Coca Cola Rip Off

chris0241

I've had a good search on MSE and out on the wider net and I'm amazed I've been unable to find any mention of this RIP OFF.

Coca Cola are advertising pro-actively that their new family bottles are a benefit: "Happiness Is A New Bottle". But to a savvy Money Saver it's most certainly NOT.

Hasn't anyone else noticed that their new bottle is 12.5% smaller for the same price? It's 1.75l for the price of a 2l, and the 2l is being phased out.

Their press release claims it matches the classic contoured glass bottles, but couldn't they have done that shape in a 2l volume?

Can we spread the word and get a campaign rolling or shall we all just keep quiet and move to Pepsi?

browneyedbazzi

Given that coca cola is terrible for you, less is probably better for your long term health and happiness. Not buying it at all is the most money saving savvy option!

gardner1

loads of companies rebrand stuff in smaller boxes/bottles etc......buy elsewhere/different brand

dlusman

Discussed as part of this thread -

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4765235

McKneff

Would you rather they left it as it was and put the price up by 10/20p


I wouldn't drink the stuff anyway, if it can take the tarnish off silver, god knows what its doing to your system.

Nada666

A price increase is not a rip-off.

Makes it more difficult to compare, though. Dividing by seven is trickier than dividing by two.

Nada666

McKneff wrote: »

Would you rather they left it as it was and put the price up by 10/20p

Yes, of course. That is what most normal people want.

rach_k

I find it annoying but not unusual, mostly because it makes it harder to compare prices but mysupermarket.com takes care of that for me.

I was a loyal Coca Cola drinker but since switching to Coke Zero and discovering the cherry flavour one (the cherry masks the 'no sugar' aftertaste), I decided to try Pepsi Max Cherry and found I didn't get the "Eek what is this crap?" reaction I had when comparing standard Coke and Pepsi so for a while I've just been buying whatever is cheapest. I'm actually waiting for a Tesco grocery delivery right now and have ordered Tesco's own version of Zero/Max Cherry... maybe it won't be too bad and at £1.50 for 4 litres (on offer) it's a good saving. I just hope the cherry flavour works as it does for Pepsi!

Smidster

For once I am not going to be massively critical of Coke on this one.

They have actually made it clear they are reducing the size - For example in my home town there are at least half a dozen billboards advertising the new size!

dandelionclock30

You can still get a massive bottle for about 2 pounds at Iceland at the moment. It will be flat before its finished, most likley.
I've switched over to soda water myself as its better for you and you can add it to dilute.

SquirrelNutkins

I dont drink much coke, but if I do I get the Aldi version, its 39p for 1.5 litres. Does it taste like Coca Cola? Probably not, but I really dont care, it tatstes fine to me, and the price is great. All it is, is a sh*tload of sugar and chemicals mixed with water, I really dont want to pay high price for that.