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Carrefour says it will not sell PepsiCo goods due to price hikes
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Both Come and Pepsi doubled - tripled their prices in the time between 2020 and 2023.
In 2019 (in my area) you could get a 2 liter of soda for $0.79-$1.00. Non-sale price was $1.49. A 12 pack of cans was $2-$2.50 on sale with a none-sale price of $4.
2 liters now are “on sale” for $2-$3 each and non-sale price is $3-$3.50.
Cans sale price is $4 at minimum and non-sale price is $7.99–8.99 depending on the store.
I have significantly cut back on my diet soda intake as a result, so i guess there is that?
To put another way, in the best of times in 2019 I could buy a 5x12 pack of cans for $10. Today I would have to pay $20-$45 for the exact same product depending on if it was on sale or not.
When our economy finally falters, these companies will be the first to scream for bailouts and other nonsense.
Like dude, just go back to pre-pandemic pricing.
The really frustrating part is that cheap generic stuff skyrocketed too. Walmart embraced inflation enthusiastically, and their knockoff mountain dew went from $0.62 to $1.70. Supply chain issues I'm sure...
I used to get that stuff 10 bottles at a time, and it was one of the few things that made it worth going there. Now I just get whatever is on sale at the local employee owned grocery chain. The price difference is negligible, almost everything else is cheaper, and I get to support some place that isn't evil.
Yea it’s always good to support local businesses, i gave up my soda/pop since it got expensive and checked my locally-owned store instead, lo and behold they had more drink variety and usually for cheaper. Plus it means your money isn’t going to some already-rich company