Smart Shopping
📋 What it is
A smart shopper compares price, quality and need — checking unit price and ignoring tricks that push you to overspend.
🗣️ Coach says
Shops are designed to make you spend. A smart shopper slows down: is this a NEED or a want? What’s the price per unit, not per box? Is the “deal” actually cheaper? Ask those three and you’ll outsmart most sales tricks.
🧠 Memory hook
Need or want? Check the UNIT price. Is the “deal” real?
😂 Giggle
I read the fine print on my phone plan.
Now I need glasses — and a lawyer.
😲 Whoa!
The “unit price” (cost per gram or per item) is often on the shelf label — the bigger box isn’t always the cheaper one.
✅ Quick check: Two boxes of the same cereal: which number tells you the better deal — the total price or the unit price?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
The unit price (cost per gram/ounce) — it lets you compare fairly no matter the box size.
Unit-price comparison is the single most useful smart-shopping skill.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Compare two similar products (real or pictured) by unit price and say which is the better buy.