Here's another 'funny one'... I had bariatric surgery and over the past two years, have lost about 130 pounds.

Discovery: getting bored after several days of leftovers from large meals, able to live on less than 1000 calories per day (weight loss diet was 800 calories/day), I eventually found that buying pretty much ANY "family sized" container of food became more expensive than the 'smaller, less economical size' because of wastage!

And essentially obviated the discussion of buying a larger fridge or freezer to hold all of the grocery purchases and/or leftovers!

Economics can be fun and surprising...

Amen. Gas is fast, but the aftertaste...

Have to agree that 90% of the time BOGO is only for things I wouldn't feed to animals. Lately I am seeing "10for" pricing. Haven't the room for 10 x 64-roll packs of toilet paper though.

Guess that explains O2.

Cooking is an economic survival skill.

Relatively good protein and energy content. She's prepping.

That's occasionally also referred to as Free Market Competition and Voting with your Feet.

We like to eat at nice restaurants, but coughing up $60 or $80 for the two of us when we can burn our own dead cow at home and match it with fresh veggies for a total cost of maybe $20-30 is a more common alternative.

And avoiding the automatic 25% tip? "Priceless"...

Message me the list...! ;-)

Aha. I understand. Are you a newlywed? Or, are you the type of person who would rather be right than be happy? You have a wife that shops frugally. I'll bet there's several million guys who will change places with you immediately. No matter what she brings home, just smile, indicate that it looks like something you always wanted to try, and as it rots away several times, she'll get the message.

Hold it!! I just saw the above. Cross out newlywed. You're just a slow learner.

If she was intelligent, she would know that I am right!

After over 45 years of marriage, a day without an argument just wouldn't feel normal...!

Don't get me wrong, I think that the BOGO thing is great, as long as you get things that you normally keep around.

But my wife will head to the store with a list of 10 items (that we agreed on), and show up at the doorstep with 10 BAGS of items...all because it was 2 for 1. To her BOGO stands for Broad On Grocery Orgy....

I'm assuming you have an intelligent wife with a well developed ego. So...why do you ever expect to win? Just say the magic words, major suck face and think of a better occupation.

Well, I have on occasion had BOGO food, and got introduced to new and different foods, like very thin cookies that look and taste like potato chips. Not boiled in fat, lower calories too. Comes pre-portioned in sealed bags. But mostly different brands that I usually get like a different brand of Mayo, etc.

"When I do go out I want decent food, but its expensive. No wonder McDonalds is going under"
People like me love cheap crappy food. That's why McDonalds is worth 90 billion dollars.

In that case, I'm putting them into a time capsule....

some things can be used for trade. peanut butter has somewhat of a shelf life

My 'bride' does the BOGO thing like a crack addict.

The problem is that she comes home with things I would never think of eating, and she ends the argument with "you would think that I would be appreciated for trying to save money"!

I never win the discussion...anyone need any peanut butter? I think that we have about 6 jars....

That's a habit I acquired while working through college (and the habit is persistent.)

Anyone who runs a household can tell you about higher prices. My BW shops with a handy-dandy calculator, looking for BOGOs, and bargains. So, we don't always get our favorite brand, or have to wait until the item goes on sale. She often saves anywhere from ten to forty bucks. Even then, the price of food is off the charts and is getting worse rapidly. And it's not a commodity you can do without. By the way, even dogfood is getting higher.

All taxes are passed on to the consumer. The people most hurt by government spending are those with the least amount of disposable income. People who rely on government for sustenance will probably have the lowest living conditions.

A lot of us have done exactly that, and not voluntarily. A lot of jobs have been lost that will never return unless all of Obama's "work" is reversed when he is gone -- and so far even the Republican administrations haven't been willing to do that.

SS was a Ponzi scheme the day it was enacted.

actually we are in a deepening depression at this time. how deep it gets is anybody's guess.

I can.
For the higher echelon looters: Impalement and display on the town square to discourage looters.
For the lower echelon - the cold cruel world of private employment. Produce or perish.

Shame on you! Haven't you been indoctrinated on global warming, er, climate change?

Seriously, I was overseas for almost 4 years and one thing I missed a lot was hickory smoked charcoal fired food.