Kruidvat 01/09-06/09

This edition runs from 1 to 6 September across 82 pages. The three headline items are razor blades, an electric toothbrush and shower gel, and each saves money by a different mechanism: one through bulk, one through discount depth, one through a quantity thre…

What you need to know

Start with who each item suits. The Gillette and Gillette Venus razor blade value pack is listed at 40,00 euro. Blades are always judged per blade rather than per pack, so turn the box over, count the cartridges and run 40,00 through one division before deciding. Households where two people share the same handle usually come out ahead on a pack this size; a single user, or anyone not yet settled on a handle type, tends to end up storing most of it.

The second is an Oral-B electric toothbrush at 85,49 euro, with the page showing 55 per cent off. Electric toothbrushes swing more in price than almost anything else in these flyers, so a discount of that depth is worth noticing. What decides the long-run cost, though, is not the handle but the heads. Before buying, check which head your chosen model takes and what one costs, then add handle price plus a year of heads and compare that total against a rival. The flyer will not do that step for you, and it often changes the answer.

The third is Palmolive shower gel, 5 x 250 ml at 10,00 euro, on the stated condition 5 voor 10.00, meaning the price needs all five bottles. Bundle prices are easy to judge: divide 10,00 by five, then by 250 ml, and you have your own price per hundred millilitres to set against whatever you normally buy. A household that gets through it quickly loses nothing by stocking up. For one person with a full bathroom cupboard, reaching five simply moves the spending forward.Source 1

Valid 1 to 6 September, 82 pages in total.
Gillette and Gillette Venus razor blade value pack: 40,00 euro.
Oral-B electric toothbrush: 85,49 euro, shown at 55 per cent off.
Palmolive shower gel 5 x 250 ml: 10,00 euro on the condition 5 voor 10.00.
Judge blades per blade, the toothbrush on a year of heads, the gel per hundred millilitres.
The bundle price only applies once the stated quantity is reached.

Hokimi field note: convert all three into per blade, per year and per hundred millilitres before deciding; each is a single division.