I received a package from Amazon yesterday — a belated birthday gift from my sister. Included in the package was a flyer for Amazon’s new on-line grocery service. It’s called “subscribe and save” and the concept is that you sign up for regular delivery of products and you save an additional 15 % off their grocery prices.

Always on the lookout for good deals, I checked the prices on a few products that we always have around the house. The first product I recognized on the Amazon site was Horizon chocolate milk. We always keep a supply of these individual serving containers in the bottom of the fridge — The Husband loves these on his cereal. The kids and I like them, too. I buy this milk from Costco for $12.69/case. Amazon’s price: $25.00/case! That means our Costco membership is paid for with our first three cases of chocolate milk.

Obviously not impressed with Amazon’s prices but willing to keep an open mind, I continued to look around the site for other products always kept on hand. The next product I checked was Tide because Tide is a problem product for me. Target is the only source I’ve found that carries the right product (Tide Free powder) in the right size (big). I use Tide Free because I’m allergic to scents and I use the powder because The Husband is allergic to the liquid form of the same detergent and I prefer the big boxes because they’re more economical. At first glance, Amazon’s price of $58.38 for a case (4 boxes) appeared to be close in price to Target’s price of $12.89/box ($51.56/case) but then I checked to make sure we were comparing apples to apples and we weren’t. Amazon’s boxes are 60 load boxes whereas my Target boxes are the 80-load size. Again, the Amazon prices are way less than impressive.

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