Coke at Costco
in happier times.
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A Costco executive told the Associated Press that it is no longer carrying Coca-Cola products in its stores after a dispute over pricing with the Atlanta-based company.
Neither Costco nor Coca-Cola officials returned calls from Slashfood, but a Coca-Cola Co. executive told the AP the company wouldn't comment on the ongoing negotiations. The official said the company wanted to work out its differences with Costco "in a spirit of fairness." In addition to Coca-Cola soft drinks the company makes Sprite, Squirt, Dasani water, Full Throttle energy drinks.
[Via Associated Press]
Do you buy your Coke at Costco? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
11-17-2009 @2:08PM chris said... saw a sign there over the weekend stating the same info.
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11-17-2009 @2:27PM Becki said... I use to buy my coke products from Costco. But in recent months the price at Costco's has become to high for me to even considered it. The regular grocery store is cheaper.
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11-17-2009 @2:35PM Paul said... I was told, costco was asking coke to lower its price a little, to be more of a value, like the rest of costco's items, and coca-cola refused. it seems costco is looking out for its members.
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11-17-2009 @2:38PM bill said... pepsi all the way
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11-17-2009 @2:49PM Louise said... Good!!! Coke products are bad for humans health and are a huge contributer to obsesity---no loss here.
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11-17-2009 @3:01PM don Mitchell said... I have had a total of 6 carbonated sodas all year, and frankly don't give a hoot.
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11-17-2009 @2:56PM Dorothy said... Does that mean that they won't have "fountain" Coke with their hot dog special for $1.50?
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11-17-2009 @2:57PM Dorothy said... Does that mean that I won't be able to have a coke from the soda fountain when I buy their $1.50 hot dog?
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11-17-2009 @3:02PM mike said... COke discontinued one of the best things it ever developed, C2 coke. After that i really didn't care for coke anymore Publix sells it for less than costco
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11-17-2009 @3:04PM don Mitchell said... I am a Costco shopper who may have had 5 cans of soda all year,and frankly I just do not give a hoot.
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11-17-2009 @3:05PM kc said... i work at a costco. it's going to hurt coke more than anything. it's our number one seller among sodas, especially for the resale crowd. it'll be back soon enough, if they can choose to start foodstamps at costco, they can get coke back.
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11-17-2009 @8:14PM migolin said... It wont save Costco any money by discontinuing Coke because now they'll have to spend months training their employees how to say Pepsi.
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11-17-2009 @3:06PM LoriC said... GO COSTCO ! ! ! I hope this means they are going to start selling Pepsi with their hot dogs.
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11-17-2009 @3:05PM SugarRush said... Its assured that Cosco will not loose any money by not selling Coke...plenty of other places sell it. By the way Coke does not make people obese. Its over indulging, bad diet, and lack of excersise that does that. No one holds a gun to your head and says "drink this sugar"...people choose to give it to their families and drink too much of it. I just don't see the importance of this as a "news" story. Coke is still out there...and Cosco never sold it cheap to begin with.
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11-17-2009 @3:06PM anon said... I drink diet coke. ZERO calories. I think its the LARGE DOUBLE CHEESE PIZZA you had for dinner, not the coke you drank with it, that's keeping your weight up there, honey.
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11-17-2009 @3:07PM SugarRush said... ....Costco....sorry I misspelled !!
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11-17-2009 @8:15PM LeonardTBayard said... It wont save Costco any money by discontinuing Coke because now they'll have to spend months training their employees how to say Pepsi.
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11-17-2009 @3:18PM scottmn said... Coke prices ain't that great at Costco, but if it is not 'on sale' at Target or the grocery store it is a reasonable place to go. You basically pay around 27 cents a can at Costco. If you find it at $3.25 (12) or $6.50 (24) elsewhere you are equal to what you would pay at Costco. Find it cheaper than that? Stock up.
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11-17-2009 @3:24PM tram said... I've been buying Coke products at Costco for years. Guess it's time to dig out that old Sams Club membership.
No Coke? No Costco.
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11-17-2009 @3:25PM Greg Haller said... anon: You can drink diet whatever you wish, but at the cost of the kidney damage you're doing to yourself, I hope it's worth it. I've always favored Pepsi, but that's not really the question, nor the answer. The truth is, it's now proven that kidney damage, especially in women over a 20 plus year study span, shows kidney functions off 30 percent by drinking any diet beverage. That's in women, and they didn't mention what the result would be in men. I weigh in at 170 and I'm 5'9", male and 59 years old. I'm not obese and really don't care about the calories. I choose to drink the sugar variety and save my kidney functions. You, can choose for yourself. Somehow, were I ever to become obese, I would still stick with full strength soda, as I'd rather have something I could control, rather than loss of kidney function.
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