On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 19:49:12 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>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.
>
>-sw
I saw it on the shelf last week. Not interested