I have seen $10-11 12-pack soft drinks here. That has been the going rate at Kroger now for at least 2 years. :( At Walmart they've been $7-8 per 12-pack for a while, unless you are buying the house brand.
Soda isn't a basic necessity, and I find it hard to justify spending $10 for a 12-pack of soda..
Re: Prices
By: Nightfox to Mike Powell on Tue May 12 2026 10:24:45
Soda isn't a basic necessity, and I find it hard to justify spending
$10 for a 12-pack of soda..
I never buy "packs", I stick to 2-litre bottles. Much more
economical. If I want to carry pop with me, I'll use a 20-ounce
bottle I got from a vending machine and fill that up from the
2-litre. You can get three 20-ouncers with change left over.
...I'd look at my local grocery stores, and they'd have lots of Coke, Cherry coke, Vanilla Coke, caffeine free coke, and an empty space where all of the Diet Coke used to be.
Some grocery prices are getting crazy high. I'm surprised they're selling soda
12-packs for that much. Kroger owns some grocery stores in my area (which were
formerly local chains) and that sounds a bit right - And they're one of the more expensive grocery stores for some things. They also have their own store-brand sodas which tend to be a lot cheaper (I bought a 12-pack of Diet Dr. K from them for $4.50 not too long ago, but the price may have gone up since then). If I buy soda, I've been buying house brand lately since it tends
to be significantly less expensive (what name-brand soda used to cost). Sometimes I'll buy some soda from Costco because I think it's fairly good for
the price.
Soda isn't a basic necessity, and I find it hard to justify spending $10 for a
12-pack of soda..
I have seen $10-11 12-pack soft drinks here. That has been the going
rate at Kroger now for at least 2 years. :( At Walmart they've been
$7-8 per 12-pack for a while, unless you are buying the house brand.
Some grocery prices are getting crazy high. I'm surprised they're selling soda 12-packs for that much. Kroger owns some grocery stores in my area (which were formerly local chains) and that sounds a bit right - And they're one of the more expensive grocery stores for some things. They also have their own store-brand sodas which tend to be a lot cheaper (I
Re: Re: people with autism
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Mike Powell on Wed May 13 2026 06:52:38
...I'd look at my local grocery stores, and they'd have lots of Coke, Cherry coke, Vanilla Coke, caffeine free coke, and an empty space
where all of the Diet Coke used to be.
How's that for irony. What once was avoided by most because of
taste, becomes the item of choice because of price.
Just snaged myself a 24 pack of 12 oz Coke from Smiths (Kroger) for 10.99 I don't buy soda to often but I do like a coke now and then.
Generally I'd prefer Pepsi; I don't really like Coke that much.
Generally I'd prefer Pepsi; I don't really like Coke that much.
Same here. My wife and I both drink Pepsi. No Coke here...
Mortar wrote to All <=-
How's that for irony. What once was avoided by most because of taste, becomes the item of choice because of price.
Generally I'd prefer Pepsi; I don't really like Coke that much.
Same here. My wife and I both drink Pepsi. No Coke here...
I thought about that when I ordered a diet coke at a restaurant. It came with a lemon wedge. Partly, I'm sure, to make refills easier, but I'm old enough to remember saccharrin sweetened drinks and how off they tasted. The lemon was to mask the off-ness.
I'll just stick to a Fresca.
Generally I'd prefer Pepsi; I don't really like Coke that much.
Same here. My wife and I both drink Pepsi. No Coke here...
My wife likes Diet Coke, so we joke around with each other about that. I also like Miracle Whip, and she doesn't.. :P
I thought about that when I ordered a diet coke at a restaurant.
It came with a lemon wedge. Partly, I'm sure, to make refills
easier, but I'm old enough to remember saccharrin sweetened drinks
and how off they tasted. The lemon was to mask the off-ness.
Denn wrote to Nightfox <=-
My wife likes Miracle Whip, and I like Mayo, miracle Whip is ok for
some thinks, but Mayo is for sandwiches.
My wife likes Diet Coke, so we joke around with each other about that. I
also like Miracle Whip, and she doesn't.. :P
My wife likes Miracle Whip, and I like Mayo, miracle Whip is ok for some thinks,
but Mayo is for sandwiches.
My wife likes Miracle Whip, and I like Mayo, miracle Whip is ok for some
thinks, but Mayo is for sandwiches.
Does she pronounce it "Hwip"?
Nightfox wrote to Denn <=-
Re: Prices
By: Denn to Nightfox on Thu May 14 2026 10:45 pm
My wife likes Diet Coke, so we joke around with each other about that. I
also like Miracle Whip, and she doesn't.. :P
My wife likes Miracle Whip, and I like Mayo, miracle Whip is ok for some thinks,
but Mayo is for sandwiches.
