Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages
1–10 of 143 posts
Re: Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages
#2Low margin? My wife switched to La Croix which seems to be the new popular water drink around here. It's easily 3x the price of Coke.
Re: Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages
#3I fail to see the problem with this.
Re: Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages
#4Low margin? My wife switched to La Croix which seems to be the new popular water drink around here. It's easily 3x the price of Coke.
Uh where are you buying your La Croix? They are the same price on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Croix-Naturally-Essenced-Sparkling-Va... https://www.amazon.com/Coca-Cola-24-12-Fl-Cans/dp/B0012QO8AY...
Edit: As people pointed out Amazon has shitty prices on these things. Still in my experience La Croix is about the same price as Coke when you compare them both on sale or both not on sale.
Re: Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages
#5Low margin? My wife switched to La Croix which seems to be the new popular water drink around here. It's easily 3x the price of Coke.
Uh where are you buying your La Croix? They are the same price on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Croix-Naturally-Essenced-Sparkling-Va... https://www.amazon.com/Coca-Cola-24-12-Fl-Cans/dp/B0012QO8AY... Edit: As people pointed out Amazon has shitty prices on these things. Still in my experience La Croix is about the same price as Coke when you compare them both on sale or both not on sale.
Well, I'm certainly not buying it from here. $21 for a case of Coke?
When they're on sale I can find cans of La Croix Grapefruit 12oz for about $4/8pk ($0.50/can). And I just bought Coke 12oz cans on sale for $2.25/12pk ($0.1875/can).
Re: Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages
#6Low margin? My wife switched to La Croix which seems to be the new popular water drink around here. It's easily 3x the price of Coke.
Apart from signalling that you have too much money and don't give a crap about the environment, why would anyone drinking just water buy bottled water every day instead of a Camelbak or Nalgene or Bobble bottle once a decade, and then drink tap water? Or even a Bkr if you're very fashion conscious? Is US water quality really that bad?
Edit: and if you need sparkling water, why not get a Sodastream or equivalent?
Re: Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages
#7Low margin? My wife switched to La Croix which seems to be the new popular water drink around here. It's easily 3x the price of Coke.
Apart from signalling that you have too much money and don't give a crap about the environment, why would anyone drinking just water buy bottled water every day instead of a Camelbak or Nalgene or Bobble bottle once a decade, and then drink tap water? Or even a Bkr if you're very fashion conscious? Is US water quality really that bad? Edit: and if you need sparkling water, why not get a Sodastream or equivalent?
Yeah, in many places, it's pretty bad.
Re: Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages
#8Restaurants have to be mad about this.
Re: Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages
#9Good news. Now they should switch to tap water and it'll also be a win for the environment.
(To anticipate answers: Yes, I know, in the US water often contains large amounts of chlorine and doesn't taste that good. And in poorer countries tap water is often undrinkable. But there's no good reason to buy bottled water if your water supply is reasonable, which is true for large parts of europe at least.)
Re: Consumers are switching to water as they avoid sugary beverages
#10Low margin? My wife switched to La Croix which seems to be the new popular water drink around here. It's easily 3x the price of Coke.
Apart from signalling that you have too much money and don't give a crap about the environment, why would anyone drinking just water buy bottled water every day instead of a Camelbak or Nalgene or Bobble bottle once a decade, and then drink tap water? Or even a Bkr if you're very fashion conscious? Is US water quality really that bad? Edit: and if you need sparkling water, why not get a Sodastream or equivalent?
It's quite bad, but consumer water filtration devices are cheap and plentiful. I personally use a water filter at home and work, and carry a decent quality bottle everywhere with me, so I'm not sure why others don't go that route. I have to assume it's just another example of rampant American consumerism.