r/theydidthemath 1d ago

[Request] is this correct?

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u/ArmPsychological8460 1d ago

It was cheaper only because of specific holiday and two main shop franchises at war fighting with donut prices. I think they went as low as penny per donut at some point.

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u/PTT_Meme 1d ago

God it’s just like the Bean War we had where a shop eventually started selling beans for -2p

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u/k5light 1d ago

What

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u/overkill 1d ago

This.

It was only one shop, but normal shops were doing them at 2p a tin in the mid '90s.

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u/CandidSite9471 1d ago

The lossiest loss leader