Would you pay £34.00/Kg for a sheet of plastic?

1p or 2p extra would not deter me from buying some fresh fish. I reckon you are a Piscean Artist.

Although I do find it very annoying that one can't get fresh fish in 'microwavable' packaging anymore at my local bigname store.

I'm intrigued to know what fish you bought @ £34 kilo...?

Turbot and Halibut would be even dearer but they are rarely in the usual supermarkets. Monk fish tails maybe? A man of epicurean taste , clearly.

Quickbeam

Alaskan line caught salmon which I was only using as an example. The same applies to any product that you put into a bag before checking out.

My wife often asks the fishmonger to skin the fish.

Of course it's weighed and priced first and then 10% of it is thrown away.

(I'm happy to eat the fish off the skin but it's still paid for and gets discarded)

I think Morrisons still used microwavable packaging the last time we were there although we don't cook it this way and I've not noticed if the packaging gets weighed in with the fish.

I bet you pick the stems off your apples before weighing.

There was a study done on this, a few years ago, I can't remember the figures but it was something along lines that as there were several sheets to the gram. It was unlikely to seriously affect the cost of the product.

And I forgot to add. Most electronic Scales are only accurate to + or- 5 grams

The thin sheet of plastic is a hygiene thing - it stops repeated weighings of wet fish causing a sticky residue build up on the scales.

It has nothing to do with profit, and everything to do with cleanliness.