[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by champion6

Now that the Neighborhood Market has been open a while, have any of the shoppers on TOTV conducted a price comparison with a Supercenter?

Nope. I shop like an insane person anymore. If I want fresh peaches, I buy them.

My ancestors are rolling in their graves.

[Schaumburger]

Originally Posted by joldnol

ask her what taxes were like in the land of lincoln?

Sales tax in Schaumburg, IL (northwest suburb of Chicago): 10%.
This is the total of state, county and city sales tax rates. The Illinois state sales tax rate is currently 6.25%. The Cook County sales tax rate is 1.75%.

Sales tax in Sumter County, FL: The combined sales tax rate for Sumter County, FL is 7%. This is the total of state and county sales tax rates. The Florida state sales tax rate is currently 6%. The Sumter County sales tax rate is 1%.

Interesting to learn more about price comparison between the larger Walmart stores and the neighborhood Walmart stores.

Do the larger Walmart stores have the same prices throughout the country?

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Schaumburger

Sales tax in Schaumburg, IL (northwest suburb of Chicago): 10%.
This is the total of state, county and city sales tax rates. The Illinois state sales tax rate is currently 6.25%. The Cook County sales tax rate is 1.75%.

Sales tax in Sumter County, FL: The combined sales tax rate for Sumter County, FL is 7%. This is the total of state and county sales tax rates. The Florida state sales tax rate is currently 6%. The Sumter County sales tax rate is 1%.

Interesting to learn more about price comparison between the larger Walmart stores and the neighborhood Walmart stores.

Do the larger Walmart stores have the same prices throughout the country?

I think from what Mrs. R said, they do not have the same prices throughout the country. But then, neither do the other grocery stores have the same prices everywhere. General costs like rent, fuel, warehousing, wages, etc., are not the same everywhere.

Other than Walmart, supplier competition would factor in. The grocery prices, for instance, we're much higher in West MI than they were in NJ and Pittsburgh because for the most part there were only two suppliers supplying all the grocery chains in that area. Very little competition.

[asianthree]

I agree prices are not the same up north in different stores in the same chain depending on what ZIP Code they have. The only thing stays the same is the sale price in the flyers.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by CFrance

I think from what Mrs. R said, they do not have the same prices throughout the country. But then, neither do the other grocery stores have the same prices everywhere. General costs like rent, fuel, warehousing, wages, etc., are not the same everywhere.

Other than Walmart, supplier competition would factor in. The grocery prices, for instance, we're much higher in West MI than they were in NJ and Pittsburgh because for the most part there were only two suppliers supplying all the grocery chains in that area. Very little competition.

Well said.