Long's Drugs uses a simple letter/number code to indicate on its price tags the wholesale cost for each item on sale. The code has been cracked and now you can find out exactly how much Long's makes on your purchases!
So, for example, if a candy bar has a retail price of 0.44, it might have a cost code of HL, indicating that Longs Drugs pays 0.25 for it.
The Longs Drugs Price code appears in the middle of many of their on-shelf pricetags. It is two, three or four letters.
Here, the ANT stands for 308, meaning that the Longs Store paid $3.08 for the M&Ms, and will make 91 on the retail sale.
(via Waxy)
Update: Jack sez, "It might also be interesting to note that Walgreens uses a similar system, except with the word BRUSHCLEAN
B1
R2
U3
S4
H5
C6
L7
E8
A9
N0"
