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If there's no volume discount, does buying in bulk still make sense?
To Rich Seller's point, we live 1/2 gallon of gas and 30 minute round trip from the supermarket.  For the items that are non-perishable, such as bathroom or facial tissue, paper towels, shampoo,soap, toothpaste, etc, there's value in never running out of it.  (@JohnFx - your point is well taken. When my daughter was a toddler, I found her covered in band-aids. One tiny scratch, 9 band-aids. My wife asked why I was concerned, we had hundreds in the pantry. I can see how some items might just encourage over-use)