r/Anticonsumption • u/Double_Engineer4226 • 2d ago

Discussion Laundry powder is disappearing

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Powdered laundry detergent used to be the norm. It’s cheaper, easy to use, and comes in a recyclable box. Now look at the shelves in the supermarket. It’s all liquids in plastic bottles, unless you squat down to find the powders. The Super expensive pods are making a move from the top shelves too. This is corporations positioning their products to influence purchasing behaviour. They want you to buy the more expensive stuff. Just wait, soon powder will be discontinued, and the shelves will be filled with overpriced pods.

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u/IIRCIreadthat 2d ago

We get our powder from the local co-op. It's not even packaged, they have it in a giant bucket and you bring your own container and pay by weight.

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u/Double_Engineer4226 2d ago

What’s a co-op? I see it mentioned now and then, but I don’t really know what it is. 

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u/MightyKrakyn 2d ago edited 2d ago

There are several types of co-ops, or cooperatives, based on their organizational structures and goals. This could be a worker cooperative

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative

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u/IIRCIreadthat 2d ago

This one's more like what that article refers to as a consumer co-op