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post #31 of 55
7/2/04 at 10:46pm
I fail to see why these smaller cans are a problem, while this:

doesn't cause anyone to bat an eye.

The cost of the drink is inconsequential anyways, it's the cost of packaging and transport that fuels the real cost.
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post #32 of 55
7/3/04 at 1:32pm
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Who are these for??


My wife who can't seem to finish a 12oz can.

I didn't think they cost more than standard cans though. I'll have to check the price when I'm at the store.
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post #33 of 55
7/3/04 at 3:41pm
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My parents' store sells 20 oz. Coke products for $1.25 each. We also sell 2 liter bottles of Coke products for $1.29 each.

We sell a LOT more of the smaller bottles.


The reason being is the 20 oz. are refrigerated & the 2-liters (most of the time) are not.
It sometimes bothers me to know that I'm paying the same price for a 20 oz as I would the 2-liter, but I deal with it.

Back on topic: You won't find me buying an eight oz can anytime soon. In fact, I don't even recall seeing them yet.
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post #34 of 55
7/3/04 at 4:06pm
I never buy the two liters because they always go flat by the time it's half empty. I just don't drink enough soda to justify buying that much.
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post #35 of 55
7/3/04 at 4:15pm
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I never buy the two liters because they always go flat by the time it's half empty. I just don't drink enough soda to justify buying that much.

Our household is the same. We just don't drink enough soda to empty a 2 liter before it goes flat. Now milk, that's another story. We go through atleast 6 gallons a week (for 4 people).
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post #36 of 55
7/3/04 at 4:33pm
I guess these are for people who can't drink 12 ounces of liquid. Perhaps young children or something..

I can easily drink 2 or 3 or more cans of pop at a time if its really hot.

In terms of packaging, these are my favorites.
1. Glass bottles. The flavor is better IMO.
2. Cans. Portable and gets cold very quick.
3. Plastc bottles of any size. These are my least favorites. The flavor is not the best and 2 or 3 liter bottles, the pop goes flat so quick.

I remember back in the 70's when pop was basically available in either the tall glass bottles or cans. With the glass bottles, they came in a multi-pack and you paid a deposit, which here was 80 cents per pack. It was kind of cool to take a cart full of glass bottle packs back to the store and gets several bucks back from the store.

I guess its really not surprising to see this occur, when just about every food product in the past several decades have gotten smaller and smaller in size. Candy Bars used to be bigger, potato chip bags used to be 16 oz., but the price either stayed the same or actually gone up

I grew up in the 70's, and I don't recall these small 8 oz cans. Maybe it wasn't available here. But my family mostly bought pop in the glass bottles anyways, so that may be why I never saw them.
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post #37 of 55
7/3/04 at 5:35pm
Eurpoeans always tryin to take over
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post #38 of 55
7/3/04 at 6:57pm
I personally like the glass bottles as the pop doesn't end up tasting like aluminum or plastic. Fortunately the Costco nearby routinely sells the 237ml (8 ounce) skinny glass bottles of the "real thing" (Coca-Cola Classic) in cases of 24. However, they are more expensive but SO much better than the cans. I save them for those really hot days.... There is nothing like pulling out an old-fashioned bottle opener and popping off the old bottlecaps (no twist off caps but it is fun to watch my friends try to twist them off). It is also a real conversation piece as most people haven't drank a Coke out of one of them for over 25 years...

Regards

Bryan
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post #39 of 55
7/3/04 at 8:32pm
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Hey, does anybody remember a soda or (pop) called "Rondo"?
"Lightly carbonated so you can slam it down fast."
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post #40 of 55
7/3/04 at 11:02pm
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My parents' store sells 20 oz. Coke products for $1.25 each. We also sell 2 liter bottles of Coke products for $1.29 each.

We sell a LOT more of the smaller bottles.

interestingly enough, that 2 liter bottle at 1.29 is about 5.6 12oz cans, how much is a 6 pack? Probably over 2 bucks. But there is the flatness issue, however I like to drink out of the 2 liter when it's in the fridge, often I just want 2 or three sips of soda and that's it.

I like that the super walmart here lables product prices with the unit price, and the price per whatever measurement, ounce or pound or whatever. Makes shopping easier.
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post #41 of 55
7/4/04 at 8:53am
interestingly enough, that 2 liter bottle at 1.29 is about 5.6 12oz cans, how much is a 6 pack? Probably over 2 bucks.

Yep, 6-packs are $3.49. Single 12 oz. cans are $0.95.

The reason being is the 20 oz. are refrigerated & the 2-liters (most of the time) are not.

