Scale ShopBag 0 g
A glossy vinyl pangolin in a raspberry apron, squinting sideways at a brass sweet shop scale

Pick and mix, sold by the gram and posted the same day

Weighed. Not counted.

On the pan: 0 g

Or drag the pangolin. Then scroll into the shop.

Striped humbugs heaped on the brass pan of the scale

1 of 3

Sold by weight. £3.20 per 100 g, weighed to the gram.

Inside the sweet shop: tall glass jars on wooden shelves and the pangolin behind the counter

2 of 3

40 jars on the shelves. You pick every piece.

A cream paper bag of pick and mix on the counter, sealed with a brass clip

3 of 3

In by 2pm, posted the same day. Saturdays too.

Empty bag, 0 g. I weigh every piece.

Fill one bag, piece by piece.

Every sweet goes on the scale as you pick it. The grams on its needle are the grams written on the lid of the parcel.

  • Humbug8 g each0
  • Pear drop6 g each0
  • Rhubarb and custard7 g each0
  • Sherbet lemon7 g each0
  • Aniseed ball4 g each0
  • Cola cube6 g each0
  • Pineapple chunk7 g each0
  • Clove drop6 g each0
  • Barley sugar8 g each0
  • Mint imperial3 g each0

0 pieces from 40 jars · £3.20 per 100 g

0 g of a 250 g bag

Posted the day you pick it.

Bags in by 2pm go out the same day, Saturdays included. Each one is weighed again at the counter before it is boxed.

  • £3.40 tracked post, any address in the UK
  • Padded box that fits through a letterbox
  • The grams written on the lid by hand
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