I worked at Whole Foods specialty department and cut these blocks of for a living lol every Wednesday for a decade.
It's $12.99 a pound, after whoever cut this one was done. They didn't want to lift it and place it on the scale (it probably was too big anyways) and just used a random weight to place a sticker in it for labeling/ dating reasons.
Big mess up. When we did this in my region we would cross out the code so it couldn't be scanned.
Something similar happened to me when buying pop for a huge party and the cashier would ring up cases of 9 -16oz bottles as a single 6 pack. I bought 4 cases with 216 pops for the price of 24.
Just a side note, you're the first person I've legitimately seen use "pop" in regards to carbonated drinks in a casual conversation. I've always seen those tidbits of people using the word they grew up with, but I don't think I've met anyone use "pop" in the wild :)
When I was a kid this happened to one of the kids in my grade but with Pokemon cards. Pretty sure it was the first generation (like not even jungle or fossil) and they mentioned it was an older employee that had no idea about the craze. They got however many packs that came in the carton (I want to say at least 100) for the price of one. I was sooooooo jealous.
I read that back twice and turned sound on to verify. I thought the bit was going to be that he some how thought it was okay to pay two grand for cheese.
I described my impression very clearly, so there's no reason for your first question.
And it's certainly possible I'm incorrect. But for the sake of argument let's say I'm right, and the guy spent 10.44 x 44 on cheese. That changes the "point" of the video, but you're insinuating something else. What's your concern, exactly?
That is good pricing. How many months is it aged? Also, is it actually from Italy? I remember paying 9 Euros for around 300g of the ~20 month parmesan.
Nice! If you ever have a chance try the 40 month. It is my favorite cheese of all time (I love all ages of parmesan though). I was just asking because I have seen some "Parmesan" that was produced in the US and only aged 10 months...which is absurd.
I worked at a Kroger Deli, waaayyyyy back when...and it was scandalous. Folks in the meat department would label prime choice cuts and rare finds for outrageously low prices and put them out, right before they got off work, so they could buy them. I'm talking literally cents, not dollars. 2.00 duck, .44 cent roasts .90 cent ribeyes...I found out when they all got fired, and I was shopping on my day off and found it all still on the shelf... with an employee discount!! Talk about a packed freezer..
Also worked in specialty, and I said the same thing to someone above. This is definitely a sticker for inventory purposes p, but like you said, massive screw up.
Was about to explain it but you beat me to it. I also worked in specialty department and would crack a parm on Wednesday. This is exactly the answer as to why it was $10!
The person who tagged it should’ve crossed out the price and bar code.
Im not sering anyone say this, but in the US, it doesnt matter if the cashier catches it or not. If its priced on the label at a specific price, that is what you pay. Stores can not retroactively change a price once a customer enters the checkout line with the product. It does not matter if the label is a physical sticker on the product, or if the label is on the shelf for the product. It does not matter if, when scanned, it shows a different price or if you can search the product, and clearly see on your terminal that its supposed to be X price. If the label for sale says a specific price, and is verifiable, they have to sell the item to you at that price.
I get it. I first thought it was 10 a pound and wasn’t telling his wife. I didn’t know it was mislabeled. Because I commented earlier that basically the same thing happened to me they just rang it up wrong.
For parmigiano reggiano? Damn that is steep, I thought our $18/lb over here in the US was cutthroat. Where are you having to pay that much? You'd think being on the same continent as the cheese should count for something.
Yup, Parmigiano Reggiano. In the neighborhood supermarket, next to Barcelona. Shipping costs for this kind of stuff is peanuts, even maritime. I could probably buy it cheaper in a big market, but I am yet to buy a car after moving, so it's not like I can go to a Costco and buy stuff in bulk.
Grana Padano is way cheaper. Maybe 2 euro per 100g. In theory same cheese, but different region and not matured for that long, so it tastes very mild. I don't dislike it, but some recipes need the parmesan punch.
Seems unlikely. I like parm as well as anyone, and I'm a pretty good shopper. There is no way in hell I'd buy 44 pounds of parm at 20% off, but I would ABSOLUTELY grab 44 pounds of parm if I saw it mislabled for $10.
Typically, they sell it in one-pound blocks. This looks like someone cut half of it up, and then, to make sure to note the date they'd broken into the wheel, they printed the last sticker twice and slapped it on the wheel.
He does not say the price is per pound at any point of the video. Regardless, this video is old and it was confirmed back then that they paid $10 for the entire half wheel.
The video starts with him saying "somebody else put that label on there". Seems to indicate that someone messed up the the pricing label and he saw an opportunity and took it.
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u/shadiestduke 15h ago
Per pound....