Rant Coca Cola costs too damn much now!

[ultimatebob]

Coke announced that they're raising their prices again today:

Coca-Cola CEO says company will raise prices to offset higher commodity costs

Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey told CNBC on Monday that the company will raise prices on its drinks to combat the impact of higher commodity costs.

www.cnbc.com

This is insane... they're already charging $1.89 for 2 liters of their fizzy corn syrup water my area already. I guess that I'm going to have to switch to the store brand stuff.

 

[nakedfrog]

Good.

 

[ultimatebob]

I'm going to miss Fresca. That stuff was pretty damn tasty for a diet soda.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Good.

Agreed. Soda pop is the devil Bobby Boucher!

 

[dank69]

This shit goes on sale every 2 weeks for $1.00 per 2-liter. Sometimes $0.88

 

[manly]

They'll reverse course as the MAGA boycotts warm up. Cancel culture!

 

[IronWing]

If the price of Coke kept up with consumer inflation since the 70s, a two liter bottle would now cost $3.80.

 

[lxskllr]

I'd like to have a non diet Fresca. Don't really drink soda anymore, but I bet it would be good.

 

[Torn Mind]

If people ate food like they had one set of teeth and don’t want to pay a dentist to deal with teeth damage or removal, Coke and Pepsi would be perfectly contrary to the goal.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That's nothing but greed. Coca Cola makes a ridiculous amount of money already. It's silly to complain about a few cent increase though, but it really adds up when everything goes up by that much. It's always a huge uproar when Tim Horton's raises the price of coffee by a few cents lol. It's not so much paying extra that's annoying, it's the fact that we all know they don't actually need to raise it, they are just greedy. If they raised prices to pay their employees better I would not have an issue with it.

That said I hardly drink pop anymore. I do drink it, but not as regularly as I used to. I used to get cavities all the time when I drinked it on the regular. It's one of the things that made me stop, that, and just knowing how bad it is for me.

 

[paperfist]

Wait so Biden didn't overturn the aluminum tariff of Trumps?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Coke announced that they're raising their prices again today:

Damn miners!!!

 

[ponyo]

So happy I don't drink the stuff anymore. I had occasional cravings the first year or two after quitting. Now, zero cravings. Stuff is so sweet I can't believe I enjoyed drinking that poison.

But OP rant is weak. Coke pricing power is pretty weak. As IronWing mentioned, Coke prices have not kept up with inflation. Government should tax the crap out of Coke as sin tax and lower some of our other taxes.

 

[Svnla]

Kroger had Coke on sale of $11 for 4 packs of 12 cans about 2 weeks ago. I better save them for drying days, eh?

 

[pete6032]

Coca-Cola costs too damn much now!

Yes but aren't you boycotting Coca-Cola like our former rage-machine-in-chief told us all to do?

 

[ultimatebob]

Yes but aren't you boycotting Coca-Cola like our former rage-machine-in-chief told us all to do?

Well... I am now! Unlike Trump, I can't afford the name brand stuff now.

I doubt that the MAGA man can kick Diet Coke, anyway. I've heard that he's basically addicted to the overpriced fizzy aspartame water.

 

[highland145]

Maybe it's cheaper in Colorado. MLB tickets are.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Meh, barely ever drink soda anyways, let alone coke, so whatever.

 

[snoopy7548]

You shouldn't drink soda.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Ehh, we dont really drink much pop here.
Though I do love a grape pop, an orange pop, a ginger ale, or a root beer once every month or so.

 

[kage69]

Diabetes and kidney stones now cost a little more? Sad.

I don't often need to clean a large quantity of dirty coins, so this doesn't really affect me.

 

[Muadib]

I drink diet Pepsi, so I'm good for now. I need to go on a Bourbon run though.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I drink diet Pepsi, so I'm good for now. I need to go on a Bourbon run though.

Bourbon is delicious and very good way to wash the nasty taste of diet pepsi out of your mouth.
I hope your bourbon run is extremely successful.

 

[Muadib]

Bourbon is delicious and very good way to wash the nasty taste of diet pepsi out of your mouth.
I hope your bourbon run is extremely successful.

Thanks! Diet pepsi is an acquired taste to be sure, much like scotch. I've been drinking it for decades though, and don't know what I would replace it with if I stopped. I've tried water, diet coke, tea but always come back to it.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Thanks! Diet pepsi is an acquired taste to be sure, much like scotch. I've been drinking it for decades though, and don't know what I would replace it with if I stopped. I've tried water, diet coke, tea but always come back to it.

to each their own

That said, Scotch is good too. I used to hate it, but i guess I've aquired it.