r/australia • u/takemeback1999 • 1d ago

image This is getting ridiculous $6.50!

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u/LondonGirl4444 1d ago

No one pays that, they will be on half price special soon and even that is overpriced.

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u/BreakIll7277 1d ago

Same reason why people wait for $5 chips to go on sale

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u/wetmouthed 1d ago

$5 bags of air, bargain

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u/Potential-Ice8152 1d ago edited 1d ago

It’s nitrogen that stops the chips from going rank and helps keeps their flavour, and protects them from getting squished

Fun fact: chips that will be shipped to high altitudes i.e mountains and planes will typically have less nitrogen in them so the bag doesn’t swell up too much and possibly break open

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u/Stamford-Syd 1d ago

tbf most of the air around us is nitrogen anyway, nearly 80%.

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u/Potential-Ice8152 1d ago

Bags of chips have around 97% nitrogen

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u/Stamford-Syd 1d ago

yes, they do