The economy has finally hit at work

[arcas]

5-6 years ago, Walmart bought the vacant shopping center behind our offices and plopped down a super Walmart. So, as you could imagine, people would tend to walk over to Walmart for snacks rather than use the vending machine ($0.80 for a regular Twix in the vending machine, $0.88 for a double-size Twix at Walmart; $1.00/bag for microwave popcorn in the vending machine, $1.50 for package of 3 bags at Walmart, etc). The vending machine folks' response to declining sales: repeatedly raise their prices. The mind boggles.

 

[Svnla]

Our 20z sodas are still $1.10. I don't eat much in the vendor machines so I don't know the exact prices.....Humm..maybe time to check them out now.

 

[ChaoZ]

20oz sodas have cost $1.50+ for years now. You're lucky if it just recently increased by $.25

 

[Leros]

I'm only 20 and I remember when soda's were 50 cents and snacks were 25-50 cents. Now a bag of chips is $1.50 and a soda is $1.25

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: S Freud
Where I work we get 20oz sodas for $.25, along with energy drinks and sobes. In fact all the beverages are .25, but the snack foods are the regular price that you guys have mentioned.

you work for a soda company

Yes sir I do. Any beverage that is either produced or distributed by us we get for $.25. That means sobes, Amp energy drinks(even the tall boys that are over $2 in the stores) 20oz sodas and various bottles teas, etc.

Though like I said the snack foods are still the same prices, but I never see anyone buying from those machines.

 

[Modelworks]

Now is the time to seize the moment !
Go to Sams and purchase all the popular snacks in bulk.
Sell them in the office !
Profit !

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: ranmaniac
I used to work for a non-profit, so they pretty much sold items close to cost. 12oz can of soda for .50, or a bottle for $1.00, .50 for chips etc.

12oz soda for 50 cents is not close to cost.

You can buy a 24 pack of Coke brand sodas for $6.99 around here, $5.99 on sale. That's about 30 cents a can or less.

+vending machine rental fee

 

[slsmnaz]

Originally posted by: ravana
They can take our junk food, but they'll never take our coffee!! :laugh:

but they're trying to take the styrofoam cups

 

[ChaoZ]

Originally posted by: S Freud

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: S Freud
Where I work we get 20oz sodas for $.25, along with energy drinks and sobes. In fact all the beverages are .25, but the snack foods are the regular price that you guys have mentioned.

you work for a soda company

Yes sir I do. Any beverage that is either produced or distributed by us we get for $.25. That means sobes, Amp energy drinks(even the tall boys that are over $2 in the stores) 20oz sodas and various bottles teas, etc.

Though like I said the snack foods are still the same prices, but I never see anyone buying from those machines.

I hate you.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: vi edit

Originally posted by: ranmaniac
I used to work for a non-profit, so they pretty much sold items close to cost. 12oz can of soda for .50, or a bottle for $1.00, .50 for chips etc.

We're non-profit as well. But I don't know how that works for internal income that comes from employees and back into the company.

all the money from our soda machine goes to buying new sodas, they are 50 cents still. the candy machines fund the bbqs and parties we have yearly, as well as buying more candy. doing this took off some of the burden for the parties and made them happen more often. the company is more willing to give cash if they are only "pitching in" instead of footing the whole bill i guess.

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ

Originally posted by: S Freud

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: S Freud
Where I work we get 20oz sodas for $.25, along with energy drinks and sobes. In fact all the beverages are .25, but the snack foods are the regular price that you guys have mentioned.

you work for a soda company

Yes sir I do. Any beverage that is either produced or distributed by us we get for $.25. That means sobes, Amp energy drinks(even the tall boys that are over $2 in the stores) 20oz sodas and various bottles teas, etc.

Though like I said the snack foods are still the same prices, but I never see anyone buying from those machines.

I hate you.

