):
Ah, phooey! a)They're using in some cases the extreme ends of the price spectrum, b)in many of the cases there is indeed a decided difference in taste and/or use, even to my unsophisticated tastebuds, and c)in what universe are Spam and ham the same product?
You can compare one oz of something to one oz of something else, but these comparisons are totally misleading. I questioned their validity when I saw that they were comparing 26 oz. of salt to 35 oz. of another salt. I mean, even though they are comparing spam to ham (lol @ J-D), it would seem a little more valid had they actually compared two things price per weight at the same scale.
I think it's completely valid to pay a higher price for things that are less processed, contains less chemicals, doesn't harm the environment, and have a lower probability of messing up our own body chemistry-- because it usually costs more for them to be produced. They're giving a very biased snapshot of the products available on the market and not giving all the facts. Phooey is right. :)
That sucked and I wish there had been a comment board on the Women's Day site where I could have told them so. I'm with J-D & Spyra.
I think the point the site is trying to make is a valid one in that it probably -is- worth at least questioning whether or not the things we pay premium prices for are worth it, but like the previous posters I thought the site's overall impact was significantly hurt by its practice of comparing different amounts of two products ... would it really have been all that difficult for them to have done the math necessary to compare like to like?
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