One thing that's puzzling is that I can get a loaf of bread at one store for over $3, but less than $1 at another store in the same town. Canned vegetables are twice as much at one store as at another.
It's also puzzling that gas in a large area varies only a penny or two, even though there are obvious differences in the cost of doing business that ought to make the prices vary by 10 or 20 cents from store to store. I know that in my home town, there was collusion between the outlets. There was one certain store that everyone else watched. If the Etna station changed his price, everyone else would change theirs as soon as they found out, regardless of what their wholesale price was.
Everyone needs to stock up on supplies while there's still something in the stores. Luckily, there are still good prices in my area. Two different chains had chicken leg quarters for 49 cents a pound, and plenty in the meat case.
One thing that's puzzling is that I can get a loaf of bread at one store for over $3, but less than $1 at another store in the same town. Canned vegetables are twice as much at one store as at another.
It's also puzzling that gas in a large area varies only a penny or two, even though there are obvious differences in the cost of doing business that ought to make the prices vary by 10 or 20 cents from store to store. I know that in my home town, there was collusion between the outlets. There was one certain store that everyone else watched. If the Etna station changed his price, everyone else would change theirs as soon as they found out, regardless of what their wholesale price was.
Everyone needs to stock up on supplies while there's still something in the stores. Luckily, there are still good prices in my area. Two different chains had chicken leg quarters for 49 cents a pound, and plenty in the meat case.
I said the same thing a couple times today. I can drive to different stores within a 5 mile radius and pay wildly different prices.