Unit Price Helper

Chrome extension that overlays unit pricing on major grocery retailers

Unit Price Helper

Online stores love loud prices and whisper-quiet units. Is 48 fl oz cheaper than 101 fl oz? I got tired of squinting, so me with my friends built Unit Price Helper—a tiny Chrome add-on that slaps clean $/unit tags onto product and listing pages for the stores we use most. It currently supports Harris Teeter, Costco, Target (plus a couple more search pages), so “which one’s actually cheaper?” becomes a glance, not a spreadsheet.

A quick brag & a nudge: it’s sitting at >500 installs on the Chrome Web Store. A few folks have asked for more sites support; I haven’t had time to chase every layout change, so if you’re into DOM spelunking, PRs are very welcome.

How to use

  1. Install: Grab it from the Chrome Web Store → Unit Price Helper.
  2. Shop as usual: Open a supported store and browse.
  3. Read the tag: Look for the $/unit label next to the item price on search and product pages. If a page looks odd, refresh once—retail sites love to A/B test their HTML.

Online shopping buries the only number that matters for budget sanity. This extension keeps me honest (and thrifty) without slowing me down. If you want to extend it to another site, the code is small and friendly—come say hi and contribute!

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