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skfoto t1_iw8gw1x wrote

Reply to comment by alquix in Gotta love Giant Eagle. What a sale.... by kniki217

Tom Friday’s sells Land O’Lakes American cheese for $5.99/lb.

The same cheese at Giant Eagle is $8.49/lb.

The only explanation I can think of for that is price gouging. The official inflation figure for groceries is around 10% IIRC but much of the stuff I buy at GE is at least 50% more than it was a year ago if not double.

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CARLEtheCamry t1_iw91n6c wrote

That's GE's model. They raise the "everyday prices" to higher than MSRP, and then have weekly sales. Kuhns and Shop n Save do the same. In fact I'd call that the "traditional grocery store model" of back in the day. Walmart and Aldi to a lesser degree disrupted that model.

The example I use to compare is Kraft Mac and Cheese. It's $1 all the time at Walmart, about $1.50 at GE. But GE will have a sale 4/$5. I actually scored a whole case from Kuhns, first on sale for $0.50 and then clearance for $0.25. I put shelves up in my garage as extra pantry space, and have 2 chest freezers so I'm all about stocking up on sales.

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NYCinPGH t1_iw9twl6 wrote

Tom's is great, I used to live around the corner and it was great, I went in a couple times a week.

Now that I live on the opposite side of town, I only go there for specialty items, like specific meats (just ordered my turkey the other day), because when there's zero traffic it's 20 minutes each way.

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immargarita t1_iw9v81e wrote

Cos you're really being sold Land On Lakes and the cheese is coming from...........

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ohhim t1_iwa5h5y wrote

Oddly enough, Walmart supercenter is also $8.48/lb (delivered free with plus) and they are usually pretty cheap.

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