Most markets have dropped their powder shelf space
Agreed! Launderess is absolutely correct (as usual) in that most supermarkets seem to have a very limited powdered detergent line. A local large chain based right here in Charlotte, Harris Teeter, has about four powder options for customers, a Gain HE in regular scent, a type of Tide, one Arm & Hammer I think, and one selection of powdered Surf. That's it. They are hard to find in fact and you have to look for them at the end of the section. On the other hand, my local BI LO has a huge powder section. I took a couple pics yesterday.
Two things I forgot to mention in my discussion of Ollie's ---
Launderess is also on the right track I think as to why Ollie's has these particular products. Most of them are not labeled exactly as they would be if they were intended to be sold here. Many are Canadian. The ACE, in all varieties, are labeled for Puerto Rico. They have P&G's Puerto Rican address, and all the writing on the package is in Spanish except for an English caution comment.
P&G once told me that their detergents are most effective if used within the first year of manufacture, then they told me how to decode the manufacture date code. Most of these products at Ollie's were made late last summer or early fall. They aren't a year old but they're getting there.
I forgot to mention also that Ollie's had the Industrial Tide in the 170 load boxes (or was it 140?...whatever it was the box was huge) and they had Bold Plus, which has been in limited release/manufacture for some time. The only place I've ever seen that in the last few years was at Lowe's. I got a box of that too.
More pictures to come.
Gordon
Agreed! Launderess is absolutely correct (as usual) in that most supermarkets seem to have a very limited powdered detergent line. A local large chain based right here in Charlotte, Harris Teeter, has about four powder options for customers, a Gain HE in regular scent, a type of Tide, one Arm & Hammer I think, and one selection of powdered Surf. That's it. They are hard to find in fact and you have to look for them at the end of the section. On the other hand, my local BI LO has a huge powder section. I took a couple pics yesterday.
Two things I forgot to mention in my discussion of Ollie's ---
Launderess is also on the right track I think as to why Ollie's has these particular products. Most of them are not labeled exactly as they would be if they were intended to be sold here. Many are Canadian. The ACE, in all varieties, are labeled for Puerto Rico. They have P&G's Puerto Rican address, and all the writing on the package is in Spanish except for an English caution comment.
P&G once told me that their detergents are most effective if used within the first year of manufacture, then they told me how to decode the manufacture date code. Most of these products at Ollie's were made late last summer or early fall. They aren't a year old but they're getting there.
I forgot to mention also that Ollie's had the Industrial Tide in the 170 load boxes (or was it 140?...whatever it was the box was huge) and they had Bold Plus, which has been in limited release/manufacture for some time. The only place I've ever seen that in the last few years was at Lowe's. I got a box of that too.
More pictures to come.
Gordon
