By: liketitanic
You have to find the McDonald's (or other junk food restaurant of your choice) in your area that correctly calibrates the carbonation level in their fountain. When my wife says to pick her up a "fizzy...
View ArticleBy: 1f2frfbf
Before I heard this, I happened to be telling my wife that the only continuity in my life since high school has been this: Arizona Iced Tea is 99¢. Then I heard this story and did the quick math in my...
View ArticleBy: elizardbits
I am now reminded of tkchrist's tragiawesome dad vs coke machine commentstory which I am too lazy to track down.
View ArticleBy: Curious Artificer
Fountain soda? Ewwww. Too flat and sweet. You have to find the McDonald's (or other junk food restaurant of your choice) in your area that correctly calibrates the carbonation level in their fountain....
View ArticleBy: MtDewd
I remember 10¢ glass bottles of Coke in vending machines, late 60's. My memory says 16oz. bottles, but they may have been 10oz. I recall weed at $10 an ounce then, so there's some inflation there as...
View ArticleBy: Flashman
Weed is another commodity that seems to have defied inflation. Back in high school in the late 80s it was ten bucks a gram, 70 bucks or so for a quarter ounce, and every time I've bought it since (most...
View ArticleBy: srboisvert
Kroger's Big K Diet Cola is a direct Diet Coke ripoff for half the price. I don't have access to a Krogers. Any other close cheap substitutes?
View ArticleBy: srboisvert
When I was a kid we cracked the coloured pen code on the caps of bottled coke (19 cents a bottle) so we could win free colas at will. Basically, the bottler-distributors wanted to spread the winners...
View ArticleBy: maudlin
Fountain soda? Ewwww. Too flat and sweet. The true hierarchy is glass bottle, can, small plastic bottle, cupped hand, large plastic bottle, fountain soda.
View ArticleBy: liketitanic
Current soda hierarchy, in order of best taste: fountain soda (best, obviously); canned soda; glass bottles; 2-liter plastic bottles; smaller bottles. JUST SAYING.
View ArticleBy: maudlin
I have a hard time finishing a 355 ml (12 ounce) can of any pop these days. I like those wee cans you can get now (150 ml / 7.5 oz), but man, are they expensive! The best price I can get is 6 for $3.50...
View ArticleBy: dirtdirt
Same thing with Nutty bars - they've been 25 cents since the '80s. In this case they make the economics work by reducing the quality of ingredients until, now, Nutty Bars contain 80% sawdust. But...
View ArticleBy: symbioid
whyareyouatriangle: "Shit, move to the right country and you can experience your whole political system being fundamentally changed in the interest of a single corporation. move?" Assuming in the US,...
View ArticleBy: Pope Guilty
Most generic soda brands' Diet Cola is just a diet version of their cola, but if you're a Diet Coke fiend, Kroger's Big K Diet Cola is a direct Diet Coke ripoff for half the price. For the first week...
View ArticleBy: gjc
The vending machine at my office dispenses a cold can of Coke for a single quarter, but I'm pretty sure that's because my employer is subsidizing the cost. Coke by the case is about $8 / 24 cans....
View ArticleBy: Malice
The vending machine at my office dispenses a cold can of Coke for a single quarter, but I'm pretty sure that's because my employer is subsidizing the cost. Off-brand sodas at the local HEB grocery...
View ArticleBy: Doleful Creature
The vending machine at my office dispenses a cold can of Coke for a single quarter, but I'm pretty sure that's because my employer is subsidizing the cost.
View ArticleBy: litlnemo
When I was a kid in 1970s Seattle, the nearby Stop 'n' Go store sold 10 ounce glass bottles (nonreturnable) for $0.21/each. 10 oz is a good size, and I'd love it if that was the default small size...
View ArticleBy: Malice
I might still be enjoying Coke if they'd had the good sense to stick to 8oz bottles. But I was drinking 1 litre bottles when I was 18, and then my stomach said "nope", and now I only ever get just a...
View ArticleBy: Goofyy
I might still be enjoying Coke if they'd had the good sense to stick to 8oz bottles. But I was drinking 1 litre bottles when I was 18, and then my stomach said "nope", and now I only ever get just a...
View ArticleBy: otherthings_
wuwei:When I was a kid I used to occasionally go to church at a place that still had a nickel coke machine. With bottles. Reach in and pull. This was in a less developed area of the US, about 25 years...
View ArticleBy: wuwei
When I was a kid I used to occasionally go to church at a place that still had a nickel coke machine. With bottles. Reach in and pull. This was in a less developed area of the US, about 25 years ago.
View ArticleBy: blue_beetle
Long story short: lawyers and restraints on trade combined with price-fixing.
View ArticleBy: ceribus peribus
I remember reading an anecdote in the 80s (shamefully, it was probably in one of my grandmother's Readers Digests) about a classic glass bottle Coke vending machine situated on an army base when...
View ArticleBy: whyareyouatriangle
Shit, move to the right country and you can experience your whole political system being fundamentally changed in the interest of a single corporation. move?
View ArticleBy: mr_crash_davis
Flashman, 44 ounces for 99 cents is a Coke from the fountain, not in a bottle. Think Super Big Gulp from a 7-11, but from a dirty fountain in a greasy gas station.
View ArticleBy: Curious Artificer
Great story, but actually the BEST part is the Ron Paul acolyte in the comments who is all "This is wrong. Your monetary system is fundamentally flawed".
View ArticleBy: Flashman
A 44 ounce bottle is 1.4 litres (had to look it up): that is a lot of Coke for 99 cents. Around here (Canadia) you may find a 355ml/12 ounce can for a dollar, but it's usually more - at the gas station...
View ArticleBy: Pope Guilty
I was amazed by the same thing as Matt. Imagine if the US currency had been fundamentally changed in the interest of a single corporation... Shit, move to the right country and you can experience your...
View ArticleBy: Mitheral
mathowiewrites"That's kind of nuts, why didn't they just make a vending machine that could take pennies on top of a nickel?" A mechanical coin op that'll reject slugs and other tampering (eg: people...
View ArticleBy: straw
"I would bet if you account for inflation a Coke is actually cheaper (per ounce) now." I just listened to the Planet Money episode this morning, Spoiler: at the end of the episode, someone points out...
View ArticleBy: justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow
a 7.5 cent coin I await the Euler's number coin and the pi bill. Tremble, accountants.
View ArticleBy: jeudi
I was amazed by the same thing as Matt. Imagine if the US currency had been fundamentally changed in the interest of a single corporation...
View ArticleBy: mr_crash_davis
Prices haven't changed as much as you think. A 44-ounce Coke is still 99 cents at the convenience store by my house, and the 5-cent Cokes were all 8 ounces or less, so I would bet if you account for...
View ArticleBy: mathowie
The most amazing part was where Coca-Cola asked Eisenhower to create a 7.5 cent coin! That's kind of nuts, why didn't they just make a vending machine that could take pennies on top of a nickel?
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