Chocolate bar multibuys over

extrafisher

Not sure if anyone is interested but noticed asda stopped their 3 for £1 on chocolate bars and sweets this week, and then tesco have today stopped their 3 for £1.20 offer.

Was a pretty good deal that has been on for years but now its 60p each

Nada666

Why would anyone pay 40p per bar in threes when most are available at 25p per bar in fours much of the time?

geordie_joe

Nada666 wrote: »

Why would anyone pay 40p per bar in threes when most are available at 25p per bar in fours much of the time?

Because the bars are where they are, at the time they want them.

Most people aren't "money savers", they don't walk around supermarkets with phones/calculators trying to work out which product is a penny per 100g cheaper than another. They just look at a product and if they want it and have the money to buy it, they do.

alanq

It's worth looking out for multiple small bars in packs on special offer. I have recently bought these in ASDA and they have been considerably cheaper per gram than a single bar of similar weight.

Currently for Cadbury Dairy Milk

3x36g=108g for 80p.
1x110g for £1.42
http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml?cmpid=ppc-_-ghs-_-brand-dsk-_-google-_-asda%20groceries#/search/cadbury%20dairy%20milk

Previously there was a similar situation with Galaxy.

extrafisher

Nada666 wrote: »

Why would anyone pay 40p per bar in threes when most are available at 25p per bar in fours much of the time?

Only a few of the rubbish ones are 4 for £1 sometimes. most arent, reece's for example.

jon81uk

Nada666 wrote: »

Why would anyone pay 40p per bar in threes when most are available at 25p per bar in fours much of the time?

Often you can only get the main brands in multipacks (Mars/Snickers/Bounty), what if you want something different like Reeces. Also the multibuy means I get three different bars, rather than being stuck with a pack of all the same.

Being able to get the equivilant of a selection box all year round would be great ;-)

Nada666

geordie_joe wrote: »

Because the bars are where they are, at the time they want them.

Most people aren't "money savers", they don't walk around supermarkets with phones/calculators trying to work out which product is a penny per 100g cheaper than another. They just look at a product and if they want it and have the money to buy it, they do.

Why are you posting to this thread? They'll just pay 65p or 90p in their local petrol station or Spar, then and not bother about the change.

And no-one's talking about the price per gramme, anyway, so have no idea why you bring that up.

geordie_joe

Nada666 wrote: »

Why are you posting to this thread?

Same reason you are.

Nada666 wrote: »

They'll just pay 65p or 90p in their local petrol station or Spar,

Only if they happen to be in a petrol station or spar at the time, they won't do that if they are in Tescos.

Nada666 wrote: »

then and not bother about the change.

Why? Is there some rule that says that when you buy from a petrol station or spar you don't bother about the change?

Nada666 wrote: »

And no-one's talking about the price per gramme, anyway, so have no idea why you bring that up.

Nobody was talking about multi packs either, but you brought them up.

VfM4meplse

Nada666 wrote: »

Why are you posting to this thread?

Why are you so hell-bent on antagonising?

Why don't you ever consider whether what you intend to post will add value or denigrate before you push the button. There's nothing smart about what you post, it verges on the nasty.

redfox

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catwoman73

Sometimes the multipack bars are smaller than individual ones. Sometimes people don't want to buy a multibuy deal as they know they will eat them all in one go.

Multipacks can be a good saving, if you are buying an item per person for X people, but if you are just buying for yourself, I think cost per gram for sweets/chocolates/crisps can be irrelevant because chances are, whatever I buy, I will eat in one go so just buying one item is a way of limiting consumption and the amount I spend.