PP @ Walmart

[mozart]

I've been eyeing Pennzoil Platinum for a few weeks at Walmart (how they can have such amazing prices on some synthetic oils is amazing to me). A few weeks ago I noticed that the 5 quart jugs went for $23 while the single quarts were $4.01

That's right, the larger package was *more* expensive.

Last night I was at Walmart and saw that this error in logic was corrected. $20 for the 5 quart jug vs $20.04 for 5 individuals. I still think there should be more of a differential as in the case of most other oils.

How much is it going for in your neck of the woods?

P.S. Thanks to this forum I'm a big fan of Walmart for buying oil. Their prices are the best I've seen.

 

[panthermike]

Mine just went from 23.00 to 20.00 as well.

 

[gmctodd]

Here in central PA 5QT jugs just rolled back to $20. I believe, however, the singles are well over $5.

 

[daves87rs]

I'm checking tomorrow...

 

[Carzzz]

Did you mean $20.05 for 5 quarts ?

 

[mozart]

Originally Posted By: Carzzz
Did you mean $20.05 for 5 quarts ?
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

boy do I feel dumb

thanks for the laugh

 

[BTLew81]

$20 here as well

 

[tropic]

$5.97 a quart, $20 a jug.

 

[pepper32]

5 quart is $20.00, 1 quart $5.97.

 

[chevrofreak]

The $4.01 pricing is only in your neck of the woods.

 

[FrankN4]

I think Walmart has given a little more responsibility to local managers in product ordering. Near me are 3 Super-centers and one smaller store. They now have extensive Valvoline displays including the end racks and the isle islands. They have about everything Mobil 1 including some of the products sold only in the one gallon jugs. Motorcraft, Havoline, and Quaker state are either on clearance of gone. Pennzoil is very limited and Castrol Syntec is very limited. That all makes sense in the area where I live as Valvoline is the big seller followed closely by Mobil/Mobil 1.

Do those of you that live in other areas see different stocking percentages and brands? Maybe where you live Valvoline and Mobil 1 very low and PP or Castrol very high?

 

[mrsilv04]

Originally Posted By: FrankN4
I think Walmart has given a little more responsibility to local managers in product ordering. Near me are 3 Super-centers and one smaller store. They now have extensive Valvoline displays including the end racks and the isle islands. They have about everything Mobil 1 including some of the products sold only in the one gallon jugs. Motorcraft, Havoline, and Quaker state are either on clearance of gone. Pennzoil is very limited and Castrol Syntec is very limited. That all makes sense in the area where I live as Valvoline is the big seller followed closely by Mobil/Mobil 1.

Do those of you that live in other areas see different stocking percentages and brands? Maybe where you live Valvoline and Mobil 1 very low and PP or Castrol very high?


You're in Kentucky. Valvoline is MADE in Kentucky.

That is enough to explain why Valvoline has big displays in your local stores, and is a big seller.

 

[Mark888]

I don't think they give ordering responsibility to individual store managers, but there are definitely regional preferences, as well as demographics, store size, etc, that are taken into account. Walmart is highly automated, and the stores receive detailed computer printouts on how to stock the shelves. But like I said, not all stores are the same and Ashland obviously has deep roots in that part of the country since it was founded in Ashland, Kentucky.

 

[FrankN4]

Originally Posted By: mrsilv04
Originally Posted By: FrankN4
I think Walmart has given a little more responsibility to local managers in product ordering. Near me are 3 Super-centers and one smaller store. They now have extensive Valvoline displays including the end racks and the isle islands. They have about everything Mobil 1 including some of the products sold only in the one gallon jugs. Motorcraft, Havoline, and Quaker state are either on clearance of gone. Pennzoil is very limited and Castrol Syntec is very limited. That all makes sense in the area where I live as Valvoline is the big seller followed closely by Mobil/Mobil 1.

Do those of you that live in other areas see different stocking percentages and brands? Maybe where you live Valvoline and Mobil 1 very low and PP or Castrol very high?


You're in Kentucky. Valvoline is MADE in Kentucky.

That is enough to explain why Valvoline has big displays in your local stores, and is a big seller.


Valvoline corporate offices are in Lexington, KY, but they don't make anything in Kentucky. They have more than one blending/bottling facility but most of what we get comes from their big facility in Texas and also one in Ohio.

 

[FrankN4]

Originally Posted By: Mark888
I don't think they give ordering responsibility to individual store managers, but there are definitely regional preferences, as well as demographics, store size, etc, that are taken into account. Walmart is highly automated, and the stores receive detailed computer printouts on how to stock the shelves. But like I said, not all stores are the same and Ashland obviously has deep roots in that part of the country since it was founded in Ashland, Kentucky.


No, they do not give ordering responsibility to individual store managers but they do give
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a little more responsibility to local managers
Walmart even sends out computer generated printouts and shelf plans to their stores. What they now do is allow local managers to have input into what/how much they stock.

In our local Walmarts, there were some brands and grades that had 2007 date codes. They went on clearance and you do not see them in our stores any longer. I think there may also may be contracts with some companies(I suspect, but don't know, Mobil and Valvoline) as one brand that did not sell well has 4 jugs of 5w30 and 4 Jugs of 10w30 with November 2008 date codes. There were no quarts of this brand.

This is what I was trying to ask. What brand/grades have deep roots in other areas and have the shelf space? I would doubt that Valvoline would sell in the northeast as well as in the southeast. Mobil is probably about the same everywhere.

 

[tmorris1]

No PP anymore in our Wal-Mart. I talked to a manager and he said they can't even control the heat or A/C. It is all controlled from the head office.

 

[FrankN4]

Originally Posted By: tmorris1
No PP anymore in our Wal-Mart. I talked to a manager and he said they can't even control the heat or A/C. It is all controlled from the head office.


That is odd. Our 4 Walmarts have only minimal PP, no Quaker State except what is on close out, no Motorcraft, no Havoline, and only minimal Castrol GTX. They do now have large Rotella shelf space with quarts, gallons, and 2 1/2 gallons. The Castrol GTX seems to be paralleled by Pennzoil conventional. Both are there in 10w30, 10W-40, and 20W-50, but not much of either. For some reason they do not have Valvoline Durablend though they have everything else. Full synthetic maxLife must be in short supply and if you are not there early Friday morning, you don't get Full Synthetic MaxLife, it goes that fast.

 

[Johnny]

It is a communist plot I tell ya.

 

[FrankN4]

Originally Posted By: Johnny
It is a communist plot I tell ya.



Doesn't Pennzoil kinds rule the roost in the Northeast and maybe Midwest? I am thinking that Pennzoil conventional is the no 1 selling conventional so lots of it is selling somewhere.

 

[Johnny]

All oils have their little pockets of popularity. Valvoline is naturally big in Kentucky, eastern Michigan, parts of Ohio, and for some strange reason, Minnesota. Southeast is a strong hold for Castrol and Havoline, especially in Louisiana. Pennzoil has always been strong is the Midwest, South, and Southwest, and parts of the West Coast. Demographics are always changing. If we don't watch out, Pablo will have all the market share taken care of.