Our local market is now stocking Mexican Cokes in the tall 355ml bottles. (99 cents)  i have to find my metric conversion chart to see what 355 ml equals, I think it is close to 12 oz.

RED ALERT!!!!!  

I was in Las Vegas last week, and I stopped (as always) at the Coca Cola store**…and lo and behold, what do they have stocked to the gills in their coolers?? Why 16 oz GLASS bottles of….Mexican Coca Cola!!!!!!!   I find it kind of ironic that they try like heck to keep it out of the little bodegas, but here they are PUSHING it at what I assume is one of their Corporate Showcases….

** I actually had my picture taken with the freaking Coke Polar Bear one time…..

Our local market is now stocking Mexican Cokes in the tall 355ml bottles. (99 cents)  i have to find my metric conversion chart to see what 355 ml equals, I think it is close to 12 oz.

Ours too along with Orange Fanta for a buck a piece.

I picked up some of the “Throwback Pepsi” and although it didnt knock me off my seat with a kick of nostalgia…it was still very good.

I didnt realize that Dr. P is still made with “real” sugar (why I have to put this in quotes still pisses me off)…and I would love to try some of that since Dr. P is still my 2nd favorite soda…only surpassed by PA Dutch Birch Beer…12 ozs of “crack in a can”.

Funny how the price of soda (pop) seems to jump up and down in large amounts for no visible reason. The coming of a summer holiday used to generate ‘sale prices’ as teasers for other summer meal foods, but now prices are on a roller coaster all summer long. Today The A&W, 7UP, Dr Pepper are all 4 12pks for $11 (sale price), Coke stuff is 3 for $10 and Pepsi is $4.50 a 12 pk. That will change next week when Coke will go up and Pepsi will have a ‘Buy 3 for $10 and get a 4th 12pk of ANY Pepsi Diet Product free.
Funny how the prices ‘rotate!  My Vernor’s is priced with the A&W bunch so I watch them carefully!.

I have to play with my calculator when I use Costco Coupons, as the the Costco Pepsi and Coke come in 30 can cases. Unit pricing is the only way to figure what is or isn’t a bargain!

Today, while purchasing some Pork Butts..another story on RF… I saw ”Mexican Cokes” in the cooler by the registers. The U.S. Cokes were $1.49 for a 20 oz, The illegal Alien Cokes ( ) were Sugar-based and in a ‘pop-top’ 12 oz bottle for 99 cents each.

After considering the choices I bought 3 12 packs of Vernor’s Ginger Ale for $9.00 and left with my Pork.

The Dr Pepper with real sugar is available around here in the DFW area. It appears to be a special celebrating 125 years of Dr Pepper. Found 12 packs at Walmart and other stores for about 4 or 5 dollars. I did stock up.

Sun Drop! real sugar and 2x the caffeine[V]

Was in the recently opened World Market the other night in Panama City – excellent selection of sodas
(although didn’t get to check out what they had for ginger ale) with real cane sugar including Boylan’s,
Bubble Up, Nehi Grape & Dad’s, which I snagged a 4-pack of to take home! [:D]

I know we all have our opinions. But to me all Sodas taste the same. Overly sugary and  too sweet. I don’t drink soda at all. There are other things I’d rather eat or drink that would raise my blood sugar levels.

In other words….Soda is soda!

You mean like coffee is coffee or pizza is pizza? 

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[}:)]

I did agree with him on the pizza and coffee comments in that thread.[:)]

Believe it or not, I was in our local Walgreen’s here in Northern Michigan, and i found WG’s own "Deerfield" Brand soda..named after the city in Illinois where the company is located…and its a small line of selection–root beer, orange cream soda, ginger ale (i think) and like a black cherry soda…all made with real sugar! aside from the Cosco’s (which we dont have up here) I would imagine Walgreens is the largest national chain store carrying real sugar soda…in GLASS bottle no less! Now if they only had a cola version…it’s a start for us in smaller parts of the USA!

All Mexican Coke is not created equal–the brand new "No Retornable" (as opposed to re-usable "Retornable") bottles from border towns like Tijuana and Mexicali (read the metal cap) available in Costco and elsewhere use at least a blend of HFCS and taste inferior vs the pure cane sugar Cokes bottled way down in Mexico in the old, thick bottles. Disregard the ingredient labels, they are generic translations. You will know the second it hits your tongue if it is "The Real Thing". Mexican Liquor Stores, Lunch Trucks, and a few mom & pop authentic Mexican Restaurants will carry the good stuff. Worth the effort to find it–be sure to stock up!

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Originally posted by Robearjr

you can find Kosher Coke on the northwest side of in Baltimore.

I also think the 365 brand of cola at Whole Foods is made with sugar.

All of the 365 brand sodas sold by Whole Foods are made with pure cane sugar, rather than with HFCS. There is a variety of flavors, including cola, ginger ale (made with REAL ginger, unlike most of the so-called ginger ales on the market), cherry vanilla, cream, root beer, and a few others that I don’t recall presently. I consider the 365 sodas, like the other house-brand products at Whole Foods, to be very good.

On a recent trip to Cincinnati I bought a bottle of Mexican CocaCola at Jungle Jim’s.The label said it was made with sugar, but when I compared it side by side with regular Coke I didn’t notice much difference in taste.I guess I just got used to inferior products.By the way,it was my first time at Jungle Jim’s and I was very impressed.I would like to stop back when I have more time to browse.