I like both. Generally I like mayo for sandwiches, but sometimes I use Miracle Whip for making tuna salad (usually mayo though).
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I also like Miracle Whip, and she doesn't.. :P
I like both. Generally I like mayo for sandwiches, but sometimes I use Miracle Whip for making tuna salad (usually mayo though).
phigan wrote to Denn <=-
Re: Prices
By: Denn to Nightfox on Thu May 14 2026 10:45 pm
My wife likes Miracle Whip, and I like Mayo, miracle Whip is ok for some
but Mayo is for sandwiches.
What's tuna salad like if you use Miracle Whip instead of mayo?
My wife likes Miracle Whip, and I like Mayo, miracle Whip is ok for some
but Mayo is for sandwiches.
What's tuna salad like if you use Miracle Whip instead of mayo?
My wife likes Miracle Whip, and I like Mayo, miracle Whip is ok for some
but Mayo is for sandwiches.
What's tuna salad like if you use Miracle Whip instead of mayo?
I would love to try some flavored mayo, spicy mayo!
It has a bit more flavor.
That was the example being discussed. Other items have doubled in price, too, and unlike promised, they've not gone down at all since Biden left office. The only exception here locally is gasoline, which did go back well down before recently going back up higher than when Biden left office.
What's tuna salad like if you use Miracle Whip instead of mayo?
What's tuna salad like if you use Miracle Whip instead of mayo?
Every gaming hardware manufacturer started driving prices up like crazy citing "evolving market conditions", tariffs and RAM prices. The issue is prices went up and when the circumpstances that supposedly lead to the increases disappeared, they never normalized down again.
I know you didn't ask me... tuna salad with MW instead of mayo is
too sweet. Makes it taste... funny to me.
Matthew Munson wrote to NIGHTFOX <=-
I would love to try some flavored mayo, spicy mayo!
Tiny wrote to Phigan <=-
I know you didn't ask me... tuna salad with MW instead of mayo is
too sweet. Makes it taste... funny to me.
Mortar wrote to Arelor <=-
But they didn't dissapear. Both tariff and RAM prices are still up
there.
Agreed - it tastes like those packaged tuna sandwiches you see at
stations and think "It's been a long time since I've had food
poisoning, I think I'll treat myself..."
Hi Poindexter,
On <Fri, 21 May 26>, you wrote me:
Agreed - it tastes like those packaged tuna sandwiches you see at stations and think "It's been a long time since I've had food poisoning, I think I'll treat myself..."
Laugh. I've had good luck with gas station sandwich, but gas station sushi...
in midwest usa gas stations are taking over everything. people grocery
shop there. they eat there 2x a day.
i had gas station sushi. it wasnt good but i didnt get sick. the rice
was very dense and chewy. it wasnt great but it wasnt FOUL.
in midwest usa gas stations are taking over everything. people grocery shop there. they eat there 2x a day.
i had gas station sushi. it wasnt good but i didnt get sick. the rice was very dense and chewy. it wasnt great but it wasnt FOUL.
Hi Mro,
On <Sun, 23 May 26>, you wrote me:
in midwest usa gas stations are taking over everything. people
grocery shop there. they eat there 2x a day.
Why?
Well sounds like it's not the same thing that we were talking about. Obviously a place that is a huge complex is different from the small
gas station we were making fun of.
in midwest usa gas stations are taking over everything.
people grocery shop there. they eat there 2x a day.
i had gas station sushi. it wasnt good but i didnt get sick. the rice
was very dense and chewy. it wasnt great but it wasnt FOUL.
Buckee's? ;)
Tiny wrote to Mro <=-
Well sounds like it's not the same thing that we were talking about. Obviously a place that is a huge complex is different from the small
gas station we were making fun of.
I'm always amused by the truck stops along some of the interstate freeways in the US. There's one on the road between San Francisco/San Jose and Los Angeles that has a massive store, with a whole CB radio department, trucker amphetamines and other sketchy pills, a couple of restaurants and a hilarious selection of gifts for the lady back home - cheesy lingerie, cheap champagne and plastic-wrapped cheap roses...
On Sun May 24 09:08:00 2026, POINDEXTER FORTRAN wrote to TINY <=-
I'm always amused by the truck stops along some of the interstate
freeways in the US. There's one on the road between San Francisco/San
Jose and Los Angeles that has a massive store, with a whole CB radio
department, trucker amphetamines and other sketchy pills, a couple of
restaurants and a hilarious selection of gifts for the lady back home -
cheesy lingerie, cheap champagne and plastic-wrapped cheap roses...
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