Thread: Re: No More Sugared Dr. Pepper

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:27:58 -0500, Snoodles McGrew wrote:
>
> > Cases. No wonder your ass is as big as an Airstream.
>
> It's been well-documented in alt.food.fast-food that I don't drink
> soda.
>
> Have you seen my ass?

I sincerely hope that I never do. >|

On Jan 14, 7:32*am, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:27:58 -0500, Snoodles McGrew wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:21:44 -0600, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost>
> > wrote:
>
> >>The last plant in the United States that made sugared Dr Pepper since
> >>1891 - in Dublin, TX - has closed down and the last case has been
> >>bought. *It sold for over three as much as regular Dr Pepper and had
> >>quite a following, and was selling well. *They also sold the syrup for
> >>select retail/restaurant locations.
>
> >>Dr Pepper/Snapple Group has promised to still make it, somehow
> >>somewhere. *But they never will.
>
> >><http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/demise-of-dublin-dr-pepper-bra....>
>
> >>Fortunately I can get cases of store brand "Dr. Pepper", as well as
> >>cola, root beer, orange burst, and Big Red - all made with real sugar
> >>for $2/12-pack.
>
> >>http://www.heb.com/product/H-E-B-Pur...r-Sodas/100022
>
> >>So how can my store sell sugared soda for $.17/can while Big Cola
> >>charges $.33-.50/can for HFCS soda?
>
> > Cases. No wonder your ass is as big as an Airstream.
>
> It's been well-documented in alt.food.fast-food that I don't drink
> soda.
>
> Have you seen my ass? *Because it costs a few hundred thousand just to
> get on the waiting list.
>
> -sw

yeah, everything on alt.food.fast-food is true

On 14/01/2012 7:27 AM, Snoodles McGrew wrote:

>> So how can my store sell sugared soda for $.17/can while Big Cola
>> charges $.33-.50/can for HFCS soda?
>>
>> -sw
>
>
> Cases. No wonder your ass is as big as an Airstream.
>


That is a bizarre comment. I buy soft drinks by the case because they
the cost per can is so much less that way. Even before I was forced onto
a diet that excluded soft drinks, a case of Coke would last me months,
and most of it probably went to guests.