We shop at our Neighborhood Wal-Mart grocery store. (not a big Wal-mart but one focused on food instead.) Over the past few years, we have noticed prices go up up up on store brand and name brand items.
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I've noticed at the neighborhood Walmart that they sell their products for a higher price than the SuperCenter one, that is two miles away from the neighborhood store.
On one particular item that I have bought, it's 52-cents at one and 42-cents at the other. There's another product that I buy for $1... that is 90-cents at the bigger Walmart.
Now, that really suprised me when I found that out... hoo-boy!
And this is done consistently over a wider variety of products with the pricing difference varying, but always with the SuperCenter store being the cheaper place than the Neighborhood Walmart...
I have noticed that there are items that are sold cheaper at the big Wal-Mart down the street, but we only go there when absolutely necessary. lol It’s like shopping in Mexico. We also have noticed a difference between the big Wal-Marts. I much prefer the big Wal-Mart that is in another area of town. They have better produce prices. But for convenience, we usually go to the neighborhood grocery Wal-Mart. And we buy only what is a good deal at the regular grocery stores. (I always laugh at cake mix prices at Safeway. They’re like $2.25/box when not on sale. That is crazy.)