Pricing loose goods by the kilo, yard or olonka

Sell what customers actually ask for, in the unit they ask for it, and keep the stock count right.

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Efua Quaye · 30 September 2026 · 6 min read

Rice by the olonka, fabric by the yard, tomatoes by the pile. Real shops sell in units that never fit a standard price list, and a till has to cope with that without slowing the queue.

Set the unit once

Give each product the unit it sells in and a price per unit. The cashier enters a quantity, the till does the multiplication, and the receipt shows the unit so the customer sees how it was priced.

Keep stock in the same unit

Receive stock in the unit you sell, or in a bulk unit you convert once. Either way the count on the shelf and the count on screen speak the same language.

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