This document gives principles and best practice guidelines for unit pricing displayed by written, printed or electronic means.<\/p>\n
It includes guidance on<\/p>\n
the provision of unit price,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
units of measure used to express unit price including: weight, length, volume, count, area and other forms of measure,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
the display of unit price, and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
implementation, communication and education of consumers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This document is applicable to any retailer, including supermarkets, hardware stores, pharmacies, convenience stores, automotive parts suppliers and pet product suppliers.<\/p>\n
It is applicable to packaged and non-packaged food and consumer products where the price is displayed, including<\/p>\n
at point of sale, including in-store and online, and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
when relevant communications about the product are released (including advertising by electronic and printed formats).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This document excludes services and merchandise, such as clothing and electronic goods sold as a single item.<\/p>\n
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| 2<\/td>\n | National foreword <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 7<\/td>\n | Foreword <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 8<\/td>\n | Introduction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 9<\/td>\n | 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 10<\/td>\n | 4 Objective <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 11<\/td>\n | 5 Main principles 5.1 General 5.2 Provision 5.3 Units of measure 5.4 Displaying unit price 5.5 Consistency 5.6 Planning, implementing and monitoring 5.7 Communication 5.8 Consumer education <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 12<\/td>\n | 6 Provision of unit price 6.1 General 6.2 Consistency of provision of unit price 6.3 Special offers 7 Units of measure 7.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 13<\/td>\n | 7.2 Consistency of measure 7.3 Measurement and calculation 7.3.1 Accuracy 7.3.2 Rounding 8 Displaying unit price 8.1 General 8.2 Location (proximity to selling price) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 14<\/td>\n | 8.3 Font type 8.4 Font size 8.5 Colour and contrast 8.6 White space 8.7 Border(s) and box 8.8 Expression of \u201cunit price\u201d 8.9 Obscuring 8.10 Format 8.11 Symbols and abbreviations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 15<\/td>\n | 8.12 Monetary denomination 8.13 Consistency of displaying unit price 8.14 Non-ambiguity 9 Provision and display in-store 9.1 General 9.2 Lower shelves in-store 9.3 Viewing distance and angle 9.4 Surface reflection 10 Provision and display online <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 16<\/td>\n | 11 Provision and display in advertising 12 Establishing a new in-store or online unit pricing system 13 Consumer education <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 18<\/td>\n | Annex A (informative) Examples of the potential benefits of unit price provision <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 19<\/td>\n | Annex B (informative) Guidance for depicting unit price information on labels <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 22<\/td>\n | Annex C (informative) International system of units of measure and abbreviations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 24<\/td>\n | Annex D (informative) Example of establishing a new in-store or online unit pricing system <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 26<\/td>\n | Bibliography <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Guidance on unit pricing<\/b><\/p>\n |