The price of kleenex is making me cry

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KLEENEX 2-Ply White Tissue 144 ea (Pack of 6) $21.99

I was going to add some kleenex to my grocery order at Walmart. Remember when you could get a big box of tissues with 250 sheets for around $2.50?

Now they are selling more of the small packages. I didn't see any with more than 150 sheets. And if you buy 6 boxes, that's about $3.67 each.

Paper towells and toilet paper are expensive too. But all of these paper products are necessities. It just eats up the whole paycheck. It sucks when you're sick and have to worry about using too much Kleenex.

[Emile]

1. Buy handkerchiefs and a washing machine!

Just an idea. .

[Hekate]

9. Do you have chronic rhinitis and allergies?

Judge not.

[Emile]

16. That was just a suggestion. Who is judging here?

[USALiberal]

18. Lighten up! Nt

[Blue Owl]

2. Then you'll need to buy more Kleenex -- wait a minute...

Oh those corporate bastards...

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. A non Kleenex brand ought to be a lot cheaper.

At my local Target I can get a three box package of Puffs with 180 tissues in each box for around $5.00.

Check out another store. People have been bamboozled into thinking everything is cheaper at Walmart, and that simply isn't true.

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4. Wow, you're right.

I just looked it up at Target.

[SoCalNative]

6. Especially since a good deal of the items online

aren't sold by Walmart themselves but third party sellers, who charge whatever they want.

[JT45242]

5. Go generic

The Walmart generic is 4 boxes With more sheets for under $5.

We save a crap ton of money by using generics for most things.

Worked in a plant that made Nabisco product and generics, very little difference.

There are a few things we go name brand, but given that usually the difference is in packaging and ad budgets, you can't beat the cost savings of generics and store brands.

[Chipper Chat]

10. Meijer brand good as kleenex

[Klaralven]

20. The "branding" is what raises the price to fund advertising on ad supported media

Mostly the increment goes to television, not improved product.

[SCantiGOP]

7. My answer would be

handkerchiefs or COSTCO.

[mcar]

8. I get 8 boxes of Kleenex ultra soft tissues for $11.89

via Amazon subscribe & save. I get all my paper goods, vitamins and cleaning stuff that way.

[XanaDUer2]

11. I switched to generic

Publix or Food Lion

[SharonClark]

12. Try a store brand or . . .

8 boxes at 120 sheets per box for $13.99 at Amazon.
6 boxes at 144 sheets per box for $8.49 at Target.
Kleenex Ultra Soft Facial Tissues - 4pk/120ct each for $6.79 at Target.
Kleenex Ultra Soft Facial Tissues, 4 Flat Boxes (440 Total Tissues) for $5.97 at Walmart.

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13. I don't have to have brand name kleenex.

But I think the cheaper ones sell out first.

The price of everything is going up noticeably. Since I live alone it doesn't work well for me to buy in big quantities. I just don't have room for it.

[Wingus Dingus]

14. I've made it a policy to pay the least amount possible for things

I use once and throw away. You should get the store brand.

[fierywoman]

15. Costco Kirkland brand.

The price of membership is the money I save by buying gas there. And I store them at the top of the kitchen cabinets under the ceiling.

[obamanut2012]

17. Similar 4-pack at Target is less than $7, six-pack less than $9

Either Wal-Mart is price gouging, or this is a mistake. And, the Puffs and Target brands were even cheaper.

Weird AF.

[onenote]

19. Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Kleenex-Ultra-Facial-Tissues-Count/dp/B07NQNS9CR/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2BHVNE3Y1SEAE&keywords=amazon%2Bkleenex%2B144&qid=1642882669&sprefix=amazon%2Bkleenex%2B144%2Caps%2C51&sr=8-2&th=1