On 26-Jan-2014, Nancy Young > wrote:

> Reader's Digest had comments from supermarket experts,
> some of which I question.
>
> For instance: The average customer tends to remember the
> price of only four items: milk, bread, bananas, and eggs.
> Ninety-five percent of shoppers have no idea what all the
> other items cost and don't know if they're getting a good
> deal when they buy them?
>
> Seems to me people here notice a dime's difference in price,
> maybe I'm wrong. I am on the oblivious side, myself, and I
> notice when something's a good price or higher than I remember
> paying before. I don't actually know what milk goes for.

I too am on the oblivious side. The only price I KNOW is Chiquita bananas
29 cent/pound. Eggs are around 1.50/dozen; plus or minus 30 cents. Coke
products are almost always on sale for about 3/12packs for $12. That's it.