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Re:Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's by noir_lord on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @05:15AM (#49255292)
> (and only if the stores show the price per oz on the shelf)

Legal requirement that they do in the UK (though in metric units), so it's £/L and £/Kg (or for smaller items per 100g and then some nuance on unit prices for things not sold by weight/volume).

It does make their shenanigans with multipacks and such way more obvious by design.

> The PMO also requires traders, where applicable, to display the ‘unit price’ – which is the price which would be charged for the relevant unit of the goods, depending upon how the goods are sold. Unit pricing can be a useful tool for consumers. It allows consumers to compare the price and value of similar products. This can be helpful when making a decision between similar products that are sold in different sizes or quantities.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/price-marking-ord...

Re:Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's by ido on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @02:27PM (#49262463)
It’s this way in the EU as well and it wouldn’t surprise me if this is EU regulation from pre-brexit that hasn't been repelled by uk govs post-brexit.