I used to shop frequently at the LSL Winn Dixie. As COVID waned, but prices were rising like crazy and nobody knew what anything cost, I was shopping there and needed 5 lbs of King Arthur Bread Flour and a jar of yeast. The bright yellow cardboard sign declared the flour was $7.49, and yeast was $6.49, with exclamation points, as if this was an amazingly great set of prices. I wasn't sure what it would cost elsewhere, but I chose not to buy them. At Publix in Colony, $5.98, and $3.49, and at the Walmart Neighborhood Store, each item was even 50 cents less than Publix. I expect to see a 5 or 10 percent higher price at Publix, but 36% was a lot more than I was willing to spend for the convenience of shopping at that Winn Dixie. I don't think I ever set foot into that store since that day.
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