Walmart: We will buy this product at six cents per ounce.
Colgate Palmolive: But it costs us eight cents per ounce to make it.
Walmart: As I said we will buy this product at six cents per ounce.
Consumer: Hey, this stuff is not as good as it used to be. What? Do they water it down these days?
Dang, you are right. I find Walmart quality to be generally abysmal. I never understood why. Thanks for the insight.
Disclaimer: I almost never shop Walmart due to this.