So I went to Wendys after work tonight and paid $2.16 for a medium coke

[TwixVoy]

and that's all.

It will be the LAST time I can't wait for something to drink until I get home from work. When did a medium coke go up over $2? I must have missed it.

The fed needs to consider raising rates. When it costs over $2 for a freaking medium coke the dollar has lost too much value.

[TwilightGardener]

1. That's nuts--just for syrup and sugar water.

[physioex]

3. Correction...

There is no "sugar" in Coca Cola. It is the low-cost sweetener corn syrup which has been one of the causes of the obesity epidemic. Your body cannot process corn syrup so it just becomes fat. Avoid ALL foods with corn syrup.

[TwilightGardener]

6. Oops, you're right--high fructose corn syrup, the base of the food pyramid.

[physioex]

16. That's right....

A couple of years back I went through everything in my kitchen and threw out everyting made of corn syrup. I do indulge in Ice Cream (with Corn Syrup), but I won't purchase any products with corn syrup. So I encourge the original poster to stop drinking sodas as well.

[derby378]

5. Sugar? Where? That's high-fructose corn syrup coming out of the spigot

Chemically altered, and much, much more fattening than old-fashioned sucrose.

Just drop by 7-Eleven and use your SIGG bottle to hold your fountain drink. You'll pay less overall.

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. Or just drink water

It's healthier anyway. :)

[physioex]

21. Too boring....

Go for the unsweetened tea.... :)

[Clark2008]

28. See my post below.

I'm Southern and sweet tea (whether with sugar or Splenda) is a staple, yet I went weeks without any... only water.

I prefer water now.

[derby378]

46. Got a Brita filter mounted on the kitchen tap

Gone are the days I pay a dollar for a 20-oz plastic bottle of water that'll just end up in some landfill anyway. Woo-hoo!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

11. Syrup from genetically modified corn, no less?

Mmm.

[Clark2008]

15. High fructose corn syrup

When my family and I have the craving for some sweet drink, we buy this Gourmet Soda from Walgreens.

It's a soda, but with sugar, not HFCS.

[physioex]

20. Yea...

There are some brands that use cane sugar as sweetner. Fuze is one brand available in most grocery stores.

[TwilightGardener]

23. I heard that Mexico bottles its Coke with cane sugar--

and that it tastes much better. Not sure how you'd go about getting some, though.

[physioex]

27. That's true....

I have traveled to foreign countries and their sodas are made with cane sugar. Corn is subsidized by the US Government and that's how it can be turned to low cost sweetner that competes with sugar.

[TreasonousBastard]

31. That's only part of it-- the ban on Cuban sugar and...

US price supports for sugar growers are the real reason.

Anywhere else in the world sugar costs less than half of what it does here, and we've even lost candymakers to Canada over the price of sugar.

Canadians can buy Cuban sugar and cigars.

[last1standing]

44. If you have a Mexican town in your area you can usually get it there.

I don't drink soda/pop but I've seen "Mexican Coke" at the stores in Mexican town in Detroit.

[AlCzervik]

2. how much did it used to cost?

[dana_b]

17. .99 cents

as little as 4 years ago so it's more than doubled.

[AlCzervik]

22. wow, that's pretty steep for some corn syrup and water.

[Love Bug]

59. It will probably go up even more after the impact of the

flooded cornfields in Iowa are factored in.

[Yavin4]

4. I Live In NYC. European Tourists Are Swarming All Over Us

The subways sound like I'm living in Berlin.

[msongs]

7. well wendy's was happy about it - most of it was ice probably nt

[Javaman]

8. It's a sad statement when our society can match the prices at a movie theater.

I'm not making fun nor joking.

[dkf]

12. Yup, my sister bought a regular diet coke at the movies for $4.00

It was huge btw. I don't know why they call it a "regular".

[WorseBeforeBetter]

19. I love your bumpersticker.

I need "Bitter Brits for Obama," or maybe "Bitter Redheads for Obama."

