Maybe it’s not inflation, maybe it’s just greed. Check your prices, folks.
Maybe it’s not inflation, maybe it’s just greed. Check your prices, folks.
by EggplantAstronaut
19 Comments
EggplantAstronaut
Top is Walmart, bottom is Kroger. Same exact product, same city, but Kroger item is “on sale” for almost $3 more.
I know it’s common for Walmart to have things a few cents cheaper than other stores, but this is insane.
twbf
I wish there was an app that you could take your grocery list and upload it and it would find the cheapest store to go to for all your items
Tall-Concept-7615
I price checked Walmart against Winn Dixie, even the buy one get one, and Walmart won 99% of the time. That was 3-4 years ago in Florida.
EXCALIBRE81
Price gouging is illegal. I see $7.99 cream cheese here too. I buy a Latin brand that’s only $1.99. Same quality and taste as Philadelphia
bumfightrecorder
It’s interesting because what the more expensive store is totally depends on where you live. Walmart has a business model of undercutting other stores in the area to establish themselves as the cheapest option and then price gouging really hard. Walmart is not the cheapest store near me at all.
dotknott
Top Tip outside of cross-store price checks: check the unit price when shopping for lowest price between brands and sizes. I recently bought some pirates booty for my kid and noticed that the biggest bag was more expensive per ounce than the medium sized bag.
Emotional-Savings-71
If you make a billion dollars youd want to keep making a billion dollars right? We live in a society that will keep buying no matter how high the prices get… user accounts that sell on Amazon or any other service site jack their prices way up and buy out all of the cheap stuff
Untidycloud9
Okay
Dinofeeties
It’s greed. Ever since Reagan set the wealth tax back it’s been nothing but a money squeeze. Boomers didn’t experience what they caused so naturally they don’t see a problem. Go figure
lilac1976
I was watching the news a few weeks ago and they said that generic is as good as name brand but cheaper. I always go for the cheaper one. When I was growing up my family shopped at Aldi and I have found that generic taste very, very similar to name brand. I would just buy Aldi brand and conceal it. They will not know.
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IntelligentTurn3216
Walmart is way more expensive than it used to be on everyday items
85hash
It absolutely is greed
motherfudgersob
Shipping costs have cratered, supply chains for food (between restaurants and grocery) have adjusted. Energy costs have plateaued or gone down (in the US especially but Europe too). Avian flu is a logical cause for poultry and egg prices but I don’t for a minute buy there isn’t greed lying and price gouging going on. I hope it is widely investigated.
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chellecakes
They are charging more on “name brands” because they KNOW people are used to them and they KNOW they will pay a higher price because their family wants it etc. I would say don’t fall for it and get a generic brand that is probably literally made at the same factory, but of course there’s “brand snobs”…
BNNY_B0Y
But
Its on sale
CuteGiraffes
I deal with this in my industry. The cost increases have been insane over the past few years. Different stores can have different costs and/or receive cost changes at different points in time. Best bet is to use coupons and price check across different stores
19 Comments
Top is Walmart, bottom is Kroger. Same exact product, same city, but Kroger item is “on sale” for almost $3 more.
I know it’s common for Walmart to have things a few cents cheaper than other stores, but this is insane.
I wish there was an app that you could take your grocery list and upload it and it would find the cheapest store to go to for all your items
I price checked Walmart against Winn Dixie, even the buy one get one, and Walmart won 99% of the time. That was 3-4 years ago in Florida.
Price gouging is illegal.
I see $7.99 cream cheese here too.
I buy a Latin brand that’s only $1.99.
Same quality and taste as Philadelphia
It’s interesting because what the more expensive store is totally depends on where you live. Walmart has a business model of undercutting other stores in the area to establish themselves as the cheapest option and then price gouging really hard. Walmart is not the cheapest store near me at all.
Top Tip outside of cross-store price checks: check the unit price when shopping for lowest price between brands and sizes. I recently bought some pirates booty for my kid and noticed that the biggest bag was more expensive per ounce than the medium sized bag.
If you make a billion dollars youd want to keep making a billion dollars right? We live in a society that will keep buying no matter how high the prices get… user accounts that sell on Amazon or any other service site jack their prices way up and buy out all of the cheap stuff
Okay
It’s greed. Ever since Reagan set the wealth tax back it’s been nothing but a money squeeze. Boomers didn’t experience what they caused so naturally they don’t see a problem. Go figure
I was watching the news a few weeks ago and they said that generic is as good as name brand but cheaper. I always go for the cheaper one. When I was growing up my family shopped at Aldi and I have found that generic taste very, very similar to name brand. I would just buy Aldi brand and conceal it. They will not know.
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Walmart is way more expensive than it used to be on everyday items
It absolutely is greed
Shipping costs have cratered, supply chains for food (between restaurants and grocery) have adjusted. Energy costs have plateaued or gone down (in the US especially but Europe too). Avian flu is a logical cause for poultry and egg prices but I don’t for a minute buy there isn’t greed lying and price gouging going on. I hope it is widely investigated.
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They are charging more on “name brands” because they KNOW people are used to them and they KNOW they will pay a higher price because their family wants it etc. I would say don’t fall for it and get a generic brand that is probably literally made at the same factory, but of course there’s “brand snobs”…
But
Its on sale
I deal with this in my industry. The cost increases have been insane over the past few years. Different stores can have different costs and/or receive cost changes at different points in time. Best bet is to use coupons and price check across different stores