I mean, why the fuck would you want to pay premium for individually delivered detergent bottles like this?
the supply chain management guys would continually optimize for ideal time/money efficiency. I don't know if you've ever attended a lecture or read anything by them, but it's actually pretty high level and intense stuff.
Well, it's a shame we have an incredibly inefficient delivery network then, because whatever saving this entails will be consumed by the guy who has to deliver my package - unless my washing machine plans to do my weekly shopping for me, although it's more likely it will get hacked and start gambling its bitcoins on SatoshiDice.