A WALMART shopper was furious after realizing the retailer had tripled the price of bread.
She vowed to boycott the store and encouraged other shoppers to take their business to a new rival grocery store.
In a Facebook post last week, a Walmart shopper criticized the retailer for the excessively high price of a specific item.
“Please see three price comparisons for thinly sliced Dave’s Killer Bread,” the shopper began.
“I added it to the Laurel Walmart curbside for tomorrow and immediately removed it when I saw the price.”
She shared images of online prices from three stores – Albertsons, Walmart and HEB.
Albertsons boasted the cheapest price for organic bread, discounted to $4.99 from the original price of $5.99.
HEB was a little more expensive, selling bread for $5.69.
Food price inflation
Although inflation remained unchanged between April and May this year, the cost of certain food products is increasing.
Food prices have increased by 2.1% over the past year and certain categories are being affected more than others.
For example, cereals and bakery products cost 0.7% more than last year.
Meat, eggs, poultry and fish cost 2.4% more than in May 2023.
Additionally, fruits, vegetables and beverages are priced higher.
Walmart, however, featured a significantly higher price for Dave’s Killer Bread.
The retailer listed the pantry staple for a whopping $13.99.
“It’s time to BOYCOTT Walmart and stop by the new Albertson’s in Laurel,” the shopper continued.
“If Walmart is nearly tripling bread prices, it is doing the same for many grocery items,” she concluded.
NEW PRICING SYSTEM
When it comes to Walmart prices, other shoppers worry that the retailer’s new price tags will increase the cost of their groceries.
The big-box retailer announced its plans earlier this month to roll out electronic price tags at all 2,300 locations by 2026.
The objective of the new digital labels is to free up time for employees, as Walmart has around 120,000 individually labeled products.
A price change that would previously take a worker two days to update now takes a fraction of the time, according to Daniela Boscan, food and consumables team leader in Texas.
Walmart Senior Vice President of Transformation and Innovation Greg Cathey assured customers that there is no need to fear rapid price changes or “price gouging.”
This practice involves price changes with little notice and without adapting to the market.
“Absolutely not going to be that price one minute and not the next,” he said.
Walmart customers, however, are still concerned that the updated labels will lead to higher prices.
“Prices change so often (always up, never down) that Walmart is switching from plastic price tags to digital price tags on shelves in all of its grocery stores nationwide,” one shopper shared on Facebook.
“They’re going from state to state, but they expect the move to be complete by the end of the year. Jesus Christ! They found a way to digitally screw us!”
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