I just happened to buy a couple cases of water like the one above last Tuesday. They were on sale at my local Brookshire Brothers grocery for $3.00 a case.
There have been reports on TV of price gouging due to the hurricane, and many of those reports had to do with bottled water.
One report had a local convenience store selling that same case of water for $14.99.
Price gouging? Maybe not.
The store manager said the water was supposed to sell by the bottle - $1.29 per bottle, which translates to $30.96 for a 24 bottle case. He sells water out of his refrigerated case all day long at a buck 29. He thought he was being a good neighbor selling it for less than half price.
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