Question for Walmart Shoppers
 

I was told there is a difference in prices between the Walmart in TV,
compared to the Walmart on Hy. 441?

TV Walmart charges more because it's in TV.

Any Walmart shoppers notice this?

Thanks

I haven’t, but the one on the south end of 441 is a pit and we don’t feel safe over there. The one on the north side is too far.

Why are some Walmarts cheaper than others?
There are many reasons. They buy merchandise from different wholesalers or directly from the manufacturer. Some store plow advertising dollars into reducing the price while others use the money as profit. Some stores are based on volume, others are based on profit, or any combination.

I have never shopped Walmart until they built the one in the Wedgewood Lane area. Their produce is excellent. I shop for fruit and vegetables there.

I would not be surprised about different prices in different stores of the chain. Read the fliers from other stores. Often it says buy one get one free but it does not show the price.

Some seem to be paranoid, the world is picking on the villages, or at least the State of Florida. Truly it is simple. If, it is not worth what they are asking don't buy it. If, it is a few cents cheaper at another store, is it worth the gas, the wear and tear on your car, your time to drive there? Sometimes it is. Sometimes it isn't.

Prices can vary by store. Depends on local competition. Prices went down on some items when Aldi arrived

Different counties might have something to do with it?

I've been shopping there for 3 years now and have never felt unsafe. Have never witnessed a physical altercation or even a loud argument. It is an old store that shows its age and really should be torn down and rebuilt.

If you really need to know, you can buy 10 items at one store, and then shop for same at other. Or You can put an app on your phone, to compare price. Scan barcode and in a second gives you cost at what stores you have added. Rarely shop at Walmart. But prices do come up on my app.

What's a cell phone?

You mean those little lighted expensive pieces of crap that the village people stare into
when their bored and when other people are talking to them???????

NO THANKS!

Good to hear. I still won’t go to that part of town.

We shop at the 2 Walmarts you can get to by golf cart. The one on Wedgewood is nicer but if we are going to Lowes as well we will cross over the Spanish Springs bridge and shop at that Walmart. Never looked or noticed price differences.

My life is a little different than yours. My cell rings and I get 15 minutes to get to the OR to fix someone like you. So without the 9 people who carry those pieces of crap you refer to. You would be a veg or dead. But sometimes life is fair:MOJE_whot:

You have been down the cell disbelief before. It’s ok no one cares if you don’t carry one or can’t use one. However if you don’t have first have first hand knowledge of Walmart, why expect someone to do your research.

I can give you the exact answer to your question, but I would have to use my cell, so I won’t.

No. We are all too busy looking at our "little lighted expensive pieces of crap".

So, you’re saying all the patients in OR are people like those. Why do dislike those people? Cause they don’t meet you’re requirements?

Well, better get educated on cell phones📱. In the not so distant future you won’t be able to do any business without one.

Did you hurt your shoulder making that reach?

Stores are different sizes, have different tax obligations to different towns, the states have different wage and labor requirements, distribution costs more in those towns, and so on and so forth.

For the same reason every publix has different pricing. This is part of the retail business. You price based on demographics. Considering people pay what is considered ridiculous amounts of money for certain jobs (trust me I understand why) that effects the overall market. I've heard it many times "oh the villages? those people are loaded" that's because of the spending here. whether it is ridiculous or not, in the entire market it does lean in that area, so when the pricing team in retail sees that up go the prices.

I see tons of people at Walmart, trust me I'm pretty price aware for the most part you aren't getting any deals no matter what the sign says LOL. When we were in Brevard county I would drive an extra 5 minutes to change publix because the price of a ribeye went down $4 per pound. it's all about where you live.

Or another possibility is the theft rate

As mentioned before, get the app or go to the website on your computer.

In Sam's club you can even skip the checkout lines with your phone.

Cell phones are a wonderful thing except for the radiation.

[QUOTE=Michael G.;2055960]I was told there is a difference in prices between the Walmart in TV,
compared to the Walmart on Hy. 441?

TV Walmart charges more because it's in TV.

Any Walmart shoppers notice this?

I used to work at the Walmart TV. The prices are about $3 higher than 441 store. They won’t match the price of the 441 store. They say it’s because they are on The Villages property and have to pay The Villages rent & percentage of profits, etc….
There is also a sales tax difference from 1 store to the other.

And check prices of things in the Lauderdale, Boca Raton region of the state , much higher than here.Ditto on the gulf side of the state farther south prices go up.

[QUOTE=gepen;2056118]$3 on what?

