SAVE BIG ON SODA
August 12th 2009 11:19
SAVE BIG ON SODA
If you are one of those shoppers who absolutely has to have her premium brand
of diet soda in the fridge, you can indeed save big dollars by following a few simple strategies.
Have you ever noticed that the two major brands in the U.S. industry--and other parts
of the world--seem to play off each other on weekly basis.
Take this actual scenario. You walk into your favorite chain supermarket in search
of say Diet Pepsi. You're fond of the twelve pack packaging and check the price. This
week it reads $3.99.
You say to yourself, "hmmm.....that seems kinda high. Last week this twelve pack of
carbonated chemicals was on sale with a "buy three for $10" deal, or $3.33 per twelve
pack. That's quite the jump in price for the same stuff.
So, you wonder down to the end of the aisle and this huge sale display for Coke beverages
catches your eye. The sign bold proclaims that you can pick up a 30-pack of
Diet Coke for only $6.99.
"Wow, that's only 23.3 cents per 12-ounce can for a very similar product to Diet Pepsi's.
But Pepsi wants me to pay 10 cents more per can this week. That's a whopping 42%
percent more per can! Get outta here. I work too hard for my money to get ripped off
by soda companies!"
Okay, so you decide to forgo Pepsi products this week and buy the 30-pack of
Diet Coke for $6.99 instead. Wheeling your supermarket wagon happily down the
aisle, the crappy Muzak background music almost dulls your brain's mathematic
skills into oblivion before a very small price sign catches your eye, it reads:
"All Coke Products Four for $10. Must buy Four."
This is getting interesting. You don't have a pocket calculator with you so you do some
rough calculations in your head. However your gut feeling tells you the four 12-packs
for ten dollars deal offers a lower price per can than the 30-pack for $6.99. So, the
30-pack is ejected from your wagon and the four Coke 12-packs go in.
When you get home, you whip out your trusted calculator and discover, low and behold,
the buy four 12-packs for ten dollars deal was indeed the best. The math works
out to only 20.8 cents per can as opposed to 23.3 cents per can for the 30-pack for
$6.99 offer. Percentage wise, you saved 12 percent!
If you equate the percentage saved--money you would have parted with if you were
not a careful shopper--with the same funds saved for investment, you earned that 12
percent by simply taking the time to consider all the premium canned soda buying options
available this week. Of course, you'd save even more by foregoing soda entirely, but
you enjoy your soft drinks, so for you, it's worth buying.
Next week when you go in to the chain supermarket, more than likely Pepsi will be on
sale and Coke products will be jacked up in price.
If you live in an area which has competing supermarkets, if you take the time to look around,
check the web or even call the market about their premium soda prices in any week in question, you will save significant dollars by stocking up when those "Buy Four 12-packs
for $10" deals are offered.
If you are one of those shoppers who absolutely has to have her premium brand
of diet soda in the fridge, you can indeed save big dollars by following a few simple strategies.
Have you ever noticed that the two major brands in the U.S. industry--and other parts
of the world--seem to play off each other on weekly basis.
Take this actual scenario. You walk into your favorite chain supermarket in search
of say Diet Pepsi. You're fond of the twelve pack packaging and check the price. This
week it reads $3.99.
You say to yourself, "hmmm.....that seems kinda high. Last week this twelve pack of
pack. That's quite the jump in price for the same stuff.
So, you wonder down to the end of the aisle and this huge sale display for Coke beverages
catches your eye. The sign bold proclaims that you can pick up a 30-pack of
Diet Coke for only $6.99.
"Wow, that's only 23.3 cents per 12-ounce can for a very similar product to Diet Pepsi's.
But Pepsi wants me to pay 10 cents more per can this week. That's a whopping 42%
percent more per can! Get outta here. I work too hard for my money to get ripped off
by soda companies!"
Okay, so you decide to forgo Pepsi products this week and buy the 30-pack of
Diet Coke for $6.99 instead. Wheeling your supermarket wagon happily down the
aisle, the crappy Muzak background music almost dulls your brain's mathematic
skills into oblivion before a very small price sign catches your eye, it reads:
"All Coke Products Four for $10. Must buy Four."
This is getting interesting. You don't have a pocket calculator with you so you do some
for ten dollars deal offers a lower price per can than the 30-pack for $6.99. So, the
30-pack is ejected from your wagon and the four Coke 12-packs go in.
When you get home, you whip out your trusted calculator and discover, low and behold,
the buy four 12-packs for ten dollars deal was indeed the best. The math works
out to only 20.8 cents per can as opposed to 23.3 cents per can for the 30-pack for
$6.99 offer. Percentage wise, you saved 12 percent!
If you equate the percentage saved--money you would have parted with if you were
not a careful shopper--with the same funds saved for investment, you earned that 12
percent by simply taking the time to consider all the premium canned soda buying options
available this week. Of course, you'd save even more by foregoing soda entirely, but
you enjoy your soft drinks, so for you, it's worth buying.
Next week when you go in to the chain supermarket, more than likely Pepsi will be on
sale and Coke products will be jacked up in price.
If you live in an area which has competing supermarkets, if you take the time to look around,
check the web or even call the market about their premium soda prices in any week in question, you will save significant dollars by stocking up when those "Buy Four 12-packs
for $10" deals are offered.
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