20oz bottle of soda, how much where you are?

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JEDI

Lifer
Sep 25, 2001
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Got to thinking about that thread on the solar powered vending machine we had a few weeks ago. People seemed pretty upset about paying the premium price of $1 for a can.

So I got to thinking, how much do you pay for a typical 20oz (591ml) bottle where you are. It's the standard size sold by machines and convenience stores.

Here in eastern Canada, it's $2.00 from a machine, but up to $2.25 at convenience stores.

$1.59 for 20oz in the mini fridge right b4 the checkout lines at my local supermarket.

the insanity is that 2liter bottles are $1 :eek:

peoiple are stupid and my supermarket is capitalizing on it

hm.. how can i make boatloads of $ of off stupid people aka avg american?
 

spacelord

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Soda is barely worth $1.25 for the 20oz. although, its really only costs $1.15 as I take the bottles back for 0.10 deposit refund. Gas stations want way more than that.. which I won't pay for.
My supermarket had 24oz cans of beer for a buck last year. much better way to spend my dollar.
 

Engineer

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Oct 9, 1999
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Don't have a clue....too cheap to buy them. Always take my "generic" store brand pop with me (at work or at job site).
 

zerocool84

Lifer
Nov 11, 2004
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Too expensive, like $1.25 in the cooler. If I go to 99c store it's 75c for one but it's Shasta which is still fine.
 

I Saw OJ

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Dec 13, 2004
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$1.59 plus tax plus CRV it comes close to 2 bucks for a bottle of soda.
 

QueBert

Lifer
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$1.59 for 20oz in the mini fridge right b4 the checkout lines at my local supermarket.

the insanity is that 2liter bottles are $1 :eek:

peoiple are stupid and my supermarket is capitalizing on it

hm.. how can i make boatloads of $ of off stupid people aka avg american?

If you're out and you want a soda, a 2 liter bottle is a bitch to lug around, not to mention you look pretty damn stupid walking down the street drinking from it.
 

Turin39789

Lifer
Nov 21, 2000
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The 20 oz bottles seem to go for just under $1.50 at the store here. I don't buy them anymore. I used to but I always said if the price ever went over a buck I would do so no more, and I stopped.

I'm 48. When I was 16 you could pull into a Stop N Go and get a 32 oz (quart) bottle of soda and a package of 6 mini donuts for $1. See what the government has done to our buying power in a mere 30 years? It should scare the shit out of you but most people will simply plod along in willful ignorance.

How much were you making 30 years ago?
 

jman19

Lifer
Nov 3, 2000
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$1.65 here at work.

Varies between $1.50 and $2.00 from convenience stores/Duane Reade/CVS etc...