different stores have different lost leader pricing strategies to get people in the door.

the markup is nowhere near the same on every item

looks like one store is losing money on cream cheese to get people in the door and one has the strategy of doing that elsewhere to make money on cream cheese 

 I don’t think that’s true. This store has lower prices for most things across the board. Cream cheese is not a loss leader, they’re probably beating the store down the street on every item. 

 it's just a theory.
without more info I can't say yes or no

at least you know where to shop now 🤷 

 Yeah, there’s no reason for me to ever go to that shithole except in an emergency.