Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Walmart - 11 cents for a bottle of water

Walmart not helping the situation:

In a piece examining the value shoppers get at dollar stores, 7online finds:

Nestle bottled water
If it's not environmental concerns that are stopping you from drinking a lot of bottled water, it's the price. You used to be able to get bottled water everywhere for much less than a dollar, but now prices have gone up so much that it's hard to justify the purchase. So it's easy to see why people would gravitate to dollar stores to find a bargain. I can get four 16.9 oz. bottles of water for $1 at the dollar store. That's great, but, if you use a lot of bottled water, it's better to buy it by the case.
Wal-Mart often has sales on this brand, selling a case of 24 bottles for $2.65, which means you're only paying 11 cents a bottle, as opposed to 25 cents at the dollar store. Costco sells Nestle bottled water in a case of 35, 16.9 oz. bottles for $4.95 or 14 cents per bottle, a significant savings over the dollar store.


11 cents a bottle. That includes the water, the bottle, the label, the packaging, the delivery, the filtering, the cost of stocking it, with some profit for both Walmart and Nestle.

Shocking.

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