25% Extra

Just bought a bag of Quavers. The bag looked bigger than usual, and had a large banner spread across the extraspace:

NOW WITH 25% EXTRA*

The * is theirs, for once, so being the ever-cynical tw@ that I am I bought the packet to see what the * meant, as (at the moment) even a bunch of mnygrbbrrs like Frito-Lay (aka Pepsico) have to own up somewhere if they’re trying to pull a fast one.

Turns out that the * meant “compared to previous 16.4g packs”

Ok.

Problem 1: our lardmachine used to sell 20g packs of Quavers until this New Generous Offer.

Problem 2: unless I’m rubbish at maths (which I am, but I don’t think I’m *this* rubbish), the difference in weight is actually 18%. Which means the “extra 25%” must apply to something else.

I wonder…