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Low margin? My wife switched to La Croix which seems to be the new popular water drink around here. It's easily 3x the price of Coke.

wavesounds 10y ago
Uh where are you buying your La Croix? They are the same price on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Croix-Naturally-Essenced-Sparkling-Variety/dp/B00851GRW6 https://www.amazon.com/Croix-Naturally-Essenced-Sparkling-Va... https://www.amazon.com/Coca-Cola-24-12-Fl-Cans/dp/B0012QO8AY/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1473265269&sr=1-1&keywords=coca-cola https://www.amazon.com/Coca-Cola-24-12-Fl-Cans/dp/B0012QO8AY... Edit: As people pointed out Amazon has shitty prices on these things. Still in my experience La Croix is about the same price as Coke when you compare them both on sale or both not on sale.
- joezydeco 10y ago
  Well, I'm certainly not buying it from here. $21 for a case of Coke? When they're on sale I can find cans of La Croix Grapefruit 12oz for about $4/8pk ($0.50/can). And I just bought Coke 12oz cans on sale for $2.25/12pk ($0.1875/can).
  - TylerE 10y ago
    Yeah, that's a pretty horrible price. Usually at least one of the local pharmacy or gas stations will be running a special on coke along the lines of 3x 12pk for $12 or so. Even at full retail a 12er is usually something like $6.99
semi-extrinsic 10y ago
Apart from signalling that you have too much money and don't give a crap about the environment, why would anyone drinking just water buy bottled water every day instead of a Camelbak or Nalgene or Bobble bottle once a decade, and then drink tap water? Or even a Bkr if you're very fashion conscious? Is US water quality really that bad? Edit: and if you need sparkling water, why not get a Sodastream or equivalent?
- TylerE 10y ago
  Yeah, in many places, it's pretty bad.
  - AlexandrB 10y ago
    I love that the American solution is not to try to bring the municipal water up to standard but to spend 10x-100x on bottled water.
    - rbjorklin 10y ago
      The government is evil and companies can do no wrong ;)
    - phil21 10y ago
      It's already up to standard, people are largely just not rational. My home city ranks near the top of any "best tasting drinking water" poll I've seen, and people still complain and buy bottled water. It's ridiculous. The vast majority of citizens in the US are served by perfectly serviceable potable water they just turn their noses up at it.
      - TylerE 10y ago
        The standards regulate things that will actually hurt you, not things that will make the taste go off.
    - djloche 10y ago
      The reason is that you can buy a case of clean bottled water for ~$1-2, providing you clean, good tasting drinking water for a month. This is something even people at or below poverty level income can afford and dramatically increases quality of life. The individual has little to no control over the water or pipes that runs the water to their home. It is a take it or leave it situation. If you own your home, then you might be able to install a water filtration system. This might be at the very least $200+. Okay. That doesn't compete with the price of bottled water. What about just a water filter pitcher? $30+. Well, now that's far more reasonable, but still represents 20-30 cases of water. Bottled water IS the cheap, easy option. Should people fight and vote for infrastructure improvements so that they have clean, good tasting water? absolutely. But while we're working on that, we'll drink bottled water.
koenigdavidmj 10y ago
Consider getting a carbonator (such as the Sodastream) and whatever she wants for her own flavoring. The occasional CO_2 cartridge and squeezing out a slice of lime is likely cheaper.
- joezydeco 10y ago
  My point was merely to highlight the fact that the newer sparkling water drinks were priced equal to or higher than the HFCS-based sodas. And the sparkling water drinks have even less ingredients than the HFCS ones. My intent was not to spark a class war over water quality, Nalgene bottles, and SodaStreams. I'm fully aware of the cost differentials and am not complaining.

wavesounds 10y ago

Uh where are you buying your La Croix? They are the same price on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Croix-Naturally-Essenced-Sparkling-Variety/dp/B00851GRW6 https://www.amazon.com/Croix-Naturally-Essenced-Sparkling-Va... https://www.amazon.com/Coca-Cola-24-12-Fl-Cans/dp/B0012QO8AY/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1473265269&sr=1-1&keywords=coca-cola https://www.amazon.com/Coca-Cola-24-12-Fl-Cans/dp/B0012QO8AY... Edit: As people pointed out Amazon has shitty prices on these things. Still in my experience La Croix is about the same price as Coke when you compare them both on sale or both not on sale.

joezydeco 10y ago
Well, I'm certainly not buying it from here. $21 for a case of Coke? When they're on sale I can find cans of La Croix Grapefruit 12oz for about $4/8pk ($0.50/can). And I just bought Coke 12oz cans on sale for $2.25/12pk ($0.1875/can).
- TylerE 10y ago
  Yeah, that's a pretty horrible price. Usually at least one of the local pharmacy or gas stations will be running a special on coke along the lines of 3x 12pk for $12 or so. Even at full retail a 12er is usually something like $6.99

semi-extrinsic 10y ago

Apart from signalling that you have too much money and don't give a crap about the environment, why would anyone drinking just water buy bottled water every day instead of a Camelbak or Nalgene or Bobble bottle once a decade, and then drink tap water? Or even a Bkr if you're very fashion conscious? Is US water quality really that bad? Edit: and if you need sparkling water, why not get a Sodastream or equivalent?

TylerE 10y ago
Yeah, in many places, it's pretty bad.
- AlexandrB 10y ago
  I love that the American solution is not to try to bring the municipal water up to standard but to spend 10x-100x on bottled water.
  - rbjorklin 10y ago
    The government is evil and companies can do no wrong ;)
  - phil21 10y ago
    It's already up to standard, people are largely just not rational. My home city ranks near the top of any "best tasting drinking water" poll I've seen, and people still complain and buy bottled water. It's ridiculous. The vast majority of citizens in the US are served by perfectly serviceable potable water they just turn their noses up at it.
    - TylerE 10y ago
      The standards regulate things that will actually hurt you, not things that will make the taste go off.
  - djloche 10y ago
    The reason is that you can buy a case of clean bottled water for ~$1-2, providing you clean, good tasting drinking water for a month. This is something even people at or below poverty level income can afford and dramatically increases quality of life. The individual has little to no control over the water or pipes that runs the water to their home. It is a take it or leave it situation. If you own your home, then you might be able to install a water filtration system. This might be at the very least $200+. Okay. That doesn't compete with the price of bottled water. What about just a water filter pitcher? $30+. Well, now that's far more reasonable, but still represents 20-30 cases of water. Bottled water IS the cheap, easy option. Should people fight and vote for infrastructure improvements so that they have clean, good tasting water? absolutely. But while we're working on that, we'll drink bottled water.

koenigdavidmj 10y ago

Consider getting a carbonator (such as the Sodastream) and whatever she wants for her own flavoring. The occasional CO_2 cartridge and squeezing out a slice of lime is likely cheaper.

joezydeco 10y ago
My point was merely to highlight the fact that the newer sparkling water drinks were priced equal to or higher than the HFCS-based sodas. And the sparkling water drinks have even less ingredients than the HFCS ones. My intent was not to spark a class war over water quality, Nalgene bottles, and SodaStreams. I'm fully aware of the cost differentials and am not complaining.