Quick update.
I did not call Frito Lay yet, nor have I opened these two 8oz. bags of dip chips. Will probably do that later in the week.
But I did get to thinking about Russ's comments about bag size being related to chip damage. I've always favored larger sized bags because buying in bulk usually yields a better price per unit. But at some point with this product - it's no longer apples to apples. So maybe paying a little more is a better value. I started snooping and found a assortment box from Amazon by Utz that looked promising. I ordered it and after it arrived I took out one of the dip chip (Ripple) bags and dumped it on a plate. I was pleasantly surprised to see so many full size chips and practically zero breakage!
My fav. dip for dip chips is cream cheese and I had just picked up a new container of some that was Strawberry flavoured so that's what I had. It was delicious! When I was finished there were hardly any chips left I couldn't use. Success!
So now that my problem has been resolved....let's look at the numbers:
RUFFLES (8.5 oz. bag) @ $4.29 = .505 cents/oz.
PUBLIX brand (8 oz. bag) @ $2.69 = .336 cents/oz.
UTZ (1 oz. bag) @ $8.15/42 oz. = .194 cents/oz.
The only thing I need to work on now is how to get the dip style UTZ brand (or similar) in 1 oz. bags in bulk, without the other types of snacks that was in that box I bought from Amazon. (there's only 5 bags of them per box of 42). I have nothing against those other snacks, but overall I prefer a dip style chip when I am partaking of a bagged snack.
The pursuit will continue and I will update as I have more info to pass along.
I do want to THANK EVERYONE for their contributions to the thread. There are some quality posts here about one of our favourite national past times - snacking!
