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The case price is a unit price

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The recorded case price is not a case total The way to see which it is, is to compare it against the single price So the median discount is 28 percent on both sides of the shelf And the band is narrow in both directions Not one row of 536 goes the wrong way The contrast is worth drawing because it is the same catalog So the difference is not the catalog, it is the field Case-unit prices put the shelf in a different light Which is the ordinary wholesale shape and the case pack enforces it One container and two closures record no case price References

In a band of roughly eleven to thirty seven. With no exceptions in either direction.

The recorded case price is not a case total

It is a per-unit price that applies when a full case is bought. Reading it as a case total would make a jar appear to cost less by the case than it does by the piece by a factor of several hundred.

The way to see which it is, is to compare it against the single price

For containers the ratio of case-unit price to single price runs from 0.667 to 0.887 with a median of 0.720. For closures it runs 0.625 to 0.929 with a median of 0.722.

So the median discount is 28 percent on both sides of the shelf

Which is a striking consistency across 536 rows that were presumably priced at different times by different people.

And the band is narrow in both directions

Roughly eleven percent at the shallow end and thirty seven at the deep end. Seven of 250 containers and 45 of 286 closures beat a thirty percent discount, and nothing on the shelf reaches forty.

Not one row of 536 goes the wrong way

There is no row where the case-unit price equals or exceeds the single price. Which is a useful consistency check on the field, and it is the kind of check that another column on this shelf fails badly.

The contrast is worth drawing because it is the same catalog

The recorded shipping weight holds a per-unit figure on some rows and a per-case figure on others, with nothing saying which. The case price field holds one quantity consistently and can be used.

So the difference is not the catalog, it is the field

A column is usable when every row answers the same question. The price fields do and the weight field does not, and that distinction is more useful than a general judgment about data quality.

Case-unit prices put the shelf in a different light

Containers run 14 to 507 cents with a median of 66. Closures run 4 to 320 with a median of 29. So a complete unit at case pricing is cheaper again than the 108 cent median computed from single prices.

Which is the ordinary wholesale shape and the case pack enforces it

The median container case on this shelf is 288 and the smallest closure case anywhere on it is 200, so the discounted price is the price most orders will actually see.

One container and two closures record no case price

Three rows of 539. Which is a small enough gap to name precisely rather than to describe, and nothing on these pages estimates a missing one.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026, and a snapshot of that day rather than a current price. Single-unit prices: 250 containers from 21 to 705 cents with a median of 90.5; 286 closures from 5 to 445 cents with a median of 39. The recorded case price is a per-unit price rather than a case total. The ratio of case-unit price to single price runs 0.667 to 0.887 for containers with a median of 0.720, and 0.625 to 0.929 for closures with a median of 0.722, so a median discount of 28 percent in a band of roughly 11 to 37. Not one row of 536 has a case-unit price at or above its single price; 7 of 250 containers and 45 of 286 closures beat a 30 percent discount, and nothing on the shelf reaches 40. Case-unit prices run 14 to 507 cents for containers, median 66, and 4 to 320 for closures, median 29.

Written from 40 CFR part 770 and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. Part 770 sets formaldehyde emission standards for composite wood products under TSCA Title VI; it does not govern cam locks, glides, hinges, hangers or shelf pins, and nothing here says it does. No container on this shelf is described as low emitting or certified under anything. Prices are a snapshot of one day, and a closure counted as matching a container shares its nominal neck finish in the catalog, which is a record and not a test. This shelf is shared identically by nine groups and the sewing notions property enumerates the inventory.