Who will replace Fram filters at Walmart?

[Hootbro]

Delaware of course

That is just a paperwork and a mailbox thing. Over 50% of Incorporations are done in Delaware for tax and favorable legal purposes. That percentage is sliding though recently.

 

[RobbS]

What's the downside of providing that gold Purolator 20k mile version?

 

[4wd]

That is just a paperwork and a mailbox thing. Over 50% of Incorporations are done in Delaware for tax and favorable legal purposes. That percentage is sliding though recently.

Oh, I understand that and way more - there is more …

 

[Kira]

You have to assume oil filter assembly lines are available.

So, are price negotiations going on?
Is a new design scheme being hatched?
Are suppliers reaching for a "next level" of assembly automation?

 

[loneryder]

They are a retailer, not a manufacturer

In a month they will have some other brand, and Fram will be forgotten by most.

Yes they tend to stay in their lane.

 

[loneryder]

Here's a news story on the PGI Northstar purchase.
PGI Northstar will acquire 12 brands including Fram, Autolite, and Trico. The $25 million deal will include assuming some liabilities. Waiting for a judge to approve the deal.
No details form PGI Northstar about the factories and how they will treat the names.

https://www.ttnews.com/articles/first-brands-sell-autolite

That sounds like a bargain with the potential they will have.

 

[logain]

Looking at walmart, for the wife's ram, and the only compatible filter in stock was the Purolator 20000 mile one, and I think maybe Mobil 1 filter.

 

[User_19876]

Looking at walmart, for the wife's ram, and the only compatible filter in stock was the Purolator 20000 mile one, and I think maybe Mobil 1 filter.

Which RAM? They usually have MO-339 and 899 on the shelf around here.

 

[Mike_dup1]

Generic store brands business plan

There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, cannot make a little cheaper and the people who consider price only, are this man's lawful prey. John Ruskin 1819-1900

 

[logain]

Which RAM? They usually have MO-339 and 899 on the shelf around here.

2017 1500 with a 5.7. Even the Mopar ones were out of stock at my location. I am just going to take advantage of O'reilly's Valvoline Restore and Protect deal and snag a Microguard select for a little over $6. Combo is for a 5qt jug and filter for $39, with a limit of 2. Valvoline Restore and Protect for my F150, and then I will get the filter for the Ram, and my F150, as I need two jugs anyway. We might not still have said Ram, at the end of the summer, so I am just going to use Supertech High Mileage full syn, for it's oil change.

 

[GW.]

Was just at my local Wally. Fram filters are almost completely gone.

 

[ARB1977]

I was at autozone recycling some oil. No Fram filters on the shelf.

 

[black thunder]

I was at autozone recycling some oil. No Fram filters on the shelf.

I think all the parts store clearanced them out shortly after the bankruptcy was declared before the shortage even started. Advance auto is all carquest filters now

 

[2strokeNorthstar]

I do not think that is a pivot that would work out well.

Worked for costco and a hot dog factory

 

[Hohn]

Can we get Premium Guard or one of its variants?

You can already get Mobil 1 filters at Walmart. Most of those are PGI now

 

[Hootbro]

Worked for costco and a hot dog factory

That is not really a good analogy to compare. Costco made it a thing to keep their hot dog and soda combo a controlled inflation stable $1.50 cost that was used as a marketing tool to be made up elsewhere in the store.