All sizes are available chilled in our store.
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post #42 of 55
7/4/04 at 8:37pm
Typically around here you can buy 2 litre name brand bottled pop for under $1.00 ea (plus enviro & deposit) at places like Superstore, but the same 2-litre bottle chilled at your favorite "convenience" store ("Sieben-Elf") runs triple that.

What bothers me more is that so-called "sport drinks" are twice as expensive, when they are the same thing, without the carbonation, and with salt. (The two main ingredients are still water and liquid sugar, then other chemicals, em, sugars) In fact, a bottle of "Gatorade Extreme" Fruit Punch tastes surprisingly like Hawaiian Punch **POW!!**.

And why is bottled water more expensive than soda anyway? Most are not necessarily imported, it's usually filtered at the same plants and is the same water used in carbonated beverages...
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post #43 of 55
7/4/04 at 9:58pm
It seems like too many of you are obsessed with "finishing the can." Gee, if 8oz is .50 and 12oz is .25 then use what you need and toss the rest. ( Personally, I leave it on the kitchen counter for my wife to worry about :-) )

My daughter always get soda in a cup and she get far less that 8oz, so I don't buy the "kid size" story either.

And she sure as heck doesn't get a canned soda in her lunchbox.
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post #44 of 55
7/4/04 at 11:04pm
Christopher.. Just eat Vegetables and you will live a full
and happy life...

6Oz bottle of soda? No thank you...


That whole extra couple ounces is a real killer considering
even at 6Oz you have already taken in twice the amount of
daily sugars..
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post #45 of 55
7/5/04 at 6:07am
I would like someone to confirm that a 6-pack of 8 oz. cans costs more than a 6-pack of 12 oz. cans. I understand that per ounce, the 8 oz cans cost more, but I have a hard time believing that they cost more per can.
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post #46 of 55
7/5/04 at 5:12pm
well, at target today the 8oz 6 packs were priced at 1.99.
Oddly enough they didn't HAVE 12z 6 packs, only 12 packs priced at 2.99.
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post #47 of 55
7/5/04 at 7:01pm
Oddly enough they didn't HAVE 12z 6 packs, only 12 packs

Noticed the same thing today at Kmart. You can buy the squat little 6-packs, or 12-packs of regular 12 oz. cans, but no 6-packs of 12 oz. cans.
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post #48 of 55
7/5/04 at 9:20pm
conspiracy? I think so.
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post #49 of 55
7/6/04 at 9:27am
Actually those that complain about the 6 oz soda pricing, my main complaint is bottled water and why people will buy drinking water over distilled water (you know the water they recommend that one mixes with anti-freeze, use in car batteries, and chemistry class due to it having the least amount/none in contaminents). At least pop the justification is size, convience, and availibility but everytime I hear someone with a bottle of water in their hand (while I have my 32 oz) state something like "why don't you drink water, it's more pure?" makes me want to just scream.
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post #50 of 55
7/6/04 at 11:19am
Yeah, we bought a water cooler that does hot, room temp and cold and fill up a five gallon jug for $.75 from one of those water dispensers at the grocery store. Then use squirt bottles and fill them up whenever we go anywhere. $.75 for 5 gallons is WAY cheaper than $1.19 for 20 oz. Plus, having a baby the water cooler is the only way to go. Mix 4.5 oz hot + 3.5 oz cold + 4 scoops of formula = happy baby, and much easier at 6 am than trying to use a bottle warmer.
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post #51 of 55
7/6/04 at 11:26am
even cheaper than that, buy a basic reverse osmosis filter, you can get a 2 stage filter online for 80 bucks. That should keep you in good clean water for quite awhile.
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post #52 of 55
7/6/04 at 12:39pm
Not really. If you use many gallons of drinking water a month or have an aquarium, especially salt-water, it is worth it. Otherwise, you are better off doing the five-gallon refills.
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post #53 of 55
7/6/04 at 1:26pm
I don't even drink my RO, goes straight to the tank.
when I moved I didn't bother with the pressure tank and drinking faucet...

Anyway, with an 80$ initial investment, the carbon block should last you 6 months and hte membrane a year, no containers to buy, no gas driving to the store, and a lot less hassle.
Not to mention who knows what the TDS is on those store machines.
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post #54 of 55
7/6/04 at 2:54pm
what is TDS?
i have to go to the grocery store anyway, so i don't see what gas i've wasted
it takes all of two minutes to do it...all you do is put in three quarters and push the 5 gallon fill button
besides, i'm in an apartment, so i can't exactly do what you suggested
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post #55 of 55
7/6/04 at 3:39pm
sure ya can, I had a drinking system set up in mt apt before I moved.

TDS is total dissolved solids, the gunk you want to remove. In a perfect world it's 0... but after an RO/DI it's usually around 5.
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