Yes there are big differences. For example, milk at the Walmart on 466 is $1 more than milk at the neighborhood marketplace Walmart. Same county, only a few miles separating them. There are other differences too where it’s the other way around

Have not notice a price difference but there is a tax difference between Marion and Sumter

Thank you for helping humanity

That part of town you mean Stone Crest and Spruce Creek or Lowes and Beals or maybe you mean Publix. I guess you won’t be going to the new BJs since it all in that part of town. FYI how many altercations and fights have there been in the town squares over chairs maybe you don’t need to go to that part of town either

Hilarious put I'll give their first Opie credit for not realizing the world is different from one corner to another. Did you ever drive by two gas stations and they had totally different prices even though they were virtually across the street from each other.? But I guess you're really complaining that things cost more in the Villages because you were richer. That's not just one of the reasons but because of the rents for the land etc etc I can also tell you that if you got a Taco Bell in Leesburg Central it's $0.30 cheaper for a taco and if you go to the new one that was built all the way down towards the turnpike because it cost a million that was more to build the newer one .

The Walmart in Leesburg was I believe a Kmart 20 plus years ago and I'm sure they leased it at rates that Realtors would probably go crazy for today. I've never felt unsafe at this Walmart in Leesburg or any other since they are extremely busy with people coming and going all day long. Yes it's not as great or new looking but I'm very used to where everything is and luckily for me there's a lot less AAA personality Villagers shopping in Leesburg . You would not believe the crazy drivers trying to park and do 50 miles an hour in The Villages Walmart parking lots you literally take your life in your hands

I’ve shopped at the Walmarts on 441 Summerfield, 466, 466A Colony and 441 Leesburg depending on where I’m going. I don’t take notice to all the items I’m buying, but the items I buy most frequently are prices the same in all four stores. People think stores in The Villages charge more because the people in The Villages are “rich”; BS is some of the stores and restaurants charge more here, it’s because the rents are higher - - - location, location, location.

I am guess OP is watching his pennies, and a cell is an expensive luxury for him. But just a guess.

Topspinmo, You do realize the people don’t come to the OR with clothes on much less they’re phones.
They don’t see race, Financial background or their religious beliefs, and sometime the Shooter.
What they see is a person that could die and they need to fix them.

Healthcare workers have a different mindset than rest of the population.
Your post speaks for itself.

[There are some Walmarts that are called Neighborhood Walmarts, which is privately owned and smaller. They only sell food products, and has a pharmacy. I have one in my area, and noticed the prices are higher than the Super Walmart centers. I did question the manager, and he explained that the privately owned ones can charge whatever they want. An example, .75 cents more on a gallon of milk. As for Publix, I've been to the one in TV and in my area an hour away, and didn't find no price differences in products.

QUOTE=Michael G.;2055960]I was told there is a difference in prices between the Walmart in TV,
compared to the Walmart on Hy. 441?

TV Walmart charges more because it's in TV.

Any Walmart shoppers notice this?

Thanks[/QUOTE]

Having worked in the supermarket corporate, I came to see two things, the first is that prices ARE determined by location, its what the location will bear, the prices in Boca Raton will be higher than TV, the prices in the inner city or poorer locations will be lower, its just the way it works, second, a lot of supermarkets pay rent, even though they own the property, the rents are paid to trust funds for the children and grandchildren of the owners........its just the way it works.........sorry to burst a bubble

True.

In general though you're going to pay less at Wal-mart than at Publix, and less at Aldi than at Wal-mart. But other than savings, you're going to get less in other areas that impact how we shop as well. Publix has just about everything including knowledgeable store personnel, nice wide aisles, display layouts that make sense and are easy to reach, and (on the whole) polite shoppers, but
those perks cost money and that money comes from increased prices. Wal-mart means lower prices but also narrow aisles, people pawing over the produce that from the looks of them you should be social-distancing maybe 20 feet instead of six, narrow aisles with merchandise often stacked beyond your reach (and no store clerk available to help you), etc. Aldi lowest price of all, by a lot, but a VERY limited selection.

That's one of the nice things about TV. If the stores you shop at are close to one another (Wal-Mart, Publix and Aldi all in the space of less than a mile drive) you can comparison-shop and save some real money by so doing.

But you can get Packers alerts , Packers updates on it and Packers game scores and you may be one of the first to know what Rodgers decides to do:popcorn:

why don't you just go the one on 441 and find out for yourself? Not THAT far...I'm sure you travel much further for other things.

I've never paid much attention but I did notice that bananas were 34 cents a pound on 441 and 63 cents a pound on Wedgewood.

I think he was talking about the Walmart in Leesburg

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You probably need to buy a better phone.