Is there really savings when we buy grocery items with additional items?

I agree with you. I have found out that the only time we save is when we really need the extra item. Usually the extra is something we wouldn`t have bought anyway and the price of what you want to buy is slightly higher that what you would pay for the bare item. I think that the only time I got something I liked what when Nescafe had a promotion and I got a mug with the words "Nescafe" on it with the coffee. I bought 6 and mugs are always needed

I am a little confused with your discussion as it seems to be all over the place. You bought 3 packs of pasta, and since you bought 3 you could buy the plastic storage cases for cheapier?. Many stores have promotions to draw you in then you will buy other things. I tend to do this, if I need it. For example I bought two packs of snack bars, and they came with a code for 1 free box of treats so I bought 2 instead of 1 but I got 1 free so in the end it does save me money. I try to buy in bulk as most stores give you some form of discount. I know my store they give x amount off the more cans of food you buy, or dry food, also buy so many get 1 free.

Pahak, not every promotion item is a saving for us. In fact, some of the promotion item had included a slightly higher price, which not really worth to buy. We must compared that same item with several shops, before we make the purchase. Because i ever discovered that the same item with free gift costs the same with another item without free gift from another different shop. In that case, of course i would purchase the item from the shop that gives free gift.

Items bundled to an item may give some extra savings but not most of the time. That mode is for marketing purposes, that is to attract customers. If that attached item is what you usually buy that would be a good thing. Since you will no longer buy for it. If that is otherwise, that would be just a waste. That really depends if we use that attached item, that would be savings that's for sure. Thanks

That happens to me also just last week. When I came home and checked the regular price of the product, it showed that I didn't save a single cent. We really need to compare prices before purchasing...even if it takes us a couple of minutes more in our grocery time. It's the savings we are after, not an excess item.

I have found that by reading the pricing tag displayed under the item for sale that the price per unit will indicate whether a larger package is really cheaper. For example: The mac and cheese single package may be priced at 10 cents per ounce, but the larger package may be 11 cents per ounce. Also, we notice that the shrinking package sizes sell for the same price as the formerly larger size. For example: Ice cream used to be sold by the gallon for $4.00. Now you purchase a container that holds 3 quarts for $4.00. The 'double roll' toilet paper is really the same size of a roll of toilet paper from just a few years ago...but it is at a much higher per unit price.

Some stores seem to have a knack for misleading you into thinking you have a bargain, it's only after you have paid for your groceries that you realize the savings weren't savings at all. It's so easy just to see what you think is a bargain and put it straight in your basket and not give it another thought.

We really need to be smart buyers. Some promotional items may seem like a steal but are in fact just plain gimmickry and that we end up paying for the so called free item. Like what happened in your case. But there are legitimate promos wherein the additional item is indeed free. We just need to really compare prices - check the price of both a single item and those in a pack.

Stores all over do these things, to get us to buy more. Sometimes it works. You really have to watch them.