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Purolator oil filters and autozone

For the longest time I've always wondered why Autozone never sold any Purolator stuff.. anyone know why?
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I'll take a guess (since I have never worked for AutoZone) that their purchasing people weren't able to negotiate a satisfactory price with the Purolator sales reps.
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said by Subaru:

For the longest time I've always wondered why Autozone never sold any Purolator stuff.. anyone know why?

I have wondered that myself. I have read some data that puts the Purolator PureONE a little above Wix, making me rethink my filter choice... I think I might give Purolator a shot once my Wix filters are used up.

Autozone not carrying them is not a big deal for me... I have an Autozone, Advance Auto Parts, and a NAPA within a stone's throw.

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said by Subaru:

For the longest time I've always wondered why Autozone never sold any Purolator stuff.. anyone know why?

For the same reasons a dealership family may not sell a certain car brand, or an HVAC company my not be a Carrier dealer, or a bicycle shop may not sell Trek, or.....
There are many reasons that a business doesn't sell certain brands. Maybe the owner feels another competitive brand is a better product, or they couldn't get the pricing they wanted for a product, or a product company does not agree with a business on some issues, maybe a product company has exclusive contracts with other businesses, etc. Or it could be that a business wants something different from what a competitive business is selling.

You probably will not get the exact answer you want without talking to the purchasing department for Auto Zone. And even then they would probably just give you some generic answer lacking any real details.

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I have used only pure one filters for years, on my trucks and my R6.

I don't know why autozone doesn't carry them beyond the reasons already posted, but advance auto does have them, and that's where I get them

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I'm guessing that when they negotiated an agreement with some brand they sell, there was a stipulation that they can't sell brand X and brand Y.