Coca Cola Rip Off

Makeandsave

I only ever buy coke when it is on offer like 2 for £2 or buy one get one free (or two if lucky), The new size 1.75l has been (not sure if it still is) on offer 2 for £2, However Aldi has the 2L as a twin pack for £2.75.

specialboy

Cheap cola is horrible and I only like the taste of Coke but it tastes better from the can than the bottle and doesnt go flat as quick, you can get 24 cans for a fiver which works out at 62.5p a litre and lasts a lot longer than bottles.

rustyboy21

The new shape bottle keeps it fizzier for longer !

dlusman

specialboy wrote: »

Cheap cola is horrible and I only like the taste of Coke but it tastes better from the can than the bottle and doesnt go flat as quick, you can get 24 cans for a fiver which works out at 62.5p a litre and lasts a lot longer than bottles.

Okay - I'll ask the question first Where from ?

RichardD1970

rustyboy21 wrote: »

The new shape bottle keeps it fizzier for longer !

How does that work then?

I always thought the reason fizzy drink in plastic bottle didn't last as well was because the plastic isn't totally impermeable and the carbon dioxide under pressure slowly leaked out through the plastic itself.

pimento

McKneff wrote: »

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

I've never seen any item in my weekly shop fluctuate in price more than Coca-Cola. I buy a lot of it (my husband is an addict) and the price can be as low as £1 for a 2l bottle and as high as £1.98 for a 2l bottle. There's no rhyme or reason and it goes up and down like a wh0re's drawers.

pimento

CKhalvashi wrote: »

Other option is to raise the price by 12.5% and keep the bottle the same size.

This stuff costs pennies to make. How about they keep the size and the price the same?

DigForVictory

I nearly fell off the pavement when son looked & sniffed, "pay the same money for a pretty bottle & less fizz?" - Just So Darn Proud of him!

Wheres_My_Cashback

chris0241 wrote: »

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?

I'd get a life !!

Jimibeee

sounds good to me, less sugar