Abstract: Systems and methods are provided wherein participating consumers lower an average cost of a product through purchasing larger packaged quantities of the product in a cooperative though anonymous style arrangement. A list of products is displayed on a terminal for participating consumers. The products include bulk-packaged items, for example a case of ketchup, or cargo ship of grain. Each participating consumer chooses a desired number or amount of an item that comprises the larger packaged product. A controller keeps track of the total number of each item orders such that when a large enough number of the item is requested or ordered, an order is placed to a product distributor. Typically, the larger packaged quantity of the product is ordered when a condition is met. Conditions may include either a deadline closure or when enough single items are requested to equal or exceed the number of items packaged in the larger quantity bulk packaged form.