I remember back about a decade ago, I was buying kitchen stuff, getting ready for moving out of home for the 2nd time. I had gotten a few things from one of the specialty stores but was with my partner at the time at a walmart (which I hated already and wouldn't have been there on my own) and decided to hold my nose and grab some other things we still needed while there.

Only when I looked at the prices, they weren't any better than the specialty place. Some things were even worse.

I realized they probably just advertised some loss leaders to get people in and then their prices for everything else were normal or high.