Want to save hundreds of dollars buying your over-the-counter medicine, shampoo and vitamins?
Then pay attention: Depending on where you shop, you could be wasting a lot of money.
Many Shop For Convenience
When it comes to over-the-counter medicines, facial lotion and soap, most of us shop wherever it’s most convenient at the time.
Many shoppers grab pharmacy items at the grocery store because it’s so easy.
For Tammy Schutte, it’s easiest buying over-the-counter meds when she buys groceries.
“To be honest, I don’t really compare prices too much to CVS, I just pretty much get everything when I go grocery shopping,” she said.
Which Store Costs the Most?
A new price comparison by the website cheapism.com found you may want to purchase your drugstore items at discount stores.
The survey compared a basket of non-prescription items like toothpaste and deodorant at Walgreens, CVS, Walmart, Target and Kroger.
Walmart was the price winner at $50.47.
Target was just pennies away at $50.77.
Grocery stores (represented in the survey by Kroger) was $5 more expensive at $55.72.
Drugstore Chains Higher All Around
CVS was $60.72. Walgreens was $66.77. And Rite Aid, the most expensive, was $72.02 – $20 more than Walmart.
The problem, though, is many people don’t bother to compare, because they pick up these items with their prescriptions, which often cost next to nothing.
Bottom line: You could be paying hundreds more a year for convenience.
As always, don‘t waste your money.
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So far I am trying hard to avoid spending at WALGREENS and CVS because of the discrimination against patients with chronic pain. As long as staff can look me in the eye and lie about not having the medication then they don’t deserve business.
I always pay more to not give my $$$ to Walmart. They are corporate greed at it’s worst.
I’m also trying to stay out of Walmart… but, dang, they’ve got some low prices…
I mean, a lot of the stuff at Walmart is just junk, and if you buy the cheap stuff, you’ll just have to replace it again in a couple of months. But for cleaning supplies and other staples, it’s hard to beat their prices. And when you’ve only got $20 to spend, well…
I almost bought a bottle of aspirin at the grocery store once — until I saw the price. I don’t remember what it was exactly, just that it was many times the price of $0.99 generic aspirin at Walgreens.