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Here are 11 Walmart items customers say are overpriced and should be avoided on your next grocery run.
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“Prices are getting insane.
“Dude that’s almost as much a big bag used to cost,” another Redditorcommented.
“I wanted a single Reese’s egg before I realized it was like $1.24, one Redditorshared.
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“I swore I wouldn’t but I finally gave in and got me a caramel Cadbury egg tonight.
Those are supposed to be 50.
It wasn’t even that good.
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I could’ve got one of those caramel Reese’s,” a third chimed in.
“Always check the expiration date on everything!
I found some frozen ahi tuna steaks that had expired 2 months prior.
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The produce is always wilted or slimy.
I found that with digital coupons, Kroger is less expensive.”
Birthday Cake Decorations
Even birthday cake decorations haven’t escaped the scourge of overpricing, customers complain.
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“You know the sugar cake happy birthday things in the baking aisle?
Walmart wants $4.48 for it.
I thought that was ridiculous and looked online.
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than they used to be, going up from $1.98 to $2.42.
“Just wanted to add to this whole inflation discussion,” one Redditor who noticed the price differencecommented.
“I was doing price changes the other day and noticed how many companies are doing this.
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Sure it’s just a chocolate baking bar, but there’s a lot of companies slowly raising prices.
Going up more often than down with the price changes.
I’m sure this isn’t new to anyone, just interesting to see it in action.”
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Shoppers say the Walmart Chicken Leg Quarters are just not worth the money anymore.
The next day they went to $1.29 and then the day after they were $1.49.
“I swear if eggs get any more expensive Walmart will put them in a locked case!”
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“The Eggland’s Best were cheaper than Walmart brand a few times in the last couple months.”
“Ice Cream Sandwiches have NO taste and ice cream is a weird texture,” one shopper complained.
“Do NOT buy great value green beans.
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I used them one holiday for green bean casserole and they had so many stems.
This got served to family.
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