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3. Yesterday it was $4.78

Reply to rsmith6621 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 07:55 PM

Oct 2014

and that price was the same for every brand from national to regional and local labels. Maybe the store might be manipulating prices? I was surprised that butter was so high because other dairy products I bought like sour cream and cottage cheese were lower than normal.

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