mine field of ripoffs
I went to the Bellevue Kroger tonight and was stupefied by the prices.

I concluded that it was a mine field of ripoffs. It seemed that every aisle was rigged with some sort of pricing scam explosion.

First, I'm fairly certain that Kroger has this approach to getting rid of inventory: put a ton of "sale" stickers on any given product (for example, pasta sauce). But, jack up the sale prices so nothing is really cheaper than usual. Then, make one of the products an obviously better deal than the others. But it's still not a good deal because the other prices are jacked up.

Secondly, Kroger is so annoying with their 3 for $5, 6 for $10, 17 for $22 pricing scheme. While I am able to do the math and figure out how much one item costs, I'm guessing that not everyone can. And also, some people might not realize you don't actually have to buy 3 for $5, you can just get one.

If Kroger is really trying to be a friend of the consumer, why don't they just price things PER ITEM, so the prices make sense to all consumers?

Because they're not a friend of the consumer. At all.

If only I could start a garden that would grow pizzas.