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re: $6.29 for freaking butter...
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:14 am to WWII Collector
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:14 am to WWII Collector
You went to all that trouble to prove the point people were trying to make: you were at a small specialty grocery that was charging well over the market price larger grocery stores are charging for the same item in your area.
It is not unusual to see very high prices on certain items at this type of grocer just like the $6.99 for 1.25oz of sesame seeds I noted I bought at a similar small store.
You were trying to make a point in a very disingenuous way.
It is not unusual to see very high prices on certain items at this type of grocer just like the $6.99 for 1.25oz of sesame seeds I noted I bought at a similar small store.
You were trying to make a point in a very disingenuous way.
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Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:24 am to WWII Collector
quote:So you came back to prove to us that your thread title is a lie?
all I had to do was just look a couple items over and there was an alternative... I had options and didn;t have to go anywhere else.
quote:Bro I don't think a lb of butter has been 99 cents for many decades.
And since today is Election Day in Oklahoma... And I am an Independant, I am going to go vote for anything and everything that has an "R" by their name because of the Potato head in office and his cackling hen that is making this mess worse.... Build Back Better my arse. I think it was better before when gas was $1.87 per gallon and butter was $0.99.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:30 am to WWII Collector
I haven't seen LOL butter that high at any of the stores in my area. It's all under 4 bucks. I would imagine if I went to a small local grocery or non chain store, it would be higher. Perhaps you should ask the store why their price is so much higher than other stores.
This post was edited on 2/8/22 at 11:48 am
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:31 am to WWII Collector
How much butter you eatin’ fatty?
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:34 am to WWII Collector
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I should have just went to a different store
It's amazing how often I see this on here
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:38 am to cable
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How much butter you eatin’ fatty?
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Kroger, yesterday, $2.69 each when you buy 5 or more. No limit. I purchased 25 packages and will stack them in the freezer.
Probably not as much as this tub o' lard
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:39 am to jchamil
quote:Why is it "amazing", and why does it anger you? That's how free markets work. The seller sets their price, the buyer chooses to buy it from that seller or the competition. What's the problem?quote:It's amazing how often I see this on here
I should have just went to a different store
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:39 am to Korkstand
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Bro I don't think a lb of butter has been 99 cents for many decades.
It would have had to happen before 2005 (as far back as I can find closed futures) unless it was sold under commodity price, which is normally about 40% lower than retail.
That could occur for two reasons I can think of:
1. the producer was vertically integrated enough that they didn't use butter from the commodity market and had very low production costs
2. it was being used as a loss leader for the retailer
There is also the possibility of market penetration pricing but you don't often see that with an item like butter unless it was some specialty version like a new competitor to Kerrygold might attempt.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:40 am to Korkstand
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Why is it "amazing", and why does it anger you? That's how free markets work. The seller sets their price, the buyer chooses to buy it from that seller or the competition. What's the problem?
Because not knowing the difference between "gone" and "went" is annoying. I find it even more amazing that is what you took from my post
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:48 am to jchamil
quote:
I should have just went to a different store
It's amazing how often I see this on here
You see it because it makes sense regarding a fungible product. It is hard to make a point about inflation when you are showing an unusually high price with no baseline from the same store.
It is like me taking a picture of the prices at a Shell station showing 87 octane at $4.60 a gallon and complaining about the ridiculous price of gas when you can buy gas down the street at a different Shell* station for $2.97 a gallon.
*I used Shell stations since Shell gas is branded and someone might argue it isn't fungible. In this case the LOL salted butter is the same SKU and fully fungible.
ETA to make the point you apparently were making clearly try doing this:
I should have just went to a different store
It did read like you were questioning the logic vs pointing out the grammar issue, or at least it did to two of us ITT.
This post was edited on 2/8/22 at 11:51 am
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:49 am to Obtuse1
quote:
You see it because it makes sense regarding a fungible product.
