# A sale is the best pitch to get a friend to grab a candy bar

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## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted Aug. 1-6, 2025, the pitch most would use to talk a friend into a candy bar at the drugstore is the bargain: 40% would go with the line that it's on sale, two-for-one.

Nothing else comes close: 18% say they wouldn't use any of these lines, while 16% would offer to split it, 11% would tell the friend they deserve it after all they've been through, and 10% would bring up eating these growing up as kids. Relatively few would try a health angle, whether that it's healthy enough (4%) or not even that bad for you (1%).

## Topline

Which of the following would you be most likely to say to convince a friend to get a candy bar at a CVS/drugstore?

A sale is the best pitch to get a friend to grab a candy bar.

- It's on sale! 2 for 1 it's perfect: 39.6%
- None of the above: 18.1%
- We can split it: 16.5%
- You deserve it, you've been through a lot: 10.6%
- Remember we ate this growing up as kids: 9.8%
- It's healthy...enough: 4.0%
- It's not even that bad for you: 1.5%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2025-08-01 → 2025-08-06
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: B
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-quirks-2025.tiiny.co#reasons-for-buying-candy](https://verasight-quirks-2025.tiiny.co#reasons-for-buying-candy)

## Citation

Verasight Quirks Omnibus Survey, fielded August 1-6, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-quirks-2025.tiiny.co#reasons-for-buying-candy](https://verasight-quirks-2025.tiiny.co#reasons-for-buying-candy)