Reply #15: I don't know what the cutoff for 'old school' or 'old timer' is, but I'm 69. I check

[Obamanaut]

the cost per ounce (for example) of the various sizes - 11 ounce pound, 5 pound bags, etc - and if a different size is less costly per unit, that's what we buy. Miz O and I both carry a pocket calculator when we go shopping for grocery items. She won't let me use my Pickett slide rule any more - people ask too many questions.

And I believe that there are 4 lb bags of sugar, because I have seen sugar in other sizes as well, down to 1 lb bags. But every time they are marked with what they have in them. I've never seen a 4 lb bag marked as 5 lbs. Have you? Really?