On Thursday, August 28, 2014 10:20:39 PM UTC-4, Pico Rico wrote:
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> > My market had those gigunda (sp?) bottles of Heinz ketchup on a BOGO, but
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> > The rest of the BOGOs lately have been for junk or highly processed food.
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> > Yes, that's one of my complaints too, coupons and things on sale are
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> > usually for junk food, not always, but a lot.
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> i.e. things marked way the hell up in the first place.

Yeah - like Publix recently had a BOGO on hummus. Well, sure, one is 'saving' 2.99, BUT it's a tiny 4 oz. container and I can make 8 oz. for a fraction of even the BOGO price.

They also had a BOGO on those Simply Potatoes. Geez, I can still make my own mashed spuds for a lot less. Those ready to eat spuds are Ok in a real pinch, e.g. someone's too sick to cook, or the non-cooking partner is left home alone. I did buy' em ONCE for an over-nighter on the boat, but that was a real luxury.
My frugal bone ached for hours.