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Little thing but it will add up

songbird — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:10:17 GMT

I rarely go to Walmarts. In fact I can count on my fingers of one hand the total times I go there. I had to yesterday. My husband had to pick up a prescription via drive through. I need Distilled water. I darted in just to get one gallon size. It cost $1.19. Today through instacart at Wegmans, I ordered 4 more gallons. They cost .79 cent each. I thought you save more at Walmart.

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SharkE — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:14:00 GMT

at my walmarts it's 98 cents. I buy 10 gallons at a time.

have to sell some of that gold LOL

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songbird — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:18:55 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
at my walmarts it's 98 cents. I buy 10 gallons at a time.

have to sell some of that gold LOL

This is Distilled water. Not a lot of people drink that. I think it's vile tasting. My husband drinks it. (and the cat!) That's why I buy it. I think that high price at my Walmart was from inflation. Anyway I'll stick to getting it from Wegmans

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SharkE — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:18:30 GMT

I buy to put in humidifiers. dry as toast in Tx.

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songbird — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:19:37 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
I buy to put in humidifiers. dry as toast in Tx.

Yeah. We use it for that too.

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Shanus — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:38:00 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
I buy to put in humidifiers. dry as toast in Tx.

@SharkE I use it in my iron to prevent buildup, but it'd take forever to use a gallon. I don't like ironing and check lables before purchasing clothing and end up with mostly knits.

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Cakers3 — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:45:49 GMT

Whole Foods distilled water is only .89 cents (may be up to .99 today). Same with bottled water-which was .79/gal. before COVID. It is up to $1.09/gal. We keep some regular water on hand for emergencies.

Our local chain sells distilled water for $1.59/gal.

We also use distilled water for humidifiers and for watering the indoor plants since our water is so hard.

This is why I wonder why people think WF is so expensive.

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Sooner — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:43:16 GMT

It's $1.12 gallon at Walmart here.

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Foxxee — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:10:05 GMT

Overall, we do save a lot at Walmart compared to Wegman's.

Don't know the price in the stores since I haven't been there recently, but these are the online prices for home delivery to me in the northeast.

Wegman's would be delivered by Instacart. Walmart delivers directly from the store using independent drivers.

Wegman's gallon Walmart

Spring - $1.19 $1.12

Purified - $1.29 $1.12

Distilled - $1.29 $1.12

It sounds to me Wegman's might want to get rid of it. How many buy that much distilled water? One gallon lasts a long time for me to use for ironing.

Walmart recently increased prices as all of the grocery stores have done in my area. I suspect Walmart's are lower in the store than the Wegman's store nearest me.

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chickenbutt — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:53:37 GMT

I buy it because the husband has one of those cpap machines (or something like that) that uses it, plus the bird drinks it.

A price around $1.18 is pretty much normal. .79 is beyond a killer price! I've never seen it that cheap. Even at a little over a dollar, it's well worth it. His gallon for his machine lasts him about a month and the gallon I keep in the refrigerator for the bird lasts a fair amount of time, too (never calculated it).

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geezerette — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:54:14 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
It's $1.12 gallon at Walmart here.

Here too.

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Desertdi — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:39:50 GMT

I guess I'm saving a bundle.......I drink tap water (and don't iron)

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ValuSkr — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:39:53 GMT

@Foxxee wrote:

Overall, we do save a lot at Walmart compared to Wegman's.

Don't know the price in the stores since I haven't been there recently, but these are the online prices for home delivery to me in the northeast.

Wegman's would be delivered by Instacart. Walmart delivers directly from the store using independent drivers.

Wegman's gallon Walmart
Spring - $1.19 $1.12
Purified - $1.29 $1.12
Distilled - $1.29 $1.12

It sounds to me Wegman's might want to get rid of it. How many buy that much distilled water? One gallon lasts a long time for me to use for ironing.

Walmart recently increased prices as all of the grocery stores have done in my area. I suspect Walmart's are lower in the store than the Wegman's store nearest me.

@Foxxee I suspect Wegmans' in-store prices would be similar to Walmart's, because Instacart adds, on average, 15% to Wegmans' prices. Walmart's delivery prices are the same as in-store prices.

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Sage04 — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:44:41 GMT

@songbird wrote:
I rarely go to Walmarts. In fact I can count on my fingers of one hand the total times I go there. I had to yesterday. My husband had to pick up a prescription via drive through. I need Distilled water. I darted in just to get one gallon size. It cost $1.19. Today through instacart at Wegmans, I ordered 4 more gallons. They cost .79 cent each. I thought you save more at Walmart.

