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Post by Toom E. Guci on Nov 17, 2009 10:19:54 GMT -5
This is actually interesting, but who knows how true it is. Especially since this news site in Tucson is the only one reporting it. And if it's true, that is definetly a bad move since Coke is pretty much 1 of the Big 2 in soft drinks.
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Post by Gopher Mod on Nov 17, 2009 11:58:27 GMT -5
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Nov 17, 2009 13:10:01 GMT -5
The strange thing is, I never buy pops at the wholesale clubs, because the Meijer next door usually has them on sale for much less.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Nov 17, 2009 13:11:59 GMT -5
Well I go to Sam's to get my flats of glass bottle Mexican Coke. So this does not bother me.LOL
But that sucks for Costco shopers.
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Post by darbus alan on Nov 17, 2009 13:30:06 GMT -5
They'll start selling them again soon, probably. These sorts of pricing disputes usually work themselves through.
Wonder what the eatery part will sell now for fountain beverages. Pepsi? Kirkland? I sometimes like eating lunch at the local Costco when I'm there because it's hard to beat $1.50 for this big Hebrew National hot dog and a 20 oz drink.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Nov 17, 2009 13:42:00 GMT -5
Isn't this more of a leverage thing, where Coke and Costco will end up together again in a few weeks?
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Nov 17, 2009 14:42:09 GMT -5
They'll start selling them again soon, probably. These sorts of pricing disputes usually work themselves through. Wonder what the eatery part will sell now for fountain beverages. Pepsi? Kirkland? I sometimes like eating lunch at the local Costco when I'm there because it's hard to beat $1.50 for this big Hebrew National hot dog and a 20 oz drink. About the same at Sam's...only they do Nathan's. And they have Coke Zero. |
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Post by theryno665 on Nov 17, 2009 18:29:33 GMT -5
I can easily see this happening with more stores if Costco sticks to its decision. I love Coke more than Pepsi but it's almost always noticeably more expensive than all the other sodas.
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Post by default on Nov 17, 2009 18:34:13 GMT -5
There's no Costco around here, but this sounds like Coke's end. They do some sort of shady dealings. They jacked the price of Coke at the local "Beer & Soda Supermarket" because apparently they were carrying too many other brands of soda and the mom & pop shop refused to play ball. They even had signs up about it over the Coke products saying the prices were on Coke, but I think they eventually worked it out.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Nov 17, 2009 18:53:22 GMT -5
Isn't this more of a leverage thing, where Coke and Costco will end up together again in a few weeks? It's possible. Hell, the places in IU's student union stopped taking credit and debit cards because the banks wanted to charge too much for each transaction (for those who do not know, retailers pay a fee each time they run one of your cards). Considering that this included not only all of the restaurants and small stores but the campus bookstore as well, the banks apparently caved in fairly quickly. Coke might do the same, especially considering the number of Costco's out there. |
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Post by Grendel on Nov 17, 2009 19:57:10 GMT -5
Remember what Lewis Black said about Coke and Pepsi ...
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Nov 18, 2009 7:05:36 GMT -5
Well I go to Sam's to get my flats of glass bottle Mexican Coke. So this does not bother me.LOL But that sucks for Costco shopers. Is it imported from Mexico? Ewww Mexico water.  |
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Nov 18, 2009 8:28:08 GMT -5
But Mexican Sodas use real sugar as opposed to corn syrup.
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Post by Magician under the moonlight on Nov 18, 2009 10:40:55 GMT -5
I don't even drink them anymore ever since grade 6. These ccoke only take away the calcium in the body.
Ok! I'll shut up now!
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Post by PaperStreetBrigade on Nov 18, 2009 10:49:25 GMT -5
But Mexican Sodas use real sugar as opposed to corn syrup. There's a Distributor in western North Carolina that sell Pepsi products using sugar cane. You used to be able to order from them until a jerkoff in California sued them for not having the correct CA labeling. |
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Post by Janitor From Mars on Nov 18, 2009 12:29:01 GMT -5
Good. I don't care for Coke products anymore and I haven't drank much, if any soda in months now.
I don't think I could stand the taste of Coke Zero or any Coke product at this point.
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