Capitalism Works
Feb 6th, 2008 by brianschettler
I do most all of my shopping at Consumer’s IGA. They’re usually cheaper and, in my opinion, the quality of food (especially meats!) is better than the competition in town–the two Super-Walmarts. For example, milk has always been cheaper at Consumer’s. Most of the time you can catch milk on sale for $2.99 per gallon. Milk at Walmart in comparison is almost always $1 more. Even though I live less than a mile away from Walmart, and Consumers is a drive into town, I’ll always plan to get milk at Consumer’s. I believe everyone else was doing this, too. And what do I see when I drop by Walmart to pick up some cocoa for my lifegroup tonight? Milk for $2.99 per gallon. And to think…would they have had any reason to drop the price if there was no competition?