Glass 12oz. coke,sprite,pepsi

[johnieG]

Hey, Hey, a sure sign of spring.. my favorite local ethnic(independant) grocery stores are getting in cases of the 12oz. glass bottles of Pepsi,Coke,Sprite,Squirt & 7up. all up from Texas (Mexican bottlers) all made with real sugar! I'll be stocking up!  anybody else?    '>

couldn't post a picture of the bottles in "Announcements" & thought better of it, & I'll post it here...Jim , if you can delete it from the Announcements posting area, that'd be great!

[dr galaga]

I'm jealous!  The only thing that I've picked up at a store recently was a 6-pack of the Coke Women's NCAA finals bottles when I was in Indy for the day yesterday!

You're in central Michigan, right?  How far off of US 27 (or is it now US 127) are these stores?  I pass up the middle of the state to go north of the Soo almost every year.  Maybe I'll have to make a detour on my way back down.

[johnieG]

Quote (dr galaga @ April 15 2005,10:48)

I'm jealous!  The only thing that I've picked up at a store recently was a 6-pack of the Coke Women's NCAA finals bottles when I was in Indy for the day yesterday! You're in central Michigan, right?  How far off of US 27 (or is it now US 127) are these stores?  I pass up the middle of the state to go north of the Soo almost every year.  Maybe I'll have to make a detour on my way back down.

I'm S.East actually, between Pontiac & Flint,
the stores in Saginaw are near I-75 & M-46
I have a local one here in Flint off of I-69 & I-475

[Kilroy]

Dr G, Us 27 takes you through the Michigan farmlands, so ethnic grocry stores should be found on your route. I would suggest the Mt Pleasant area (potato land), Jackson,(farmalnd) or if want a really scenic detour, the Traverse Bay area (nw tip of the Michigan mitten),

[dr galaga]

Quote (Kilroy @ April 16 2005,1:26)

Dr G, Us 27 takes you through the Michigan farmlands, so ethnic grocry stores should be found on your route. I would suggest the Mt Pleasant area (potato land), Jackson,(farmalnd) or if want a really scenic detour, the Traverse Bay area (nw tip of the Michigan mitten),

Hmmmm, I usually stop in the Mt. Pleasant area for gas since it's about half way from the border.  I might have to slow down a little.  The area up north is nice, but I go about 2 hours north of US border along Lake Superior - about 20 minutes north of here: http://www.deepnet.com/~rcurrell/NatureNorth5.html (looks a little cloudy today).  Since 9/11 I get a lot of  '> from customs when I cross by myself.  Can't a guy go camping for a week by himself without being a terrorist?  '>

[petey64]

out here on the left coast those bottles of mexican pop are all over the place

[BrianB]

Petey....Don't rub it in dude! I really miss all of the Mexican grocery stores in San Diego.....When I found out that other joints were trying to charge almost $2 a bottle...I almost flipped my lid! Guess that's what I get for moving to Indiana!!!

All they have here is that silly, silly Coke drink in glass bottles.... '> I'm one of those "weird" guys that dig's Pepsi and Coke...Their both the same, right?    '>

[glassbottlesrule]

Johnie, What's it cost a case up your way?  I had a source in SW Detroit who was giving it to me for 15 bucks a case.  He cannot get it anymore and everyone else wants 25 a case down here.  If its worth it for me, I might make a road trip to stock up for the summer.

[johnieG]

$15.00 a case! I wish! the price per case I got from the guy I talked to in the local mexican grocery store was $30.00+deposit, so it works out to $1.25/bottle, which isn't bad , until you start wanting more than two cases...last summer, I could get it for around $24.00/case, the story  I got was that Pepsi especially is trying to crack down on the independants & force them to use the local distributors to get soda from, of course they refuse to carry he glass bottles , only in plastic & with corn-syrup. I'm trying to work out a deal like last year to get a mixed pallet of sodas, it worked out to about $23-24/case, but I got stuck with extra cases when some locall guys I know didn't come through with their end of the deal...

I see your Avatar is the old OrangeCrush logo, you'll love to see this, last year ( haven't seen it yet this year) they had OrangeCrush, in retro style bottles...

[petey64]

didn't mean to rub it in there VMC cause sometimes in Los Angeles it really feels like you are in mexico buying the stuff.

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