What has happened to the price of Ruffles?

grasswire

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Sat Jul-16-11 10:59 AM
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What has happened to the price of Ruffles?

A nine ounce bag of Ruffles is $4.29!

That's two potatoes, probably. Two potatoes cost no more than fifty cents at most. Add another fifty cents for oil, processing, marketing. The cost to the manufacturer can't be more than a buck.

So there's a profit of more than $3.00 on a bag!!

A 300 percent profit.

Something's very wrong with this.

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HopeHoops

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Sat Jul-16-11 11:01 AM
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1. So buy Martin's.

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grasswire

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Sat Jul-16-11 11:07 AM
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2. not the point

I don't buy potato chips. I just happened to notice that enormous price for a product that is cheap to produce. Price gouging.

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HopeHoops

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Sat Jul-16-11 11:10 AM
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3. On the other hand, you're mostly buying air anyway - regardless of the brand.

By volume, you're buying air with a little bit of other shit in the bag.

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WinkyDink

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Sat Jul-16-11 12:49 PM
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5. The worst offender is cereal, if you're on that warpath.

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GoCubsGo

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Sat Jul-16-11 01:09 PM
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8. Yeah, they've gotten ridiculous again.

I wait for B1G1 and use coupons, or I get it at Aldi's. Or, I find other things to eat for breakfast.

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WinkyDink

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Sat Jul-16-11 12:48 PM
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4. Wait for the BOGO deals.

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Kali

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Sat Jul-16-11 12:58 PM
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6. it's BS

never buy chips at full price, they will be on sale 2 for 1 or half off next Wednesday OR the price will be at least a buck lower then.

I never buy name brand chips (rarely buy any but store brand tortilla chips, anyway) but I was shocked the first time I saw an insane price on potato chips too, so I started watching...something is always much lower on that rack.

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GoCubsGo

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Sat Jul-16-11 01:07 PM
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7. It's not just Ruffles...

Ice cream is running around $6 for a quart and a half carton. The "gourmet" brands, like Ben and Jerry's and Hagen Daaz are five bucks a pint. They can shove it. Time to break out the ice cream maker. I can make a half gallon of a good sorbet for a fraction of what they're charging, and without all they artificial shit the put in ice creams.

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