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Who has cheapest Halloween candy?
Trick or cheap. I went in search of the best deals on Halloween candy last week.
Does anyone really go from retailer to retailer in search of the best price on a few bags of candy? Scary thought. Still, I was curious to see which retailer took the biggest bite out of its candy profits. Aldi? Costco? Menards? Sam's Club, Target, Walgreens?
My hunch was that Aldi would have the lowest price for medium-size candy bags. (Candy is one of the few categories at Aldi in which brand names are common.) I figured Sam's Club would have the lowest price on bags as big and plump as a pillow. Was I right?
Maybe half-right. Aldi's prices on M&M's, Hershey's jumbo bag, Tootsie Roll miniatures, Smarties and Reese's snack-size Peanut Butter Cups were lower than any competitor's regular price. (The warehouse clubs didn't have similar assortments to compare.) But Aldi's price was usually higher than the sale price at a competitor. For example, at Walgreens last week, a 50-piece, 29.6-ounce fun-size bag of M&M's was $5.99 on sale. Aldi's everyday low price is $6.49. But when Walgreens didn't have an item on sale, its prices weren't competitive. A 20.1-ounce jumbo bag of Hershey's chocolates is $6.99 at Walgreens, $4.49 at Aldi.
What conclusions can I draw on my price check?
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