Organic Food Savings: Are “Two-fers” A Good Deal? And More on those “Late Night” Specials at Whole Foods

July 12th, 2008

We’ve all been there: cruising the store aisles when suddenly, a great sale catches our eyes. Two for $1.50, Regularly $2 each, the sign reads. Sounds like a good deal! But is it?

Well, it’s a good deal if you are a huge fan of the canned organic beans or mustard or cereal or whatever it is that’s on sale. But what if you just want to try a new item, and figure a sale is a good time to try? Buying two may be overkill.

Did you know that many stores’ registers ring up each item at the “two-fer” sale price? So you really don’t need to buy two of the sale items…it’s just a suggestion. That’s what some of OrganicMania’s field research turned up this week as I prowled the store aisles.

The only time when the two-fer or three-fers really mean what they say? On flowers and live plants, you almost always need to buy the two or three items together to get the discounted savings. Or at least that’s what some of my anonymous grocery store sources told OrganicMania!

And those late night sandwich specials at Whole Foods that I blogged about here? If you were following OrganicMania live tweets this week, you already know that Whole Foods starts reducing those prepared food-case sandwiches a bit earlier now. So starting at around 9 p.m., you can pick up sandwiches at $2 off. Then, closer to closing, come the real deals – two for one.

While we’ve been talking about the great berries on sale – organic strawberries as cheap as conventional – unfortunately not all organic berries are great deals right now. Organic local New Jersey blueberries are still quite expensive compared to conventional, as I tweeted here.

And finally, yes rocks are organic, but not something I recommend. See this tweet. All’s well that ends well.

Did you find any good deals this week? Leave a comment and share!

Looking for more Organic Food Savings Tips? Check out OrganicMania’s extensive archive of organic and green savings tips posts here.

— Lynn

Copyright 2008 OrganicMania


8 Responses to “Organic Food Savings: Are “Two-fers” A Good Deal? And More on those “Late Night” Specials at Whole Foods”

  1. Christine on July 12, 2008 1:30 pm

    and at Walgreens, the price for a 2-fer is usually not a suggestion. Often it’s 2 for $3 or $1.59 each, for example. But at most other stores usually 10 for $10 means $1 each!

    Yes, Christine, thanks for mentioning that. I think the point is, it makes sense to ask! — Lynn

  2. Kelly on July 14, 2008 12:36 pm

    I always carefully watch the checker when I get just one of a “two-fer” deal. At places like Ralph’s and Vons, you only have to buy 1 of whatever most of the time.

    Thanks for the support over at Mom Road Trip!

    Hey Kelly, thanks for stopping by and sharing your tip! — Lynn

  3. Tina vilsion on December 17, 2008 5:25 am

    Excellent Post, thanx for sharing the same.. Will keep on reading the post 😀 Stumbled yourpost .. cheers

  4. Juvy Barbosa on January 18, 2009 7:40 pm

    the price for a 2-fer is usually not a suggestion. Often it’s 2 for $3 or $1.59 each, for example. I always carefully watch the checker when I get just one of a “two-fer” deal.

    nice blog

    Regards
    Juvy

    http://doctors-employment.com

  5. Gwendolyn Choo on January 18, 2009 8:20 pm

    I always carefully watch the checker when I get just one of a “two-fer” deal. At places like Ralph’s and Vons, you only have to buy 1 of whatever most of the time.

    nice blog

    Regards
    Gwen

    http://work-doctor-australia.com

  6. Darvin @ Organic Food Coupons on December 26, 2009 3:31 pm

    There’s a lot of cost saving goodness here. My wife actually had to point out to me that I didn’t have to buy both pieces of the “two fer” to get the discounted price (we share the shopping responsibilities). Also, I’m a huge fan of both organics and coupons… given these recessionary times, but you’re right in that it’s not always a good deal to buy more to save, if it’s something new to you.

    I have a huge discount brand of cereal in my cupboard right now that tastes horrible!
    .-= Darvin @ Organic Food Coupons´s last blog ..Do Follow Blog, Comment, Keyword Luv and Top Commenter =-.

  7. Mike@Baby Organic Mattress on April 15, 2010 6:54 pm

    Well, depending on where I go I usually have to buy 2 to get the cost savings. There is a local organic shop that always makes you buy 2 in order to get the best price.

  8. only organic baby food on April 17, 2010 6:12 am

    Your child will be happy and healthy, as long as they are getting healthy foods. At any time you can feed your baby organic food I am in full support.

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