RE: [at-l] NOW Wal-Mart... WAS Confusering in VT

[jbryankramer at msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

Ok so competition is alive and well, just what I want to see in this
country. As for food prices, I've heard that the food business is one with a
razor thin profit margin, something around 1-2% overall on gross sales in
big supermarkets. So I wouldn't expect to see prices that much lower
anywhere.

It does suprise me to find that Florida supermarket prices seem to be on the
low side generally. When we travel cross country prices almost always seem
to be higher, often a lot higher than what we normally pay at home for the
same items. A major exception is beef in the midwest which, no surprise, is
much cheaper.

Bryan

 Lex et Libertas -- Semper Vigilo, Paratus, et Fidelis!

> > But not all things are cheap. My Wal-Mart is selling coke 12 packs for
> > $3.29. The price at the supermarket is $2.50. A year ago I
> checked the price of
> > denatured alcohol. Wal-Mart was 30 percent more expensive than
> the local
> > TrueValue Hardware Store.
> >
>             ***     Yes. I forgot to add that to my post about Walmart.
> Walmart practices the same profit-maximizing as any other
> corporation. Soda is 3.38
> a 12 pack. You can get it cheaper on sale at supermarkets and gas
> stations.
> They have other items that are just as expensive as the
> supermarket. You will
> see real deals, but have no doubt there's a strategy involved in
> their aisles.
> Obviously, from their 100's billion profits, they could really drop food
> prices and still be profitable if low-costs were a true objective...
>
>
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