When you purchase a package of hot dog buns there are 8 buns in the pack. When you purchase a package of hot dogs there are 10 hot dogs. Does anyone know why they don't match
2007-01-07 10:49:42 · 19 answers · asked by alstonevan 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Creative marketing. Did you know just one Alka-Seltzer will do the trick?
If not why didn't they make just one that will.
It's called plop-plop fizz-fizz double our profits gee whiz!
2007-01-07 10:52:35 · answer #1 · answered by Rowdy Yayhoot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meat is produced by the pound and bread is baked by the quantity of loaves. A normal hot dog is about 1/10th a pound, hence ten to a packet. Jumbo hot dogs are about 1/8th a pound, For the meat packers this is just for simplicity's sake. It gives you a one-to-one ratio, a thousand pounds of meat produces a thousand packs of hot dogs, no complicated arithmetic to work out. Bakers aren't concerned with pounds, only loaves, so they can be a bit more logical in their packaging. Eight buns fit neatly into a bag in two rows of four, giving you an ample quantity of buns without making the bag too large or awkward to handle. Also common, twelve buns arrange nicely into three rows of four.
2007-01-07 11:01:24 · answer #2 · answered by pinkcallalillie3 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because it's their way of making you buy another pack of buns so you can eat the 2 hot dogs left, but then you will have 6 more buns left, which would make you buy more hot dogs so you can eat the buns. Then, having 4 hot dogs left, you will be forced to buy another pack of 8 buns, and when you finish those, you will still have 4 buns left, so you will buy another pack of 10 hot dogs. When you are done with THOSE, you will have 6 hot dogs left, and you will buy yet ANOTHER pack of 8 buns, and when you eat them, you will have 2 buns left, and you will buy another pack of 10 hot dogs, and when your done you will have 8 hot dogs left, and then you can buy your FINAL pack of 8 buns.
Simply put : Marketing. No one wants to waste food, right?
2007-01-07 10:51:30 · answer #3 · answered by nerveserver 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
cuz the hot dog people know that if they have less buns in the bag that you will go out and buy more buns. So the bun company is making money out of this. Cuz you are buying more hot dog buns just to have enough weenies to make them.
2007-01-07 10:52:53 · answer #4 · answered by Lady B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where you're from... but here in California for the last 15 years... I've bought dogs and buns in packages of 8. Three different grocery stored, different brands... EIGHT and EIGHT.
It's almost an urban-legend... only believed by those who don't shop or cook.
2007-01-07 11:03:12 · answer #5 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
so you have to buy 2 packs of hot dog buns. Its all about the $$$
2007-01-07 10:52:20 · answer #6 · answered by HOVO 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's an old and often asked question that no one has the answer to. It would just make too much sense (and the bun companies would lose sales because you wouldn't have to buy 2 packages)
2007-01-07 10:53:52 · answer #7 · answered by the cynical chef 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
cus not all hot dogs are packaged in 10's. it depends on the brand. and if the hot dog bun package were any bigger it'd look weird =)
2007-01-07 10:51:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's just a way for them to make money because they know you're going to have to buy more buns. It's stupid, but as a sales technique works very well.
2007-01-07 10:59:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats a good question. When I have left over buns I use them to make garlic bread. butter them, then I put garlic salt and parmasean cheese. Then cook them in the broiler.
2007-01-07 11:04:12 · answer #10 · answered by Janet H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You mustve heard this joke somewhere...they stopped doing that...at least here they have. Now their equal. 8 dogs, 8 buns.
2007-01-07 10:51:59 · answer #11 · answered by INFINITE CONSCIOUSNESS 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