Why do supermarkets sell 8 burgers but only 6 burger buns?!


Question: Why do supermarkets sell 8 burgers but only 6 burger buns!?
Answers:
It's an incredibly old marketing strategy to get you to buy more of a product, and sadly works!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

coz then you have to buy 2 packets of buns!.!.!.!. then they make more $$

makes senceWww@FoodAQ@Com

why are there 8 hotdog rolls and only six hot dogs!.!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

So you can buy more buns and they can make money off you!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

So they can make more moneyWww@FoodAQ@Com

!.!.!.!.so two burgers can be double burgers, silly!Www@FoodAQ@Com

ohhhhhh!! I thought it was the other way around!?!? I thought you bought a dozen hotdogs or 6 burgers and 8 buns!

it is a marketing scheme by the various manufacturers and packagers of this stuff!. If the numbers don't come out right it is caused by weight of the package! But it means you have to buy more of something or other!.

I freeze all left overs for another round!Www@FoodAQ@Com

They want you to buy two packs of buns, so the company makes more money!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

oh my goodness I just realised how right you are!.!.!.ive been shopping for ingredients for cheeseburgers and yes your right!.!.!.6 baps to 8 burgers!.!.!.

dispicable!Www@FoodAQ@Com

So that the Bulletproof Monk can use it as a fake zen aphorismWww@FoodAQ@Com

any market that i have been to have always been the opposite 6 burgers 8 buns i asked one time they told me that they never even new so if you get an answer i would like to know my selfWww@FoodAQ@Com

$o that to make it all work out you have to buy 3 pack$ of burger$ and 4 packs of bun$Www@FoodAQ@Com

Just buy 6 packs of burgers, and 8 packs of buns, and hey presto, the bun to burger equilibrium is restored!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

they soooo want more $$$$$$$$$$ cha ching!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Because then you buy more packages of buns and they make more money!. But the ones I get have four!.!.!.so I still hafta buy two, but it comes out even!. I guess with 6 buns, you'd buy more patties for the rest of the buns!.!.!.idk!. Good question though! =]]Www@FoodAQ@Com

I wish I could answer that !?
I noticed the same thing with hot dogs!.
There has to be some old time reason
they are packed like this!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

i actually get 8 in the brand I buy!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

aaah is a very good questionWww@FoodAQ@Com

Dam-it they do as well!!! What other scams are we unwittingly falling for!!!!

I say we boycott food!!

Doh!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

I really dont know!!! Why do they only put odd numbers of chocolate bars in the multipacks!?!?!?!? Annoying when you have kids as never an even no!. to share out!!! lolWww@FoodAQ@Com

Put 2 burgers each in 4 buns!.!.!.and the other 2 make a sandwich with to take to work with you!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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