TheBenjamin has posed an interesting question: Why is shredded mozzarella cheese cheaper on a per unit basis than a block of mozzarella cheese?  This is particularly interesting to me because of something that happened to me recently. 

It all started when one of us (probably Amy) got the excellent idea to make pizza for supper.  However, she was out of pizza cheese so my job was to buy some on the way home from school.  My memory is often not so good so she called me to remind me and it was at that point that I asked her what kind to get.  She said “mozzarella”, and due to my keen set of listening skills I went to the store and looked for cheddar.

Now, at some point earlier, she had commented that this cheese was cheaper shredded than in a block, a claim which I doubted for the same reason Ben wonders about it.

So as I was looking for cheddar cheese I checked this shredded nonsense out and found to my satisfaction that indeed shredded cheddar cheese was more expensive than a solid block.  Naturally, I bought the block and went on my merry way only to discover that, uh, I had gotten the wrong kind.

So Amy was right, though the pizza was still good.  I have no answer to Ben’s question.

Update: So Amy thinks she referred to cheddar cheese being less expensive shredded, and not mozzarella.  This sort of ruins my story, but then she’s not exactly sure what she said so we’ll just leave it at that.