Spin-off: bye bye Pepsi?

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I prefer Pepsi

 

[Genie+]

20 years ago people were drinking alot more soda/cola.

Even 10 years ago much more than today. I remember the good sales being FIVE 12-packs for $10. Wasn’t uncommon. We’d stock up during those best sales that usually happened right before Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, etc.

If I had to guess? Consumption down at least 50% over that time, maybe more. These big companies are making up the loss of quantity with price. Once they saw consumers willing to buy the 7oz 6-packs for more money than the 12oz 6-packs they realized price was not necessarily a barrier.

 

[HopperFan]

Carrefour (a global supermarket chain based in France) just announced that they will stop selling Pepsi products in 4 countries because of significant price hikes. It is estimated that this may happen in the USA as well. This is an interesting tactic to battle rising grocery costs.

My guess is the price hike is so high that they know their customers will not pay them their price hike SO it would be buying dead (dated) product. Wise move.

NOW if we all were as committed to let companies know we aren't paying their prices and let them feel the hit. I know at the end of 2020 I made some solid decisions that if certain products that soared with COVID and the corporate greed that continued I would stop buying. One was pasta, something we ate a lot of. Not like it is good for you anyway. I stopped buying and then my cooking adjusted. Now that prices have finally come back to what they were I still am buying limited amounts because I found we just didn't need it. Another was seltzer, we used to buy 12 packs of cans. Now that they raised the price over 40% I stopped buying and get it in 2 liters. Saving lots of money.

It is not unusual for me to stop, look at the price and decide I'm not taking the hit for the corporations. I leave it there and make other choices. I watch sales closer and go to the grocery at night to get the half price meats then go home and seal in my foodsaver to freeze. We even bought a big upright freezer a couple years ago to take advantage of sales more often.

So what if Pepsi ceased to be sold? Would you care? What do you think of the move by Carrefour?

No impact on us. We try to NOT have soda in the house but if we do it is Coke. In a restaurant IF I am getting soda (sometimes I need the bubbles) if they don't have Coke, then I probably won't drink soda (every once in awhile I'll take root beer). So no, we would not miss it at all. And I only buy Coke when it is a very good sale.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

I think as a consumer, I'm capable of determining what is priced too high for myself thank you very much.

Using a French example, a sandwich is too high a price to pay for a Renault.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Once they saw consumers willing to buy the 7oz 6-packs for more money than the 12oz 6-packs

That's something I've never been able figure out. People paying more, a lot more, for less, a lot less.

As for pop, I like Diet Rite, sucrose rather than aspartame.

 

[Moliphino]

I wouldn't care if Pepsi was gone, but this also includes Lays chips and Doritos, which would suck. Local grocery stores still get good sales on them, so I haven't noticed a price increase.

 

[Genie+]

That's something I've never been able figure out. People paying more, a lot more, for less, a lot less.

I didn’t get it at first either. I’d see those 7oz 6-pack shelves wiped bare during a small sale and be perplexed because the 12oz were still cheaper per ounce with no sale lol.

Then we started drinking less soda. The little 7oz cans were a great fit. Perfect size to go with a good slice of real Pizza. Being a rare occasion I didn’t mind paying $.75 for that can when the 12oz was $.50, and they took up less space. Lately we’re buying those and a 6pk can last 2 months sometimes.

 

[HopperFan]

I think as a consumer, I'm capable of determining what is priced too high for myself thank you very much.

Completely agree consumers have the ability, but stores need to start looking at what items simply are not or will not sell at the price point needed .... so why even stock something you might take a loss on? Stores make those decisions all the time - this is just a high profile decision that got media attention. I kudo the store.

The DDP is another example. All food items get a negotiated amount to reimburse the restaurants. When that amount is not high enough often the item gets dropped. The Pork Shank at Gaston's was very popular. Problem was that the DDP did not want to reimburse them enough and with so many people buying they were not able to meet their profit projections. It was better to drop the item and replace with a more profitable one.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I didn’t get it at first either. I’d see those 7oz 6-pack shelves wiped bare during a small sale and be perplexed because the 12oz were still cheaper per ounce with no sale lol.

Then we started drinking less soda. The little 7oz cans were a great fit. Perfect size to go with a good slice of real Pizza. Being a rare occasion I didn’t mind paying $.75 for that can when the 12oz was $.50, and they took up less space. Lately we’re buying those and a 6pk can last 2 months sometimes.

