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MissB

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5. Costco is holding steady.

Reply to rsmith6621 (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2014, 08:15 PM

Oct 2014

$9 for 4 lbs. - in Oregon anyway, don't know about Washington but I figured we are pretty close.

My mother lives in Washington and was noting the cost of butter at the grocery store recently. Could it be only a state of Washington thing? Or maybe Costco is artificially holding down the price.

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