Just wondering if that more people realing that fact that bleach and pool chlorine are the same thing, but just at different strengths, has had an effect on the market. My hypothesis is that as more people buy jugs, bulk retailers can't hide behind the mystic of "pool" chlorine as much and have to compete more on price.

A few years ago when I found this forum, buying bleach was cheaper than getting a carboy and having it bulk filled. Since then the price has flipped and I can get bulk, at a $ per litre comparision, cheaper than buying jugs.

In reality, the bulk should be freakin cheaper. My supplier gets a tanker in every week, sells the carboys from one location and the customer provides the container. I would think that individually filling, labelling, boxing and distributing 5 litre jugs of product would be more expensive.

As a side note, an ugly trend the last 2 years around here (Ottawa, Ontario) is generic brands being sold at what appears to be a discount but the % is 3.5% to 4% or less, so the real price of %/litre is no discount.

Anyone else notice the market switch like this where the jugs aren't cheaper than "pool chlorine" anymore?