I have seen $10-11 12-pack soft drinks here. That has been the going rate at Kroger now for at least 2 years. :( At Walmart they've been $7-8 per 12-pack for a while, unless you are buying the house brand.
Soda isn't a basic necessity, and I find it hard to justify spending $10 for a 12-pack of soda..
Re: Prices
By: Nightfox to Mike Powell on Tue May 12 2026 10:24:45
Soda isn't a basic necessity, and I find it hard to justify spending
$10 for a 12-pack of soda..
I never buy "packs", I stick to 2-litre bottles. Much more
economical. If I want to carry pop with me, I'll use a 20-ounce
bottle I got from a vending machine and fill that up from the
2-litre. You can get three 20-ouncers with change left over.
...I'd look at my local grocery stores, and they'd have lots of Coke, Cherry coke, Vanilla Coke, caffeine free coke, and an empty space where all of the Diet Coke used to be.
Some grocery prices are getting crazy high. I'm surprised they're selling soda
12-packs for that much. Kroger owns some grocery stores in my area (which were
formerly local chains) and that sounds a bit right - And they're one of the more expensive grocery stores for some things. They also have their own store-brand sodas which tend to be a lot cheaper (I bought a 12-pack of Diet Dr. K from them for $4.50 not too long ago, but the price may have gone up since then). If I buy soda, I've been buying house brand lately since it tends
to be significantly less expensive (what name-brand soda used to cost). Sometimes I'll buy some soda from Costco because I think it's fairly good for
the price.
Soda isn't a basic necessity, and I find it hard to justify spending $10 for a
12-pack of soda..
I have seen $10-11 12-pack soft drinks here. That has been the going
rate at Kroger now for at least 2 years. :( At Walmart they've been
$7-8 per 12-pack for a while, unless you are buying the house brand.
Some grocery prices are getting crazy high. I'm surprised they're selling soda 12-packs for that much. Kroger owns some grocery stores in my area (which were formerly local chains) and that sounds a bit right - And they're one of the more expensive grocery stores for some things. They also have their own store-brand sodas which tend to be a lot cheaper (I
Re: Re: people with autism
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mike Powell on Wed May 13 2026 06:52:38
...I'd look at my local grocery stores, and they'd have lots of Coke, Cherry coke, Vanilla Coke, caffeine free coke, and an empty space
where all of the Diet Coke used to be.
How's that for irony. What once was avoided by most because of
taste, becomes the item of choice because of price.
Just snaged myself a 24 pack of 12 oz Coke from Smiths (Kroger) for 10.99 I don't buy soda to often but I do like a coke now and then.
Generally I'd prefer Pepsi; I don't really like Coke that much.
Generally I'd prefer Pepsi; I don't really like Coke that much.
Same here. My wife and I both drink Pepsi. No Coke here...
Mortar wrote to All <=-
How's that for irony. What once was avoided by most because of taste, becomes the item of choice because of price.
Generally I'd prefer Pepsi; I don't really like Coke that much.
Same here. My wife and I both drink Pepsi. No Coke here...
I thought about that when I ordered a diet coke at a restaurant. It came with a lemon wedge. Partly, I'm sure, to make refills easier, but I'm old enough to remember saccharrin sweetened drinks and how off they tasted. The lemon was to mask the off-ness.
I'll just stick to a Fresca.
Generally I'd prefer Pepsi; I don't really like Coke that much.
Same here. My wife and I both drink Pepsi. No Coke here...
My wife likes Diet Coke, so we joke around with each other about that. I also like Miracle Whip, and she doesn't.. :P
I thought about that when I ordered a diet coke at a restaurant.
It came with a lemon wedge. Partly, I'm sure, to make refills
easier, but I'm old enough to remember saccharrin sweetened drinks
and how off they tasted. The lemon was to mask the off-ness.
Denn wrote to Nightfox <=-
My wife likes Miracle Whip, and I like Mayo, miracle Whip is ok for
some thinks, but Mayo is for sandwiches.
My wife likes Diet Coke, so we joke around with each other about that. I
also like Miracle Whip, and she doesn't.. :P
My wife likes Miracle Whip, and I like Mayo, miracle Whip is ok for some thinks,
but Mayo is for sandwiches.
My wife likes Miracle Whip, and I like Mayo, miracle Whip is ok for some
thinks, but Mayo is for sandwiches.
Does she pronounce it "Hwip"?
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