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Posted by EXT on April 26, 2007, 6:13 pm
It probably is connected to safety problems, especially with untrained
staff. I have noticed that Costco stopped selling laundry bleach because it
appears to be too much trouble to handle and to clean up spills from dropped
and/or leaking bottles.
> Well it had to happen up here eventually.
>
> Walmart is now selling HTH/Arch cal hypo at 47% in a 11.4 kilogram
> pail, down from 65% last year, and roughly the same price ($56.93 CDN)
> as last year's 65%. A 38.3% drop.
>
> The 65% is now called "Super Sock It", again from HTH/Arch, and that's
> only available in a 2.27 kilogram pail at $16.93.
>
> The price for a 1 ppm increase in 10k liters for the crap stuff is
> $0.1062 compared to $0.1146 for the 65% grade. Hummmph.
>
> Lucky for me I still can get 70% elsewhere.
>
> My unnamed source over at Arch told me they purposely downgraded the
> chlorine content following requests from Walmart and others. Too much
> of a fire hazard.
>
> Next to come our Canadian Tire hardware stores will no longer be
> carrying rope, because there's too much of a suicide risk.
>
> HTH used to be good, now they're going the Biogard way.
>
> Grrr.
>
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