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Anyone know any online stores to buy common name (coca-cola, 7up,etc) glass soda
to put in my slider?

I found 7up glass bottles on amazon but they wanted 4 bucks a bottle with shipping.

Or anywhere local (Denver)?

I have heard of a store called rocket fizz but it looked like
they only sold singles.

Thanks!

Sam's Club and Costco (I believe both are national chains) carry 12 oz glass bottled Cokes made in Mexico (Sugar sweetened). 

Sam's near me also sells 8 oz glass bottles of US made Coke (HFCS sweetened).

I can also buy 6-packs of glass bottled "boutique" sodas at my local grocery store (Hank's, Jones, Stewart's, etc).

I hear Wal-Mart occasionally has glass bottles of Sprite and a few other varieties from Coke.

Jim

My local dillons and hyve sell it all . 7up , Mountain Dew , strawberry crush , sprite in 6 packs

Between Walmart, Sam's and Publix I am able to keep mine stocked with allot of diffrent flavors...to include the Coors Light :happydrinkers:

My sams club has 12 oz mexican coke and 12 oz orange fanta for about 17 bucks a case. they have 8 oz coke bottles 18 a case, orange crush for 10 bucks a case Ibc rootbeer for 10 a case also. The HEB grocery store has mexican pepsi and sprite but they are a buck a bottle. my local walmart used to carry six packs of orange, grape and strawberry crush but havnt had it latley.

As i just finished my last post my wife walked in the door from walmart and had two six packs of strawberry crush thats our fav I guess they just sell out of it fast lol

I'm about an hour south of you (Colorado Springs), and we have a store called Sugarland Sodas.  All they sell is cane sugar, glass bottle sodas.  I would guess they have 50 to 100 different varieties.  At Walmart and King Soopers, we get coke, dr Pepper, orange crush and IBC root beer - all of these high fructose corn syrup.

Here's a link to Sugarland Sodas website:

http://www.sugarlandsodas.com/

It's worth the drive.  I'm not aware of anything better in the Denver area.  If you go, tell Phil that I sent you.

As an example of their selection, I had a friend help me fix a refrigeration unit that was giving me fits.  He wouldn't take money from me, and I asked him what he liked to drink.  He said cream soda, and I brought him a case with 12 different brands of just cream soda! 

On the subject....I have found that the Crush bottles (certain flavors) have a shorter neck and slightly wider body and don't seem to want to fit in the machine, IBC rootbeer is the same.  Still being somewhat of a novice, is there a way to adjust the tension on the bottle stack spring to allow these to fit?  I have a Vendo-63

If you have a World Market store near they sell vintage bottled soda...

      On all Vendo's, make sure the shelf adjustments on the bottle stack are all on the bottom (third hole) for the widest bottle option.

hi vintage vending selling case of 7up on ebay . 23 plus 6 for shipping all pure cane sugar around 10 name. brand sodas

Thanks everyone.

I found a Rocket Fizz store just north of me in Boulder, CO.  They say that they have 450 varieties of cane soda in glass bottles.

www.rocketfizz.com


I'm going to check it out this afternoon-will let everyone know if it is worth checking out!

Keith

I've noticed this too. Crush bottles no longer fit through the stack openings of my 63. The bodies are too fat.

Ive been to rocket fizz in vegas tons on soda well worth the trip to go to the local rocktfizz just a little on high side .. Also cracker barrel sells cheerwine double cola bigred plus more .. Hy vee supermarkets sell mountain dew  pepsi and sunkist

Thats a bummer the crush bottles dont work in you vendo 63, they work still in my selectivend 64. the sv has a bottle stack very similar to vendos,maybee the new fatter bottles havent made it to my area yet.

 Rocketfizz had just about everything- even 7up in glass 12oz.

Fairly expensive though- singles were $2.10 or a case for $38+tax.

Ouch

Dang that's pricey! :oops:

In the North East we have BJ'S Wholesale that sells the 12oz Mexican Coke (real CANE SUGER) for 20 bucks for 24.

Where abouts in the Northeast are you bcharlton?  The BJ's in MA only carry the 8 oz bottles, not the mexican.  I can occasionally get it at Stop & Shop for a buck a bottle, but I think I may be wearing out my welcome there having them special order it....................

