Price of soda/diet soda.

[GrandSportC3]

2 years ago, you could get Walmart brand sodas for $2.39 per 12 pack.. Now it's $4.49 and they discontinued some flavors for diet soda cans. That's like 87% increase in 2 years.
Virtually all non caffeinated diet sodas are now $6.98 to $8.50. I understand that prices went up due to inflation, but 87%???
My favorite sodas just went on sale for $4.29 per 12-pack at a local grocery store, so I stocked up. Does anyone have any idea why sodas went up more than most other things?

[Vandelay Industries]

I think we have 2 bottles of soda in the house, and they're both at least a year old.

[Swany00]

you mofos drink a lot of soda

[MikeB]

Originally Posted by GrandSportC3

Does anyone have any idea why sodas went up more than most other things?

[not bill daniels] Bidenomics [seriously]
$15.00/hr to have that helper at the self check-outs.

[Bruze]

The only time I have any kind of pop in the house is when my family comes down in the summer. My one BIL likes Coke so I buy a big bottle for him.

The rest of us drink wine, beer, etc.

[Mick]

264 cans of soda? That won't even last you 2 weeks.

I gave up sugared soda because of my diabetes. I gave up diet soda because the aspartame in it is a proven inflammatory, and I spend my life trying to stay off of anti-inflammatories. Honestly, I don't even miss it.

[Louie Detroit]

Originally Posted by Swany00

you mofos drink a lot of soda

*pop

[Aerovette]

As a faux baller, I buy name brand Coke products and pay full price and hand out my coupons to the needy.

[Rodnok1]

Aluminum prices jumped is why or at least most of the reason for the jump.

[Bill]

I used to drink a lot of soda. I'd usually pick up several 12 packs at a time, when they were on sale. Typically 4 for $ 12 was common, then it became 3 for $ 12. I won't pay $ 6-8 for a 12 pack of something that isn't good for me anyway.

I started cutting back on sodas a few years ago, so the price spike was just extra reinforcement not to buy it. Now, at best, I'll get a two liter bottle 2 or 3 times a year, and then only if it's the green bottles of Dr Pepper, the kind made with cane sugar, not corn syrup. Fortunately, that is rarely stocked, so even when I have a wild hair for a soda, if the green labeled stuff isn't there, I walk away empty handed and don't feel bad about it.

And I won't buy Coke anymore for any reason, at any price. Coke made that an easy decision.

[Unsuspicious]

I use a sodastream because paying for factory tap water and having to carry it home is for suckers. After I finish my current co2 cylinder, I'm converting to a 5lb co2 tank with adapter which will probably last me 3 years or so.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by Bruze

The only time I have any kind of pop in the house is when my family comes down in the summer.

You live in Northern New York. They come down from Newfoundland?

[KenHorse]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

You live in Northern New York. They come down from Newfoundland?

Oak Island

[Little Red L98.]

Diet soda goes bad, at least Diet Coke in the silver can. Was in a Latin grocer in Miami once and they were selling them for like a quarter each near the checkout. Dumb me bought one and that shit was nasty. Who knows how old it was. Fool me once…

Anyway, drink more water.

[Anjdog2003]

Originally Posted by Little Red L98.

Diet soda goes bad, at least Diet Coke in the silver can. Was in a Latin grocer in Miami once and they were selling them for like a quarter each near the checkout. Dumb me bought one and that shit was nasty. Who knows how old it was. Fool me once…

Anyway, drink more water.

Garf

[Little Red L98.]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

Garf

Broheim!!

[IrishSpuds]

The only soda in my place is Sanpellegrino flavored drinks. Maybe a half dozen cases, and some Fanta.

[MY03C5Z]

Damn GSC…. do your health a favor and start drinking more water. All that artificial sweetener crap can not possibly be healthy….

[Taurus]

Only buy Diet Coke, just bought 4 of the 6 pack bottles for $10, just $2.50 a 6 pack. Cheaper than last summer.

[LATB]

I don't drink that chit.