Costco bringing back Coke products to food court

I like them both and when Costco does things it's usually to make them money AND keep the customer happy. Coke or Pepsi with ice out of a fountain machine is amazing.
 
We buy store brand soda (giant and Weis). Yesterday at Giant we got two liter bottles of diet ginger ale for $0.99 while brand names were at or over $3.29. I cannot for the life of me figure out why someone would pay $2.30 more for basically the same thing. Maybe I'm just a cheapskate!
 
I don’t drink soda pop that often but once in a while when I grabbed a $1.50 hot dog at Costco I would get a Mountain Dew with it. But about a year ago they got rid of it at the Costcos in my area 🫤
 
BHopkins said:
The article I read said that the change would save Costco money, allowing them to keep the $1.50 pricing for the hot dog and soda drink. It also said that Costco polled customers, and found that something like 80% preferred Coke products at Costco food courts.

Both of these really surprise me. It is hard for me to understand that Coke can offer enough of a price savings, to make a difference in the $1.50 hot dog/soda pricing. I realize Coca-Cola is a massive company, that can afford to leverage their pricing, for the prestige of having their fountains in every Costco. But Pepsi-Cola is no small company.

I find it even more difficult to believe such a large share of Costco customers would prefer Coke. Admittedly, it has been a few years since I have read any articles about Coca-Cola vs Pepsi-Cola market share, but last time I did, I thought the split was closer to about 50% Coca-Cola vs 40% Pepsi-Cola, with the other 10% being other players. You would think, or at least I would think, that Costco members would closely mirror that brand preference.
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What's crazy is Coca Cola Co. had $45bil in revenue last year. Pepsi-Co had $91bil. And Pepsi-Co has 3x+ the amount of employees than CCC.
 
Boomer said:
We buy store brand soda (giant and Weis). Yesterday at Giant we got two liter bottles of diet ginger ale for $0.99 while brand names were at or over $3.29. I cannot for the life of me figure out why someone would pay $2.30 more for basically the same thing. Maybe I'm just a cheapskate!
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Correct. Store brand soda does not taste the same.
 
I love it....sodas, addictive, nutritionally valueless, sugar-swing poisons -dare I say threats to national health?- involved with price leveraging for shelf space.
Are there any other food products linked to the soda industry?

Stop drinking them if 'you know what's good for you'.

So many folk grousing about increasing prices, it's surprising we haven't seen a dip in soda sales.
Same for 'fast food'.
 
I<3oil said:
What's crazy is Coca Cola Co. had $45bil in revenue last year. Pepsi-Co had $91bil. And Pepsi-Co has 3x+ the amount of employees than CCC.
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Coca-Cola still (by far) dominates the US carbonated soft drink in market share. Pepsi is more diversified though. Some years Frito-Lay has more revenue for Pepsi than beverages.
 
I don't drink soda much, only when I have my rum and coke.
Does Costco actually sell both Coke and Pepsi in there bulk isles? I shop at Costco, just never buy that stuff.
 
dubber09 said:
I don't drink soda much, only when I have my rum and coke.
Does Costco actually sell both Coke and Pepsi in there bulk isles? I shop at Costco, just never buy that stuff.
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I think it depends on location. Many Costco stores stock items based on local popularity. But I've seen all sorts of brands of soft drinks at Costco in cans and/or bottles. I typically see 7-Up available too.
 
Last evening on the news there was a 3 minute spot on Coke coming back to Costco. Guessing it will be soon. Went there 2 weeks ago and it was still Pepsi
 
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I see it in odd sizes like 30 packs at Costco. Soda is cheaper when Kroger, Meijer… has it on sale. Not to make it political, but Trump drinks Diet Coke.
 
dubber09 said:
Why is it always one or the other? Why can't places have and offer a choice? Def not in consumer best interests.
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Because it basically came down to the low bid.
Especially important when it comes down to maintaining the loss leader, such as the dog and soda deal.
 
Patman said:
I don’t drink soda pop that often but once in a while when I grabbed a $1.50 hot dog at Costco I would get a Mountain Dew with it. But about a year ago they got rid of it at the Costcos in my area 🫤
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Same here no MTN Dew...we even had diet MTN Dew at the Seattle Costco location due to this ridiculous "sugar tax" on soda the city started. To fight back, Costco switched all the drinks to diet, so they were exempt from the tax. Seattle is crazy with taxes..."gun violence tax" of $25 on every gun sold (like the people buying guns legally are the problem)...ammunition tax, transit tax ($50 additional tax on car tabs to further subsidize public transit), the city taxes everything in the cause of "equity"...
 
y_p_w said:
Coca-Cola still (by far) dominates the US carbonated soft drink in market share. Pepsi is more diversified though. Some years Frito-Lay has more revenue for Pepsi than beverages.
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Google AI says the market share split is 69% Coke versus 27% Pepsi. That is why Pepsi owns all the food companies and fast food outlets...
 
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