Bottles for machines

I need to stock a machine that I recently purchased, and I was curious, where do you buy your drinks, and how much do they cost you? And does anyone have a machine that supports modern 20oz bottles, and if you do, what machine is it?

[johnieG]

Depends where you live, and what machine you have ( which you still haven't told us from your last post '> )      In my case I can get 12oz. glass bottles from several store in the Saginaw Mi. area, Coke, Diet Coke, Squirt, Sprite, 7up, Pepsi, Fresca. And at my local grocery stores stocks 8oz. Dr. Pepper, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, as well as 12 oz. Orange,Grape & strawberry Crush. Dads root beer, etc.

The Big (fat) 20 oz. bottles won't fit in the old Glass door vendors,( they don't fit through the bottle gate opening) but will fit in "slider" machines ( hanging down from the neck) .

Now cost, 6 pack of 8oz. glass runs $4.95 @ Kroger/FarmerJacks, Sams Club has a case (24) of 8oz.Cokes for $9.95, can't beat that! the larger 12oz. Glass long necks varies, so just check around.

Yeah, I know I haven't told what type of machine it is, but thats cause I dont really know.  I don't have physical possesion of it, it is at a friend's. And my friend doesn't live too close by, and I'm not sure when I'm gonna be able to pick it up.

Johnie where in sag do you get the 12 oz ones? I havent looked at Sams for them either are they always stocked? I know all of the glass ones are bottled in mexico and the trucked here( I guess the mexicans dont do cans).......And frankly I dont like cans I hate them in fact after the 80's it went down hill. Currently I bought a hugeeeeeeeee lot of bottles on Ebay about a year ago 124 for I believe 20 bucks so I just have been refilling them via my breakmate machine But I want the 12 oz ones too. '>

[Kenny G.]

I am buying bottles from various different places.  Right now my machine is stocked with 12 oz Dr Pepper and A&W root beer which I located in Clinton and also Elk City, Oklahoma the last time I was out cruising Route 66 (they also had diet Dr Pepper and 7UP.  

I am able to buy 8 oz bottle of orange (and other flavored) Crush at my local WalMart and I can buy 16oz Coke and Orange Fanta (mexican imported) at an Albertsons grocery store (this is in Utah).

I have also in the past bought 8oz bottle of Dr Pepper made with real sugar from the following web site:
http://www.drpep.com/
The only problem with ordering them through the mail is the shipping can run the cost of pretty quick.

Also, if you need an unlimited supply of most any brand, you can shop here:
http://www.popsoda.com/ind.html

If anyone has any other suggstions where I might be able to by bottle close by (Utah), I'd like to know.

Hope this helps.
Kenny G.

[johnieG]

I get mine at several local Saginaw Mexican/American markets

Unfortunately my local sams doesn't carry any soft drinks in glass bottles.  They do carry a few brands of soda in the modern 16.9 ounce plastic bottles and they fit just fine in a cavalier 72.  I need to check with someone at sams to see if they can order the cases of 8oz cokes for me.  $4.95 for a six pack at krogers get's expensive fast.  I do stock a lot of IBC sodas and beer works well too.  For Dr Pepper you can't beat the real thing.  I collect refillable 6.5 and 10oz Dr Pepper bottles and take them to the Dr Pepper bottling plant in Dublin Texas where they will still refill your bottles with original recipie Dr Pepper.  It's made there with cane sugar the way it was intended to be made.  I promise you, if you ever have the chance to try a Dublin Dr Pepper it will ruin your taste for the new stuff made with corn syrup.
PS - I'm currently buying 6.5 ounce Dr Pepper bottles in bulk if anyone has a case or two to sell.

[dr galaga]

I can get the 8 oz. Coke at one store by me for about $4.40 a six pack.  The only other glass bottled pop is IBC, Stewart's and Goose Island (they don't make just beer).  I just bought my machine from a guy who also owns Retro Soda http://www.retrosoda.com/.
johnieG- what is it about Michigan and the 8 oz. bottles?  Whenever I'm on vacation (I live in NW Indiana) I see a large variety of snack shops/tourist traps selling the bottles on ice but I never seem to see them at a grocery store. You also have to pay 10 cents each for deposit, right?

[johnieG]

Yep, there's a 10-cent deposit on all carbonated beverages in Michigan, I didn't quite follow you when you asked about whats up with the 8oz. bottles, did you mean the lack of them in Michigan grocery stores?  if so it's a matter of $$$
they don't want to deal with the hassle of the returns on the emptys, you see, the recycling machines for the returned plastic bottles will crush them after they're scanned & a credit is issued for each return, but with the glass bottles they just fall into the the bin, & of course some breakage will happen....yada-yada-yada. One the bright side Coke still makes the 8oz. Cokes, Diet Coke, & Sprite, Dr Pepper is available, IBC rootbeer of course, I can get Dad's rootbeer out of Chicago in 12oz. glass, (from my Guy in Saginaw) as well as 12oz. Glass bottle of 7up, Sprite Pepsi, import Orange Crush (sweeter, made with cane sugar for Mexico) Squirt in the old fasion twisted side bottle, etc... so theyr'e out there you just have to dig around a little, like I mentioned earlier, in Saginaw, there are several Mexican Grocery stores on & around Michigan ave & Gratiot ave. that have glass bottled Pop (soda) Oh! and Faygo (Detroit) has their Redpop (strawberry soda) & Grape & Rock-n-Rye ( Cream cola) Orange, & lot's of other flavors all in glass ( and plastic too) they are more than happy to load you up right out of their warehouse/ bottling plant down on Gratiot ave in Detroit, they still had some of the little 8oz. Classic glass bottles ( their "collectors" series) of Redpop,Grape,Orange,Kiwi-Strawberry.

[Bob K]

That Squirt bottle is the bomb!! '>