Ever noticed that Wal-Mart is alway a dollar more for Maola than any convenience store? Wal-Mart Maola: $4.89, Convenience Store:: $3.69, Convenience store on sale: $2.99
I don't know about that specific brand but was happy to only pay $2.19 a gallon for skim @ BJs this week
The savings on milk alone make it worth the BJ's membership fee... also save on hot dogs, butter, cheese and frozen boneless, skinless chicken breasts (just over $2 a pound)...with adolecent boys, though, we go through at least 2 gallons a week... :shock: (when they're growing...look OUT!)
What the H*** convenience store are you talking about?!? The ones near my house, It's $4.00 for a PINT of milk. I just paid $2.69 for a bottle of OJ so small the my daughter was ragging on me for not getting enough when I got home. The only reason I EVER shop at a convenience store is because I absolutely have no time to go anywhere else. And then I fell like I've been robbed at gunpoint!
1 Gal of Milk at the 210/40 Scotchman is $2.99,w/ tax =$3.05! That is the DEAL! Of course it is hit & miss as to what they have, 1%, 2% or whole.
If I went through a gallon of milk a month I'd be sick, much less a gallon a day. 9 times out of 10 there are a few things that great deals in the convience stores milk and beer are usually 2 items that are usually cheaper than the actual grocery store. They are hoping to get you in the store while in a hurry to buy that $3 bag of chips that's $1.49 at the grocery store or that emergency quart of motor oil that is $3 more than it should be. Craig
Sorry, my bad: http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/04/12/government-drives-milk-prices-up-again/ http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg19n4-cur.html A google search brought up a ton of stuff, including lots of pdf file that I have not linked here. I'm gathering that the USDA regulates the prices producers get, but stores are free to charge what they want. Obviously, the regulation is going to affect the prices we pay in stores, but indirectly, that's why we pay different prices in different stores. Some stores might use milk as a "loss leader" to get people into the store so they will spend money on other stuff (as the chips noted above). The Nixon Administration did freeze the price of milk for a period of time, long enough to put a lot of small dairy farmers out of business, but did not deregulate it.