I'd still rather get 70% more drink and dump the extra than pay 50% more and not dump. And our fridge has the room for a 12 ouncer.

 

[TCRAIG]

Hello, my name is TCraig and I’m a Diet Pepsi-A-Holic! It’s true, that’s all I drink - no coffee, no tea, just Diet Pepsi…I even bring it to WDW since it’s only Coke products there…I joke with the security guards that I’m bringing in contraband - so no Pepsi would be a major problem for me…

 

[tvguy]

Carrefour doesn't have a presence in the United States so I doubt their influence will matter here.

However, Pepsi has generally been known for bigger can/bottle sales compared to Coke products that dominate the fountain beverage market. Still - Pepsi won't go away as long as they still have fountain beverages. They basically have Yum Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut) as well as Costco.

There are some weird ones too such as who distributes Dr Pepper. In my area the canned/bottled versions of Dr Pepper are distributed by a Pepsi bottler. And I'll find Dr Pepper distributed along with Pepsi or Coke in fountains. Not sure what the licensing deals are like that allow that.

Dr. Pepper here is bottled and distributed by 7-Up/Snapple.
Coke has their own facility as does Pepsi.

 

[MIGrandma]

Diet Caffeine Free Coke is my pop of choice.

Mine too. But I rarely drink it anymore. If I do order a Diet Coke when we go out if the server says they have Diet Pepsi I would be okay with that. There is a bit of taste difference in them, but not enough for me to turn my nose up to Pepsi.

But, what I drink most, either at home or out is club soda.

 

[tvguy]

I don't understand why a grocery store chain would stop selling a product because it had a price hike from the manufacturer.

All the grocery store chain needs to do is pass on the price increase to the consumer, just like any other product sold at the grocery store.

This sounds instead like a play by the chain to pressure Pepsi into a lower price to them so they can have a higher margin when selling to the consumer.

I totally understand the store's position, because THEIR customers are going to blame THEM for the price hike not Pepsi. Costco and Walmart are the Kings of that. 60 Minutes did a segment on how Walmart dictated to General Mills how much they wanted to pay wholesale for their cereals, and they wanted custom packaging and custom quantity. Walmart shows them how much money they could save on cardboard by making the physical box smaller, but cut the air in the top of the box, and put more cereal in it by weight and sell it for less. Sad state of affairs that the cardboard cost more than the extra cereal. So Walmart shoppers get a lower prices AND more cereal for their money.

 

[Skywalker3]

Good riddance. Don't like Pepsi, so that would be fine if it was gone. I know a lot of folks who would miss Mountain Dew if went away. I don't drink it, but DH has started the diet caffeine free Mtn Dew

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Pepsi certainly plays second fiddle over here. Which is a pity. As in blind taste tests Pepsi Max regularly outperforms even Coke. Now, my ideal drink of choice is Coke Zero, but either Pepsi or Pepsi Max are almost as good. I can't stand Diet Coke/Diet Pepsi.

 

[tvguy]

Pepsi certainly plays second fiddle over here. Which is a pity. As in blind taste tests Pepsi Max regularly outperforms even Coke. Now, my ideal drink of choice is Coke Zero, but either Pepsi or Pepsi Max are almost as good. I can't stand Diet Coke/Diet Pepsi.

Try an RC, it will change your life.

 

[Chili327]

I think some of you should look into the "Sugar" thread. lol
https://www.disboards.com/threads/a...d-compared-to-the-world.3935798/post-65232813

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Try an RC, it will change your life.

What's an RC?

 

[tvguy]

What's an RC?

Royal Crown Cola. A competitor to Coke and Pepsi. Shasta Cola was another competitor. Then there was Jolt Cola, the cola with twice the sugar and caffeine of other cola brands.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url...ved=0CBIQjRxqFwoTCJi_kYO0zIMDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAI

 

[Lord Manhammer]

I can't stand Diet Coke/Diet Pepsi.

There’s a good reason, at least in Diet Coke’s case. That’s because Diet Coke isn’t at all based off of Coke, it’s the diet version of new Coke that came
Out during the cola wars of the 80’s. Coke Zero Sugar is the diet formulation of Coca Cola original taste.