Challenging BOGOF (Buy One, Get One Free) offers

[Fieldmouse]

What arethe big supermarkets' policies on BOGOF if challenged to sell one item half price, rather than forcing a customer to take two items, when the second one is too much for requirements (bags of satsumas, tomatoes, etc?)

I'm rather fed up with being inflicted with double portions of fresh produce which are too much for our immediate needs and deteriorate in quality by the time one gets round to eating them. I would like to present one BOGOF item to a supermarket cashier and just say "Charge me half price" but I don't know whether their till accounting procedures are geared up to cope with this.

Does anybody else have this problem or are you happy with BOGOF deals?

[SlackAlice]

The deal is 'buy one' not 'buy one half price' so no you would'nt get it.

[bednobs]

i agree - if you just want one then pay for and get one! Poor you being "inflictcted" with goods you don't want. Just say no! if you want to know the shops' policies then ask the shops!

[Beads]

Life is too short Fieldmouse, don't let it bother you.

[Ethel]

I freeze the bogofs where appropriate, or give them to a neighbour if they must be used quicker than I can manage.

I never ever just have one - why should I give one to the supermarket? There is always a way to make use of the bogof effectively.

[B00]

I work for a supermarket and no, you wont be able to purchase one BOGOF item for half price- sorry.

[Lucy Thomas]

The reason (so I'm told) that they do BOGOF instead of half-price is all to do with unit sales.

If the item is half-price, customers will not generally buy two. However, if it is BOGOF, they will generally take the free one. It then appears that the supermarket is 'selling' twice the number than they actually are and thus have better bargaining power with suppliers.

BOGOF is also used on attractice items to pull customers into the shop.