[dkf]

32. Thanks...Catherina did it for me.

:)

[Mugu]

52. Bitter Brits it is.

Of course you should get permission from the original author before using it.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

54. Perfect!

Who is the original author? I never really check out the DU Store -- maybe now's the time.

[Mugu]

57. dkf cited Catherina as the artist.

That's who I would contact.

Regards, Mugu

Edit: Cited vs. Sited, duh.

[Art_from_Ark]

61. I remember being charged 25 cents for a small coke at a movie theater

and thinking that was outrageous because I could go buy a 10 oz. bottle in a pop machine for 10 cents.

[Systematic Chaos]

9. Drinks are fast food's profit lifeblood.

It's silly to purchase a beverage from a place like that unless you're getting a meal, and then it should always be part of a combo deal whenever possible.

If you want a cheaper drink, go to a convenience store and bring in a reusable cup. I buy 100 oz. refills in a huge insulated mug all over town for, at most, about $1.50. Diet Coke f0r t3h w1n!!!!

[JackintheGreen]

10. Remember the days when

they were .69, .79, and .89 for sm/med/lg? And you could actually finish the large in one sitting 'cuz it was only like a pint?

And I positively cringe every time my wife brings home another 20 oz. bottle of soda, because I know those go for 1.20 or so now.

[roody]

13. I hope this economy makes us all more healthy.

[physioex]

24. Doubt it....

The fruits and vegetables are more expensive than ever. Only the low cost - high calorie fast foods are affordable.

[Clark2008]

29. Not at a Farmer's Market.

This weekend I got:

3 tomatoes (untainted because they were grown up the road)
4 ears of corn
2 squash
2 zuchinni
a loaf of Italian bread
1 egg plant
Amish butter
A dozen eggs

All for less than $15.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

36. You beat me to it.

For $15, I buy enough fruits and veggies to last a week. It can be done.

[roody]

38. I planted 12 collard plants a year ago spring.

I ate them all this spring (mild winters here) then let them go to seed. I just started watering them by accident and on their thick stalks they are producing fresh collards. I'll be eating them and drinking water.

[physioex]

40. Good to hear....

:hi:

[KoKo]

56. Collards are very high in Vitamin C and Minerals....a great Green...

and kept a lot of poor folks going with a little "pork" cooked in with the greens...ham hock or a small slice of that "Virginia Ham" you can find in sealed packets for about $1.50. I freeze what I don't use because I only put in a teeny bit for "taste" but it makes a huge difference with Collard Greens. Also...a pinch of sugar in the water. Yummmm. My Grandma used to drink the juice the collards were cooked in...called it "pot liquor" and she lived to be a hundred with all her wits about her, and eyesight until her last year when she broke her hip.

It's very good stuff...collard greens. Much bang nutritionally for the buck...and with a little flavoring appealing to many. A forgotten veggie, imho.

[Digit]

14. I went to Wendy's night befor last and ordered the usual....

Dbl plain burger and large fry. They said it came to over $5.00!

I told them that my order usually came to $3.20, so they gave me the mini burger and lg fry and it came to $3.00. The burger was about half the size of the usual order.

Ah well, I don't care for fast food anyway, so scratch another place to eat.

[Posteritatis]

34. Combos like those have been in the $5-$6 range here for several years

If there's been a spike it hasn't shown up north of the border, anyway.

Of course, I don't know what they're at now as opposed to a week or so ago, as my walk down to the local Wendy's for a burger was interrupted by my first Oh Look That's A Funnel Cloud A Kilometer Away Or So experience. Probably best I didn't check. ;)

[Clark2008]

25. BTW, try going a week or two without ANY soda

When you finally drink one again, it takes like SHIT.

Seriously... I have to watch my carbs because of acid reflux and I can't drink a Coke comfortably anymore. Not only does my esophagus ache, but the taste is incredibly yucky.

[Art_from_Ark]

62. US sodas do tend to taste awful

especially that "grape" soda from the US that I recently bought in Japan-- I took one swig of that and spit it out, thinking "What is this shit???"

