Nutritionist Nigel Denby said discount offers, such as buy-one-get-one-free were adding to the opportunity to buy bigger amounts of healthy food.
The Blue Jackets offered a buy-one-get-one-free deal for their opener Monday against Detroit, a popular draw, and a sellout is expected.
The launch's demand appears to have been built on Motorola's original Droid, which itself was a blockbuster thanks in part to a buy-one-get-one-free promotion at Verizon.
Sir Bruce also said cosmetic surgery deals, such as buy-one-get-one-free offers and handing out free breast surgery as prizes in raffles, were a "particularly distasteful" way of incentivising people to go under the knife.
The buy-one, get-one-free coupon that goes with the promo, though, is officially bipartisan.
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Inventory will be an issue as consumers snatch up discounts and buy-one get-one free offers.
Some retailers "double" coupons, meaning they give twice the face value of the discount or offer buy-one-get-one-free promotions.
But the BRC questioned the report's link between promotions and food waste, highlighting a UK government survey that showed buy-one-get-one-free offers were becoming rarer.
The firm said the offer meant that smaller households would not be forced to throw out "buy one, get one free" items before their use-by date.
Discount promotions like "buy one, get one free" on giant, 25.5-ounce boxes of Raisin Bran boosted cereal volume, but killed Kellogg's gross margins and did little to stimulate brand loyalty.
Hence, more promotions (such as Buy Two, Get One Free etc) can be expected on companies? e-commerce websites.
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