"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> The convenience food business is getting ridiculous while they test
> just how much lazy people are willing to pay for "convenience". I
> don't know how long these have been out, but I got a free package
> for buying some meatballs that I would have bought anyway. It's
> about 1/4lb of pasta cooked and packaged in a hermetically sealed
> bag.
>
> https://www.barilla.com/en-us/produc...sta?sort=alpha
>
> My store sells them for $1.68. Which comes out to $6.72/lb. Normal
> price for a pound of Barilla dried pasta is $1.25. So that's a 550%
> increase in price.
>
> Sheesh. I felt stupid jsut getting one for free.

I got a free package. I gave it away. I was told it wasn't very good.