tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194464193345626705.post2374549128628412570..comments2024-03-22T09:56:39.875-05:00Comments on The Rural Economist & Bringing Rural Back Podcast: Unit PricingGregg Carter Outdoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17883555321904190949noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194464193345626705.post-79391242723325720052013-05-30T13:32:54.027-05:002013-05-30T13:32:54.027-05:00I make my own laundry detergent powder and it cost...I make my own laundry detergent powder and it costs less than a nickel per load. Most cleaning and laundry products are a ripoff when less polluting, cheaper options are not that much trouble to use. My hourly wage for mixing borax, washing soda, baking soda and grating Fels-Naptha soap has got to be pretty high. (Although there are too many variables for me to calculate on this one.) Less than a nickel a load was easy to calculate based on the materials in the recipe.Nancy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13273990466217788726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194464193345626705.post-1219246764056703002013-01-15T08:18:10.577-06:002013-01-15T08:18:10.577-06:00Thanks for the comment and I agree that serving pr...Thanks for the comment and I agree that serving price should be more important, but serving size can be manipulated. I also try to consider every usable part, the parts that I feed my dogs reduce the amount that I feed them. Agree about the laundry, some are much more difficult to measure and thus can cost more.<br /><br />Again thanks for the comment.Gregg Carter Outdoorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883555321904190949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7194464193345626705.post-777399931940937182013-01-15T07:36:02.445-06:002013-01-15T07:36:02.445-06:00Good, important thoughts here. However, when it co...Good, important thoughts here. However, when it comes to food, I think about it slightly differently. Rather than figure cost per unit (say, per ounce), I figure cost per serving. For example, while I still believe you save money purchasing chicken skin-on and bone-in, part of what you're paying for is lost because it cannot or will not be consumed (by humans -- I'm sure your dogs are happy with the current arrangement). If you're considering just the cost per serving of consumable chicken, you need to take into account the cost of the bones that many people will not eat.<br /><br />Another thought about laundry detergents: In my opinion, your thoughts on cost per unit is spot on; however, I also believe that many people don't measure accurately when using laundry detergent. I recently purchased a detergent because it was both biodegradable and a good price per wash load...only to find it packaged in such a way that measuring is very challenging. As we have a LOT of different people in this house washing laundry, I've been keeping an eye on the product and it's disappearing far more quickly than it ought. If I can't come up with an easy, quick way to measure this product, it will end up costing MORE per load due to waste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com