Thats just from the vending machines, thats not what they sell to us as employees with a discount. I just bought a case(24 pack) or soda for $3 yesterday. I don't drink a lot of soda so it lasts me a while. I buy cases of Amp and Sobe Adrenaline(12 packs) for $4 and once in a while I will pick up some Starbucks coffees in the 4 packs. We have to buy the starbucks in a case of 8, 4 packs in it. I get those for $4 as well. 🙂 We distribute a lot of different beverages and get them for pretty cheap.

 

[polarmystery]

Still $1 for our 20oz beverages here in fatty Texas land, but that's because people buy like 3 or 4 at a time.

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: arcas
5-6 years ago, Walmart bought the vacant shopping center behind our offices and plopped down a super Walmart. So, as you could imagine, people would tend to walk over to Walmart for snacks rather than use the vending machine ($0.80 for a regular Twix in the vending machine, $0.88 for a double-size Twix at Walmart; $1.00/bag for microwave popcorn in the vending machine, $1.50 for package of 3 bags at Walmart, etc). The vending machine folks' response to declining sales: repeatedly raise their prices. The mind boggles.

They wouldn't be able to compete with Walmart on prices. Walmarts shelves are stocked by the truck load, a couple of vending machines take time to stock and get the money out of. Even if the company could get the same wholesale price on the snacks (which is unlikely) they would be stuck with too much overhead. There is a science to vending machine pricing. If a certain % of employees are no longer vending maching customers, the smaller % that still are (think of the fattest/laziest/dumbest person in your office) still buys, they will just pay more to make up for lost volume. Not to mention the vending co has less overhead, they refill the machines less.

 

[Jeff7]

But stuff and bring it in to work. Vending machine stuff is always expensive.

Pringles: Tiny canister for $1. Or go to the store and buy a tall canister for the same price.

Soda: $1.25 for 20oz in the machine, or about the same price for 2L (67.63oz).

Kool-Aid: $0.15 + the cost of 1C sugar = 64oz. Doesn't get much cheaper than that for flavored sugar water.

 

[Kadarin]

Silicon Valley company here, where we still have free sodas and bottled water, and $0.25 vending machine food.

 

[Alienwho]

I thought I worked for the cheapest company on the planet, but we have an entire kitchen full of candy and soda and all sorts of stuff. Everything is $.25.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: CptCrunch
It's been $1.25 for soda around here for 2 years. OP, where do you live?

he's pissed his company is no longer subsidizing his snacks and blaming it on the economy

I really don't think vi_edit intended his post to be taken seriously...

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: vi edit
Peanut M&M's used to cost $.40. Now they are $.80.
Jalapeno Cheddar Cheetos were $.50. Now they are also $.80.

20oz soda went from $1.00 to $1.25.

There's blood in the cubicle rows over this one. Mobs are forming with people wielding staplers and plastic sporks.

I think somebody even started bags of popcorn on fire in the microwave in protest.

Gas prices can take our SUV's...but you'll never take our junk food!

fixed

 

[AlienCraft]

As an owner / operator, everytime gas goes up , my paycheck shrinks, and the fuel increases are part of that "trickle down" thing Raygun meant.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
We get all that stuff for free at my office.

There is a drawer full of king-size peanut M&Ms and Reese's cups, among other things.

Do you have the office fatass who is always eating them?

 

[destrekor]

I know how you feel. All the Coke vending machines around campus used to be $1 for a 20oz, now it's 1.25 iirc. 🙁

+

 

[KLin]

I forsee people starting to stock up from Costco and Smart & Final. 😀

 

[0roo0roo]

dryers half ice cream used to be 1.75qt. now its shrunk to 1.5qt🙁
1.75qt is already down from the old half gallon gah🙁

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: tfinch2
We get all that stuff for free at my office.

There is a drawer full of king-size peanut M&Ms and Reese's cups, among other things.

Do you have the office fatass who is always eating them?

Not really. Hardly anyone in the office is overweight in fact.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
dryers half ice cream used to be 1.75qt. now its shrunk to 1.5qt🙁
1.75qt is already down from the old half gallon gah🙁

Good. Fewer fat people.