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Softdrink Rant/Discussion/Whatever

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Flying Headbutt, Apr 16, 2008.

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  1. MacDaddy

    MacDaddy Active Member

    I was once told by someone who knows about such things that the cost to a restaurant/store/etc. for a fountain soda -- including the soda itself, the cup, renting the machine, everything -- was five cents a serving. Profit margins are high.
     
    MacDaddy, Apr 17, 2008
    #61
  2. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Sounds like media companies!
     
    BYH, Apr 17, 2008
    #62
  3. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    I guess.... but I think that often McD's is better than straight from a can.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Apr 17, 2008
    #63
  4. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    wfw
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Apr 17, 2008
    #64
  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Barq's Red Creme Soda. The all-time favorite beverage of my youth, only had it once a year when I visited my grandparents in Ohio. Now I live in a place where I could get it every day, but I try not to so as to still keep it unique.

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    playthrough, Apr 17, 2008
    #65
  6. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    A few random thoughts on this great thread...

    In Virginia, Micky Ds and Hardees (shudder) sell sweet tea for a buck, and it is a depth charge size.

    Good Southern eateries will sell the sweet tea so shockingly sweet that they will serve water with the tea so that you can cut the sweetness to taste. This is the reason I always have to say "unsweet tea" when I go to lunch.

    Coke Zero with a full glass of ice is percent. Strong flavor, but without the sugar.

    FYI, do you know that about 35-40 packs of sugar are in one 20 oz Coke?

    If I can get Coke or Pepsi in a glass bottle, I will splurge and have one. My bar has small Cokes in glass bottles on reserve. This is one of the great benefits of living in a bottle deposit state.

    I have heard that Kosher Coke is the best. If you are true Kosher, you cannot have corn syrup, which is what sweetens Coke normally. When pure cane sugar is used, the taste is much, much better. I have to try one of those Jones Sodas.

    RC Cola rocks!!!
     
    93Devil, Apr 17, 2008
    #66
  7. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Damn, sonnn....

    I have never seen anything but their root beer.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Apr 17, 2008
    #67
  8. BigSleeper

    BigSleeper Active Member

    There ya go. Sit on the porch with an RC Cola, Moon Pie and vow that the south will indeed rise again.
     
    BigSleeper, Apr 17, 2008
    #68
  9. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Dead-solid-nuts true.

    And I go on very few "the good old days were better" rants, but in this case, we make exception.

    The old Coke 6 1/2-oz. glass bottles filled with product made with goddamn cane sugar was the Taj Mahal. The Hanging Gardens. The Collosus of Rhodes.
    Once f'ing Atlanta went to corn syrup, the product was Not The Same.

    I understand that bottlers in Mexico still use cane. If that's so, it would be reason alone to head South of the Border.
     
    Ben_Hecht, Apr 17, 2008
    #69
  10. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    GodDAMMIT I wish I'd been on here last night when BYH was wavering.

    Hey pally...

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    imjustagirl, Apr 17, 2008
    #70
  11. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    You mean Mountain Don't?
     
    forever_town, Apr 17, 2008
    #71
  12. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    You and most people. But if you like red sodas, it's the best.

    In my town, it's only available in 12-pack cans at the grocery store (usually about four are on the shelf), at some rural gas stations in 20 oz. single bottles, and at White Castle via fountain. That's it.
     
    playthrough, Apr 17, 2008
    #72
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