@songbird was it the same Brand at Wegman's?

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Foxxee — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:36:56 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
@Foxxee wrote:

Overall, we do save a lot at Walmart compared to Wegman's.

Don't know the price in the stores since I haven't been there recently, but these are the online prices for home delivery to me in the northeast.

Wegman's would be delivered by Instacart. Walmart delivers directly from the store using independent drivers.

Wegman's gallon Walmart
Spring - $1.19 $1.12
Purified - $1.29 $1.12
Distilled - $1.29 $1.12

It sounds to me Wegman's might want to get rid of it. How many buy that much distilled water? One gallon lasts a long time for me to use for ironing.

Walmart recently increased prices as all of the grocery stores have done in my area. I suspect Walmart's are lower in the store than the Wegman's store nearest me.


@Foxxee I suspect Wegmans' in-store prices would be similar to Walmart's, because Instacart adds, on average, 15% to Wegmans' prices. Walmart's delivery prices are the same as in-store prices.

@ValuSkr

Actually, Walmart's online home delivery prices are higher than in-store. Pickup is the same price as in-store.

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hckynutjohn — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:09:58 GMT

@songbird

Even though it was decades ago, the mathematical principle is still the same. I worked in the Supply&Shipping department of a large local department store.

When we ordered large quantities of say, gift boxes, they came in a truckload. My company paid X for that number of boxes. Maybe 2 months later we placed the same order with the same Wholesaler, but my company paid Z for that same number.

Their price per box went up $.03 per box My department store did not absorb that cost, it was past on to the consumer that wanted that gift box. Pretty simple math then and now. My company was set up to turn a profit, not a 501c3 non profit.

Most retailers of any product follow the same cost/profit analysis, including Walmart. Throw in the cost now of moving products from country to country or state to state?

That I learned when I quit high school and learned by OJT(on job training). Has paid off for me all of my very long life. Living life taught me more than I would have allowed myself to learn in a classroom(aka)(I hated school), that's why I quit high school twice.

hckynut 🥅🏒

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songbird — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:29:38 GMT

@Foxxee wrote:

Overall, we do save a lot at Walmart compared to Wegman's.

Don't know the price in the stores since I haven't been there recently, but these are the online prices for home delivery to me in the northeast.

Wegman's would be delivered by Instacart. Walmart delivers directly from the store using independent drivers.

Wegman's gallon Walmart
Spring - $1.19 $1.12
Purified - $1.29 $1.12
Distilled - $1.29 $1.12

It sounds to me Wegman's might want to get rid of it. How many buy that much distilled water? One gallon lasts a long time for me to use for ironing.

Walmart recently increased prices as all of the grocery stores have done in my area. I suspect Walmart's are lower in the store than the Wegman's store nearest me.

It must have been on sale. Over all Wegmans is probably the most expensive store. I wasn't aware of the sale price, I had to get distilled water. It probably won't be that low next week.

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songbird — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:32:24 GMT

@Foxxee wrote:

Overall, we do save a lot at Walmart compared to Wegman's.

Don't know the price in the stores since I haven't been there recently, but these are the online prices for home delivery to me in the northeast.

Wegman's would be delivered by Instacart. Walmart delivers directly from the store using independent drivers.

Wegman's gallon Walmart
Spring - $1.19 $1.12
Purified - $1.29 $1.12
Distilled - $1.29 $1.12

It sounds to me Wegman's might want to get rid of it. How many buy that much distilled water? One gallon lasts a long time for me to use for ironing.

Walmart recently increased prices as all of the grocery stores have done in my area. I suspect Walmart's are lower in the store than the Wegman's store nearest me. People use distilled water for a lot of things. I use it as dehumidifier, drinking water (husband & cat) & various things. We go through it a lot.

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songbird — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:34:50 GMT

@Sage04 wrote:
@songbird wrote:
I rarely go to Walmarts. In fact I can count on my fingers of one hand the total times I go there. I had to yesterday. My husband had to pick up a prescription via drive through. I need Distilled water. I darted in just to get one gallon size. It cost $1.19. Today through instacart at Wegmans, I ordered 4 more gallons. They cost .79 cent each. I thought you save more at Walmart.
@songbird was it the same Brand at Wegman's?

Wegmans had their name on it. I can't remember what that one bottle from Walmart was. It had Distilled on it, so I grabbed it. I gave it to my husband in the car. Have no idea what the name was.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 21:58:07 GMT

I use demineralization cartridges to treat my tap water so I can use it in my humidifiers. Otherwise I get the infamous white dust on everything....uhg!

Tiny but mighty!