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The grocery shrink ray strikes again - soda

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IronWing said:
Isn't it amazing! Price in 1977 = $0.84; price in 2015=$0.77.
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yup.. 2L soda and take out pizza are actually still the same price from over a decade ago.

but 20oz soda next to the cash register is $1.89. 😱
and idiot sheep customers must buy plenty of it since it's on almost every cash register island
 
GagHalfrunt said:
Really? Around here $1 for a 2-liter is an almost every week price. I do most of my grocery shopping at Shop-Rite. This week all Pepsi products are $1 for 2-liter, last week it was all Coke products 5 for $5. Next week it might be 7-Up for $1, then one week without a great soda price and then back to Pepsi again in the rotation. And if Shop-Rite doesn't have it at that price a different chain will. If you pay more than $1 you're just not trying very hard.
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yup!
just buy enuf of your fav soda to last you till the next sale cycle.

and if it sells out during the sale, ask for a rain check for like 10 of them.
 
JEDI said:
yup.. 2L soda and take out pizza are actually still the same price from over a decade ago.

but 20oz soda next to the cash register is $1.89. 😱
and idiot sheep customers must buy plenty of it since it's on almost every cash register island
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The ones I laugh at are the people buying a 20oz bottle of filtered tap water like Aquafina for $1.89 at the gas station while complaining that gas is $2.50 a gallon.
 
GagHalfrunt said:
2 liter bottles are still 2 liters and still available for $1.
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There are plenty of 1 liter bottles for a buck too and don't get me started on the 8 pack of 8oz. cans for the same or higher price than 12oz. cans.

By the way, were there really 2 liter bottles in 1977? I don't remember them back then but I was only 8 so I could have forgotten by now.
 
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FeuerFrei said:
I bought a 500ml Canadian Coke way back in 1994. 'Twas such an oddity I saved it as a memento of my first trip up there.
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How about Coke Lite?

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I still have a 250ml can 😱
 
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mmntech said:
What happens if someone wants a Sprite? :hmm:
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When I was a kid we moved to Missouri. I remember the first time I asked for a coke and the waitress asked what type? I told her coca cola. :roll eyes: Then I heard other people say they want a coke, the waitress ask what type they they said root beer. 😱
 
Stopsignhank said:
When I was a kid we moved to Missouri. I remember the first time I asked for a coke and the waitress asked what type? I told her coca cola. :roll eyes: Then I heard other people say they want a coke, the waitress ask what type they they said root beer. 😱
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I don't even consider that "south." For some reason, people always say southerners say "Coke" to describe any/all soft drinks, but we simply don't do that in any of the places I've been in.

They don't do it in any part of GA where I've been.
They don't do it in West Virginia.
They don't do it in San Diego, CA.
I don't recall them doing it in Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, or Panama City Beach, FL.
I don't recall them doing it in Wedowee, AL.
 
Ichinisan said:
I don't even consider that "south." For some reason, people always say southerners say "Coke" to describe any/all soft drinks, but we simply don't do that in any of the places I've been in.

They don't do it in any part of GA where I've been.
They don't do it in West Virginia.
They don't do it in San Diego, CA.
I don't recall them doing it in Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, or Panama City Beach, FL.
I don't recall them doing it in Wedowee, AL.
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In WV, can confirm, never heard ANYONE calling anything but a coke...a coke.
 
Engineer said:
By the way, were there really 2 liter bottles in 1977? I don't remember them back then but I was only 8 so I could have forgotten by now.
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Then we're about the same age and I remember the Pepsi Boss from my youth. It wasn't 2-litters, it was half a gallon. The original packaging was a real glass bottle and the label was styrofoam. With the weight of the glass the 64oz bottle weighed more than a gallon of milk.

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I'd be interested in knowing how and why the bottles went from half a gallon, which was 64 ounces, to 2-liter which is over 67 ounces.
 
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For those that are interested - one reason a 2L bottle is cheaper (on a volume basis) than a 20oz (or smaller) can/bottle is that the primary cost of manufacturing soda is packaging. A 2L bottle: requires less plastic; is easier to manufacture; is less time consuming to manufacture (as it is only 1 bottle vs. multiple bottle); and requires fewer labels. 2L bottles may also take up less shipping space than packages of smaller bottles, and the are not packaged in carboard like many "fridge packs."

The cost of the actual soda is miniscule in comparison to all those manufacturing and shipping considerations.
 
GagHalfrunt said:
I'd be interested in knowing how and why the bottles went from half a gallon, which was 64 ounces, to 2-liter which is over 67 ounces.
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Because the rest of the world uses the metric system and it's easier to run one system rather than different ones for different countries.

Its like when our marathon bars were renamed snickers.
 
WelshBloke said:
Because the rest of the world uses the metric system and it's easier to run one system rather than different ones for different countries.

Its like when our marathon bars were renamed snickers.
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Screw the rest of the world. The US used Imperial measurements then and we still use Imperial today. Gas is sold by the gallon. Milk by the quart, half-gallon and gallon. Orange juice by the half gallon, at least until some brands downsized to 59 ounces. Water by the gallon, cooking oil by the quart, half-gallon and gallon. Just about any liquid purchased by consumers is packaged using imperial weights and measures. Even other sizes of soda are in ounces, 12 ounce cans, 8oz bottles, 16oz, 20oz, whatever. The only thing that varies is the larger sizes of soda which are packaged at 1 liter and 2 liter.
 
In this case it is more like way back than shrink ray. Soft drink servings used to be much smaller than they are now. I remember 5oz, 7oz, 10oz, 12oz, and 16oz from when I was a kid.Used to love that 5oz ice cold coke when I was a kid. perfect size.
 
Engineer said:
By the way, were there really 2 liter bottles in 1977? I don't remember them back then but I was only 8 so I could have forgotten by now.
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This place has got everything.

I remember when 2 liter bottles came out in my area because we used one as a football on a Boy Scout outing. That's how I pinned it down to 1977 though I guess other bottlers used them sooner. Back then, the bottles still had the black base piece glued on. They were virtually indestructible. We used them for footbal and baseball with no ill effects to the bottles.
 
IronWing said:
This place has got everything.

I remember when 2 liter bottles came out in my area because we used one as a football on a Boy Scout outing. That's how I pinned it down to 1977 though I guess other bottlers used them sooner. Back then, the bottles still had the black base piece glued on. They were virtually indestructible. We used them for footbal and baseball with no ill effects to the bottles.
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I don't recall seeing 2 liter plastic bottles back in 1977.

I do remember glass bottles in the 1.5 Liter size.
 
GagHalfrunt said:
Screw the rest of the world. The US used Imperial measurements then and we still use Imperial today. Gas is sold by the gallon. Milk by the quart, half-gallon and gallon. Orange juice by the half gallon, at least until some brands downsized to 59 ounces. Water by the gallon, cooking oil by the quart, half-gallon and gallon. Just about any liquid purchased by consumers is packaged using imperial weights and measures. Even other sizes of soda are in ounces, 12 ounce cans, 8oz bottles, 16oz, 20oz, whatever. The only thing that varies is the larger sizes of soda which are packaged at 1 liter and 2 liter.
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Ok. So you don't use metric for fluids.

Except when you do.

Got it.
 
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