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The entire big box economy is a big honking subsidy to people with cars living in the suburbs by the poor, the singles, the seniors, the urban, the cyclists.
It only works because of the highways and the parking lots and the infrastructure paid for by everyone (road taxes do not cover the cost of the roads) and enjoyed by the drivers. The companies charge twice as much for small packages as big ones because they can; the purchasers without cars and access to the big boxes, the ability to drive between the Walmart and the Costco and the Price Club, don't have a choice.
Read on for Treehugger's reasons. Is bulk buying bad after all?
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Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy?
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(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday September 27 2017, @02:04AM
Thank you to the Costco regional marketing manager.
That's a new plan since the last time we played the game - I do note that even $55 is way up from the $30 we started at.
As for "guaranteed lowest price, every day" - that's what all the groceries around here do, so if you're ready to clip adverts or otherwise "prove it" and take time out with customer service, and find the same brand and size of whatever at another store, they'll all comp you that $0.20 per can of beans in exchange for how much of your time, and theirs?
Our Costco had good prices on about 3/5 of their groceries, matching local groceries on about 1/5, and remarkably high prices per ounce on the other 1/5 - at that time.
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