Japanese grape sodas actually taste like real grapes. Most of them even contain real grape juice! Imagine that!

[ecstatic]

26. and most of it was probably e-coli laced ice! nt

[emilyg]

30. I go to Quick Trip

coke is .64 cents all summer.

[Hawaii Hiker]

33. Restaurants make a killing on soft drinks, it only costs them a few cents for each drink

I mean, in a grocery store, you can (on sale) get 4 (12) packs of Coke for $12.00...

Hotel honor bars are even worse, where some of them charge like $3 PER CAN...

And of course when you get a Coke at a sporting event/movie, it's also insanely high there to..

[Lisa0825]

35. I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE fountain drinks.

I don't drink coffee. My morning diet Coke has been my routine for years. Then I realized I was spending about $40 a month on fountain drinks, not counting if I picked up lunch.

Now I still have a morning soft drink, but I buy 2-liter bottles, keep ice in the freezer, and pour my own. There is still something about the fountain drink that I miss though, but now I only have a few per month instead of everyday.

[DJ13]

39. Diet fountain drinks use Saccahrin

Two liter bottles use Aspartame.

Aspartame has a too short a shelf life to sell in the 5 gallon bulk syrup packages used in fountains.

Thats probably why you notice a difference in taste.

[Occam Bandage]

42. Link?

[pansypoo53219]

37. but but but

a medium is like a whole liter now, ain't it?

[Occam Bandage]

41. That's awfully spendy. I paid around $1.50 at an airport today.

[tritsofme]

43. Strange, around here (Chicagoland) McDonald's has the huge pops for $1.

They gotta be a good 30-40 ounces.

[Contrary1]

45. Wendy's doesn't have the "Super Value Menu" where you're at?

Unless they have changed it, a medium coke was .99 here in Indianapolis last week. :shrug:

And I always order it that way..."A 99 cent coke".

[mdmc]

47. I get HUGE frozen cola drinks at Cumberland Farms - .77 cents!

I'm off of cola now, but I work with an Autistic man that enjoys getting a soda when I gas up. I always go where the soda is cheap (usually 99 cents - any size), but Cumberland Farms has lowered the price. They have the best gas price right now $4.14 in New Windsor NY (just down the road it is $4.45).

[SoCalDem]

48. If it's a coke you want, 7-11 or a place like it , is the place to go

At our local bowling alley, a large coke is now $3.50..and popcorn is $3.00..

The kicker? Refills are free, so people keep the cup, and for a few weeks (until they lose the cup) they just wait til it gets crowded, and then get free refills :evilgrin:.. I've even seen kids pick up an empty cup, and go wash it out :)

[Bjorn Against]

49. Looks like corn prices are already starting to rise as a result of the floods

High fructose corn syrup is used in a lot of products, and we will likely see the price of all of those products rise in the months ahead.

[aikoaiko]

50. Don't forget the cup, the ice, and the cutie who says have a nice day and winks at you.

Seriously, you're right, drinks are really expensive at drive-thrus these days.

[lonestarnot]

51. That old red Wendy's, why didn't you just stop at the grocery store and buy a case?

[Super Soaker Sniper]

53. My daughter and I bought

Three DQ Blizzards and a Moolatte. $14.37. Holy Crap!

[KillCapitalism]

55. Check out the fontains at local gas stations.

At my local station you can get a 32oz. drink for 69 cents, not a bad deal.

[Juche]

58. McDonalds has drinks for $1

And Speedway gas station usually has good deals on drinks too.

[Wizard777]

60. My Local Wendy's is so incompetent. I won't eat there any more. Ever.

Not even if they are giving away free food forever. I will not eat there.

[brettdale]

63. Work at mcds in the mid 90's

Soft drinks, eg: Coke/sprite have the biggest markup of any product, its costs nothing to produce.

It was the biggest seller and made the most money for mcds, on hot days we were told to double salt the fries.