"That's what happened to one man who posted on Reddit about his wife's supermarket haul. According to the short and simple post, this man's wife left for the grocery store and returned about an hour later with 188 of the peppers and stated, "I got a good deal on them." He also pointed out that, in a family of four, their two kids don't eat jalapeños, so it's up to them to come up with recipes to use all them all."
"It's super easy to talk yourself into buying more of something just because it's on sale. This is the essence of the classic two-for-one deal, or even the legendary three-for-one - when you find a sale that's even better than that, it can feel impossible to pass up. You might worry you're letting yourself down if you don't take advantage of it. You know you're going to kick yourself later if you don't, and the FOMO is real."
An instance of extreme bulk buying occurred when a shopper purchased 188 jalapeños after finding a steep discount, leaving a four-person household to figure out uses since the children do not eat the peppers. Strong sales and FOMO often push shoppers into purchases beyond immediate needs, driven by two-for-one or deeper discounts and store overstock strategies. Bulk purchases can save money if matched with planning, preservation, freezing, pickling, donating, cooking, or gifting; otherwise they risk spoilage and waste. Effective bulk management requires storage strategies, portioning, and deciding when savings outweigh storage and usage challenges.
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