Same here in south-central PA - BJ's in York only carries 8oz HFCS sweetened Coke.  Both Sam's and Costco have the 12oz Mexican version near me. 

I also have Reading Draft about an hour north in Reading PA. http://www.readingdraft.com/Reading_Draft/Sodas.html 
Been around since 1921, they brew their own root beer, sarsaparilla birch beer (blueberry, white and red), black cherry, grape and a few other flavors.  $10 a case in 12oz bottles.  I think it's 12 bottles to a case, can't quite recall.  Real friendly folks too - I make a trip there a couple times a year to stock up.  Makes a nice change of pace from Coke.  Different, because they don't 'flash carbonate', my wife thinks it tastes flat but there is carbonation - just much smaller bubbles than Coke/Pepsi.  They also sell by the keg and fountain bags.   (heh, and no - I don't work there)

Jim

Hey Jacko,

I live in the Buffalo NY area.  I know the local Coca Cola distributor here and they do not bottle the 8oz size.  The 12oz from Mexico is terrific but it would also be nice to be able to buy the 8oz by the case and not sopend 6 bucks per 6 pack.

BC

Does Coke even bottle in 8 oz. glass anymore? I was getting some from one of my customers and they said they can't get the glass bottles anymore and now get the aluminum bottles.

They do but its usually left up to each local bottler'.  What happened a few months back that caused a little confusion was that the 6 1/2 bottlers' were no longer being refilled by the last local bottler. There are still plenty of 8oz glass bottles of coke to be had.



BC

They sell the 8oz glass in our local Giant supermarket, but it's less than $5 a 6 pack. My Costco sells the Mexican Coke, but unfortunately nothing else in glass. I did find Mexican Orange Fanta and Sprite at another Giant not too long ago and they were about $1 per bottle.

I'm glad that I live within a days drive of Wisconsin. I pick up cases of returnable bottles for around $8.00 a case (24), including Sun-Drop.

Now that I am back in the Midwest I will have to head on over this summer and pick some up!   :happydrinkers:

Glad to hear you are supporting Coors Light!

I work for Coors- and we get 9 cases of beer a month from our employee outlet. Needless to say- I won't have a shortage of long necks in my slider once I get it up and running!

I am in the Raleigh NC area and a big Diet Coke fan and the only place I can find Diet Coke is Glass bottles is at one of the Target Store that has them in 8oz bottles ($3.99 for a 6 pack, but sometimes on special for $2.99).  We have several other Targets, but they don't carry Diet Coke, only Coke.   I actually did email Coke a few weeks ago just to get some clarification of what they still bottle in glass and to my surprise they replied right away and then provided me a phone number for further questions.   In email they told me the following:

"As you may know, regarding availability, local bottling companies choose which brands to sell, the size and type of the packaging that will be available in their territories. These decisions are based on consumer demand and other market factors. The bottling companies then distribute our brands to retail outlets and restaurants.  These bottles are normally available in larger retail outlets, but have
limited availability.  If you are unable to locate the packaging you desire, we suggest that you check with the manager of your favorite retail store to see if he or she can order it for you.
You may be interested to know, we do offer a complete line of products to the suppliers of the retail grocery stores. We cannot, however, insist that either party carry our products.

I followed this up with a phone call to ask them a few more details about what they bottle and in what sizes and they told me as we know they bottle diet coke and coke in 8oz glass bottles, but do have 12oz and actually 16oz coke in glass bottles they make for Mexico. 

I have never seen Diet Coke in glass.

If your in New England look for Capt Eli's. it's made by shipyard brewing.

Welcome back!
You have to try Flavor 8 (http://www.flavor8bottling.com/wheretofind.html) in New London (no relation to the old Kist plant). You can also pick up at the plant. It is owned and run by two guys who love what they do, and it shows. Forget about stopping at the Seymour plant, though.

Here in NC, a lot of the supermarkets have both Pepsi and Mountain Dew in 12oz glass, I'll have to check what the prices are but it was pretty cheap.

Hi tkaz,

I am in the Raleigh Area and have not seen any Pepsi or Mountain Dew in 12oz bottles.  What stores have you found them at?

Mostly Harris Teeter, I'll have to check Food Lion to see if they are there as well

When you were up this way what did you know of? I get the Cokes at Costco and found Mexican  and Sprite at the Giant near GMU.

