Unknown to most Filipinos, the Philippines' sachet economy poses more disadvantages than advantages...
First, in a sachet economy, the same quantity of product costs a poor individual more money than it does a wealthy individual, simply because buying piecemeal costs more than buying in bulk. It was already understood in the excerpt above saying "Surely logic dictates that buying individual aspirin is more expensive in the long run than buying a thousand in one go?" The optimistic, and (frankly) biased response that followed was "Not so," but the next statement "The Soap and Detergent Association of the Philippines claims that the introduction of sachets… has made the quality products offering hygiene benefits… accessible to the poorest part of the population" fails to refute the assertion that buying in bulk is cheaper. Quite the non-sequitur that.
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