No Coke, Pepsi!...at Costco

[coney with everything]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/...

[Arthur]

That's interesting. I'm a serious Costco shopper and Diet Coke addict, but I almost never buy my soda at Costco. I've often wondered why Coca-Cola products never seem to be a particularly good buy there. I routinely stock up on Diet Coke for quite a bit discount whenever there's a mega-sale (pretty much any holiday or major sports event, e.g., the Super Bowl) at my neighborhood Ralphs. Based on this article, I assume Ralphs takes a substantial hit on those loss-leader sales.

[Arthur]

Typo correction: "... quite a biG discount ..."

[puddin head]

agreed, they have never offered a great deal on Coke. In fact, their per unit cost is generally in line with grocery store "regular" prices (ie, high). I can generally find 2 liters on loss leader at 1.00-1.25 at grocers around town.

from one Diet Coke addict to another. :)

[Davwud]

I had a fountain Coke Zero on Friday here in Canada. I wonder if the fountain drinks will be affected and I wonder if we'll have the same issues up here.

I don't buy my bottled Cokes at Costco anyway so it really doesn't matter.

DT

[cstr]

It's pretty simple, Costco needs to buy and sell smartly, if that can be achieved the product will not get on their floor space.

[JKLew]

Perhaps it's because:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/a...

"PORTLAND, Ore. — Costco is no longer carrying Coca-Cola products in its stores nationwide because of a pricing dispute with the beverage maker . . ."

[Arthur]

Huh? Am I missing something, JKLew? I don't see anything significant in that very brief article that isn't in the far more detailed one cited/linked by the OP above.

[JKLew]

Sorry, didn't see that...thought your reply was the first post!

[steakman55]

Big Costco fan and big Diet Coke fan.....guess I will keep going to Costco and get my DC's somewhere else.

[Coconuts]

I'm just upset that the MexiCoke with sugar instead of corn syrup is gone. I hope they get this worked out, I like it well enough to pick some up when we're at Costco, but not enough to seek it out anywhere else.

[Davwud]

So when is this supposed to happen?? I've been to a couple different Costco's in the US over the last month and they all carry Coke.

DT

[chococat]

Coke and Costco struck a deal a few weeks ago and Coke is back in stock.

[cstr]

Yah, think Costco won this battle, as one of Coke's largest customers. Leverage!