I keep track of way too much, and this is one of the rules of thumb that I’ve built up over the years when I’m shopping around for laundry detergent. It’s no secret that a lot of these laundry detergent companies like to make their sales complicated, so I focus on the sale – coupon price per load and if there’s anything else that’s gravy. Also the prices seem to rotate between retailers, so when one place doesn’t have a sale on your preferred brand, another nearby store will have it for sale. One big thing to watch out for is that the normal prices of larger bottles is always lower per load, but during sales the prices of the smaller bottles seem to drop a lot more than the bulk sized bottles.
Laundry Detergent Brands
Tide
- Normal price : $0.20 – $0.30 / load depending on bottle size
- Good Sale Price : $0.16 / load. These sales are pretty frequent.
- Really Good Sale Price : $0.08 / load. This only happens a few times a year and usually won’t repeat at the same retailer.
Persil
- Normal price : $0.20 – $0.30 / load depending on bottle size
- Good Sale Price : $0.125 / load
- Really Good Sale Price : $0.08 / load
Purex
- Normal price : $0.12-$0.20 / load depending on bottle size
- Good Sale Price : $0.08 / load
- Really Good Sale Price : $0.04 / load
Arm & Hammer
- Normal price : $0.10-$0.25 / load depending on bottle size
- Good Sale Price : $0.08 / load
- Really Good Sale Price : $0.04 / load