Both Come and Pepsi doubled - tripled their prices in the time between 2020 and 2023.
In 2019 (in my area) you could get a 2 liter of soda for $0.79-$1.00. Non-sale price was $1.49. A 12 pack of cans was $2-$2.50 on sale with a none-sale price of $4.
2 liters now are “on sale” for $2-$3 each and non-sale price is $3-$3.50.
Cans sale price is $4 at minimum and non-sale price is $7.99–8.99 depending on the store.
I have significantly cut back on my diet soda intake as a result, so i guess there is that?
To put another way, in the best of times in 2019 I could buy a 5x12 pack of cans for $10. Today I would have to pay $20-$45 for the exact same product depending on if it was on sale or not.
When our economy finally falters, these companies will be the first to scream for bailouts and other nonsense.
Like dude, just go back to pre-pandemic pricing.
They raised prices and left them there because enough people are paying these prices.
Them asking for bailouts because of their prices hikes makes exactly 0 sense btw, if they need to sell more, they'll just lower them again. The nice thing about margin is that it's margin - as long as you're making money, you're making money, it just depends how much.
Yeah they jacked up prices and realized that while they may be losing customers, they're still making more money. They'd need to take a tangible financial hit to stop this shit.
This same basic math is going right now at every other company that decided to opportunistically price gouge us.
It's prima facie evidence of price fixing. Not that I expect it to ever be prosecuted, or even seriously investigated.
I think maybe they make an example of a few companies but that the fines are considerably less than the windfall of cash the price gouging got them and the rest of the offenders out there (many of which I bet are even worse) will get off scot-free
Price fixing is when multiple companies collude to raise the price, companies charging more on their own is not price fixing.
Who says they're all doing it on their own?
Do you have any evidence of collusion?
The prices being kept in sync. Which I already said. There should be an investigation.
That's not evidence that they are working together, it's not even enough to start an investigation.
What do you think would be enough evidence to start an investigation?
Hearsay that executives discusses setting prices, or that executives met or talked before the price hike.
The really frustrating part is that cheap generic stuff skyrocketed too. Walmart embraced inflation enthusiastically, and their knockoff mountain dew went from $0.62 to $1.70. Supply chain issues I'm sure...
I used to get that stuff 10 bottles at a time, and it was one of the few things that made it worth going there. Now I just get whatever is on sale at the local employee owned grocery chain. The price difference is negligible, almost everything else is cheaper, and I get to support some place that isn't evil.
Yea it’s always good to support local businesses, i gave up my soda/pop since it got expensive and checked my locally-owned store instead, lo and behold they had more drink variety and usually for cheaper. Plus it means your money isn’t going to some already-rich company
Yeah I too have their prices to thank for finally quitting their health damaging products.
Come on down to Philly, we’ll show you how tax sodas.
Both Come and Pepsi doubled - tripled their prices in the time between 2020 and 2023.
In 2019 (in my area) you could get a 2 liter of soda for $0.79-$1.00. Non-sale price was $1.49. A 12 pack of cans was $2-$2.50 on sale with a none-sale price of $4.
2 liters now are “on sale” for $2-$3 each and non-sale price is $3-$3.50.
Cans sale price is $4 at minimum and non-sale price is $7.99–8.99 depending on the store.
I have significantly cut back on my diet soda intake as a result, so i guess there is that?
To put another way, in the best of times in 2019 I could buy a 5x12 pack of cans for $10. Today I would have to pay $20-$45 for the exact same product depending on if it was on sale or not.
When our economy finally falters, these companies will be the first to scream for bailouts and other nonsense.
Like dude, just go back to pre-pandemic pricing.
They raised prices and left them there because enough people are paying these prices.
Them asking for bailouts because of their prices hikes makes exactly 0 sense btw, if they need to sell more, they'll just lower them again. The nice thing about margin is that it's margin - as long as you're making money, you're making money, it just depends how much.
Yeah they jacked up prices and realized that while they may be losing customers, they're still making more money. They'd need to take a tangible financial hit to stop this shit.
This same basic math is going right now at every other company that decided to opportunistically price gouge us.
It's prima facie evidence of price fixing. Not that I expect it to ever be prosecuted, or even seriously investigated.
I think maybe they make an example of a few companies but that the fines are considerably less than the windfall of cash the price gouging got them and the rest of the offenders out there (many of which I bet are even worse) will get off scot-free
Price fixing is when multiple companies collude to raise the price, companies charging more on their own is not price fixing.
Who says they're all doing it on their own?
Do you have any evidence of collusion?
The prices being kept in sync. Which I already said. There should be an investigation.
That's not evidence that they are working together, it's not even enough to start an investigation.
What do you think would be enough evidence to start an investigation?
Hearsay that executives discusses setting prices, or that executives met or talked before the price hike.
The really frustrating part is that cheap generic stuff skyrocketed too. Walmart embraced inflation enthusiastically, and their knockoff mountain dew went from $0.62 to $1.70. Supply chain issues I'm sure...
I used to get that stuff 10 bottles at a time, and it was one of the few things that made it worth going there. Now I just get whatever is on sale at the local employee owned grocery chain. The price difference is negligible, almost everything else is cheaper, and I get to support some place that isn't evil.
Yea it’s always good to support local businesses, i gave up my soda/pop since it got expensive and checked my locally-owned store instead, lo and behold they had more drink variety and usually for cheaper. Plus it means your money isn’t going to some already-rich company
Yeah I too have their prices to thank for finally quitting their health damaging products.
Come on down to Philly, we’ll show you how tax sodas.