After more than a year of cost hikes, consumers who have recently checked their receipts may have noticed something odd — prices for some of their everyday essentials, from Clorox wipes to organic granola bars, have started to ring up a little cheaper.
In what at least one retailer has dubbed “a summer of savings,” mass retailers like Target, Walmart, Walgreens as well as grocery chains like Aldi have cut prices on thousands of common items as they try to woo customers on the hunt for value.
On top of those savings, the industry is in the midst of midyear seasonal sales that include Target Circle Week, which began last weekend, and Amazon Prime Day, which starts next week.