Guess I should have bolded "went"
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:52 am to jchamil
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Guess I should have bolded "went"
We are on the same page, I did my edit while you were posting this.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 11:57 am to Obtuse1
quote:
You went to all that trouble to prove the point people were trying to make: you were at a small specialty grocery that was charging well over the market price larger grocery stores are charging for the same item in your area.
It is not unusual to see very high prices on certain items at this type of grocer just like the $6.99 for 1.25oz of sesame seeds I noted I bought at a similar small store.
You were trying to make a point in a very disingenuous way.
This.
This would be like complaining that I paid twice the price for a half-gallon of milk at a convenience store when I could've gone to the Kroger 2 minutes up the road and picked it up for the regular market price.
This post was edited on 2/8/22 at 11:58 am
Posted on 2/8/22 at 12:09 pm to WWII Collector
quote:They priced Land O' Lakes at a crazy arse $6.29 price, then put their shitty brand next to it at $3.99 so you'd subconsciously think their price was super cheap so you'd buy it...all the while you could've just went to Wal Mart and bought the same Land O' Lakes butter for $3.97, even cheaper than their shitty brand you're now stuck with.
This next photo is for anybody saying that I should have just went to a different store. No.. all I had to do was just look a couple items over and there was an alternative... I had options and didn;t have to go anywhere else.
Homey, you got worked
Posted on 2/8/22 at 12:22 pm to jchamil
quote:Oh. Yeah I'm with you on that. I have given up on correcting poor grammar.
Because not knowing the difference between "gone" and "went" is annoying.
quote:In the context of this thread it came across to me as a "why should I have to bear the burden of... shopping around" kind of post.
I find it even more amazing that is what you took from my post
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:05 pm to Obtuse1
quote:
you were at a small specialty grocery
You were trying to make a point in a very disingenuous way.
You are incorrect. And your statement is false.
It was the old buy for less, 12 checkout lanes and over 100,000 sq foot. Was also called Smart Saver at one time... you know.
. A LARGE GROCERY STORE.
Now you guys are trying to move the goal posts on what kind of store it was?
But i guess that's about the same as saying a stole the picture off the internet. Tsk tsk.
The Mexican name must have confused you.
I know one thing. Inflation continues to rise, Bumbling Biden is still president, and land of lakes butter was $6.29.
I never knew so many people seem to want to shop at walmart... very sad
This post was edited on 2/8/22 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:34 pm to WWII Collector
Oh No... Look what I found...
Dang it. Now we have to involve facts again.
LINK
Lets Go Brandon
Dang it. Now we have to involve facts again.
quote:
Butter prices skyrocket 40% on labor, supply woes: USDA
Published Jan. 10, 2022
LINK
Lets Go Brandon
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:47 pm to WWII Collector
quote:
You are incorrect. And your statement is false.
You took my statement wrong. The store is indeed a specialty grocer. La Michoacana is a small regional grocery chain with less than 10% (in some cases less than 5%) of the buying power of chains like Kroger, Albertsons, Publix, and Walmart. The square footage of one of their largest stores isn't relevant to their buying power and selling prices. Even their FB page lists them as having medium-sized stores.
You tried to make a point by using an outlandish price on an item that is significantly more than you can buy it for in the same area. That is disingenuous.
You are simply too stubborn to accept your picture required a leap of logic to support your assertion then you double down in the face of the fact that 6.29 is way high for that product in the area.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:49 pm to upgrayedd
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At this rate 10 years from now, kids won't get this joke.
Posted on 2/8/22 at 1:53 pm to WWII Collector
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Later tonight I am going to post a picture of the butter, the price tag.. and my middle finger...
until then.
LINK
hey idiot, there's a walmart neighborhood market down the street from your mexican grocery store that has the same butter for $3.97
and i see you can't accept this fact.
and no one likes shopping at walmart, but it's pretty stupid to complain about prices at your mom and pop grocery store when Wal mart is right there. I pay more for certain things at Rouses and Calandros and Alexanders b/c i don't want to go to walmart. i accept the higher prices b/c i don't feel like interacting with wal mart people.
This post was edited on 2/8/22 at 2:00 pm
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