Costco always had Mexican Cokes in stock, and as of a few months ago, the Giant off Rt7/66 in Falls Church started carrying Mexican Cokes, Sprite and Fanta in bottles.  Some of the International Marts would have the same selection, it was always a crapshoot finding them though.

I was in Fresh Market tonight and they had Cheerwine, Mexican Pepsi, Fanta, Sprite, Dad's Rootbeer, Blenheim Ginger Ale and a few others in 12oz bottles, prices ranged from $1.39-$1.99 though.

Sounds about like what I find. Oh yeah, Wegman's has Cheerwine for about $20 a case.

Interesting as the Harris Teeters that I have been to in the Raleigh area don't carry Pepsi or Mountain Dew.  It really is just hit or miss.  I have seen some of the Mexican coke's and dad's root beer at Fresh Market, but at almost $2.00 per bottle it is way too high for my budget.  Oh well, we will just keeping looking

Thank you - glad to be back!

What happened to Seymour? I believe Mel died but I thought the son was going to carry on.

His son is running the place, but is never around. I heard that he bottles once or twice a week and the rest of the time he is out delivering, or just out. Also, good luck calling them.

I stopped by Harris Teeter in Charlotte today and they have both the Pepsi and Mt. Dew in bottles, $4.99 each.  The holders are labeled 'Born in the South', so I'd assume the distro isn't too wide.

Tkaz,

Thanks for the picture.  I will have to try a few other Harris Teeters and then make my way down the highway towards Charlotte until I find one that carries these  :laugh:

First time I have seen pepsi in a glass bottle in a very long time

I'm surprised no one mentioned this website to help find bottles for your machines. (Or if someone did, I apologize.) The site has come in handy for me.

http://www.glassbottlesoda.org/

 

  They look like those are made here ????  I need to find a way to get a couple of 6 packs of each. .the Pepsi's are need for my Jacbos 56 Pepsi. Machine  :tounge: 

I was shopping at a Super K Mart and found orange, grape and strawberry Crush at $3.30 a six. Also found ICB cream ale for the same price. Went to another local supermarket and found the same selection at $6.00 a six and a nice selection of the Jones sodas at $5.00 a four pack.

Our Safeway had two bottles of Mexican Pepsi, two Sprite, two orange Fanta and a Coke. That's it.

Thanks for the K-mart tip for Crush.
Have tried Wallmart and Costco with no joy. Our Safeway is the same all single bottle and very few.
Creighton

Update:  So I was in our local Lowe's Grocery store doing our normal grocery shopping.  In the past they have been hit or miss in regards to carrying 8oz Coke in glass bottles, but to my surprise I saw on an end cap a display with a mixture of Coke, Sprite and more importantly Diet Coke in 8oz glass bottles.  Needless to say I cleaned them out of all six packs of Diet Coke (5 in total), but then decided to try my luck at speaking with the grocery manager about possibly getting more.......possibly a few cases.   Of course I explained to him about having an old coke machine that only takes glass bottles and the difficulty in getting Diet Coke and after he looked at me with a bit of confusion he said he could place a special order and is going to get me four cases.  We will see if that happens, but either way I am glad to see Diet Coke in glass bottles.

Well it seems to have worked.  I placed my order with the grocery store about one week ago and got a call yesterday that it was in.  Picked it up today.....four cases of Diet Coke in Glass Bottles!!!!

Was it expensive?

I don't remember the cost but I did the same thing at my local grocer . I caught the coca cola man in there restocking  drinks ,He told me what day he would be back and i called him and he did bring me some 8oz coca cola ,sprite and diet cola in glass bottles. That was last summer have not tried that this year yet.

McCarter - It was $3.99 per six pack or about .66 cents a bottle. 

I saw 12 oz  mountain Dew and Pepsi bottles in my local grocery store today. At a 1.00 a bottle I will have to think on it. But encouraged  it's made it to a local shop

www.orcabeverage.com

A 20'ish young man was restocking the Pepsi section at the locale Freddy Meyer.
I Asked if he knew if they would be getting glass bottles of MD.

He proudly pointed to the plastic ones and said they are right there.
Now he knows the difference between glass and plastic :-)
Did learn that, all new stuff shows up as endcaps first.

Creighton