Buy one get one free in Supermarkets - good or bad?

NCL01

What does everyone think about buy one get one free in supermarkets or buy 2 for *insert price here*?

Sounds good but does it just encourage you to spend more money?

Do you waste a lot of food when getting these deals?

DPJames

Of course it encourages you to spend more. But if you use the product anyway what does it matter?

But if you notice, the product on offer this week, will have been 50% more expensive the week before! and it will be 50% more expensive next week too. So for the rest of the year you're paying for the week when it's BOGOF.

There is a way to beat the BOGOF scam though, and that is to really stock up on stuff when it's on offer. If it's a tin of something, buy 20 of them so it lasts for ages. Same for perishables, but freeze them.

I have a store room absolutely packed with stuff I've bought whilst it was on offer, and my little stock pile has saved me hundreds!

Luckystar

I also use it to stock up on things I wild buy and use anyway so saves money in the long term, in particular cleaning and toiletry items. I am more cautious of 'buy 2 for £xx' or similar deals as sometimes it only saves 20 or 30p and then I only buy what I need.

BitterAndTwisted

Sometimes the BOGOF deals mean each item is more expensive than it was before and not less. You need to have a good memory and eyes like a hawk to spot a genuine decent offer.

geordie_joe

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Sometimes the BOGOF deals mean each item is more expensive than it was before and not less. You need to have a good memory and eyes like a hawk to spot a genuine decent offer.

Or just check the prices in other supermarkets that don't have it on BOGOF.

stephen77

Review each product offer individually.
Then decide if its really good value or not.

flubberyzing

Only if it's either something you'd buy anyway, or something non-perishable that will sit in a cupboard or freezer happily for months.

A._Badger

It puts me off buying far more often than it tempts. I only use so much bread, for example so if there's a BOGOF with, say, two loaves for £2 and one loaf for £1.50 I so much resent paying the £1.50 that I buy something else or (more likely) buy someWHERE else.

VfM4meplse

A._Badger wrote: »

It puts me off buying far more often than it tempts. I only use so much bread, for example so if there's a BOGOF with, say, two loaves for £2 and one loaf for £1.50 I so much resent paying the £1.50 that I buy something else or (more likely) buy someWHERE else.

I agree about bread, far more cost effective to buy when RTC (its still fresh) and freeze.

Generally I'll buy treats at 1/2 price but not BOGOF, knowing that I'll just end up scoffing double.

dlusman

A._Badger wrote: »

It puts me off buying far more often than it tempts. I only use so much bread, for example so if there's a BOGOF with, say, two loaves for £2 and one loaf for £1.50 I so much resent paying the £1.50 that I buy something else or (more likely) buy someWHERE else.

How is that a BOGOF ?

A._Badger

dlusman wrote: »

How is that a BOGOF ?

That'll teach me to post so late. None the less, presumably you understood my point?