# What does a can of Coca Cola cost you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 21, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758 "2001-04-21T03:37:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/1 "2001-04-21T03:37:40Z")
Local currency price, your location, current exchange rate for US$1.00. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/2 "2001-04-21T03:50:25Z")
Well, this is assuming I’d actually BUY a can of Coke (which I loathe): At a Wal-Mart (location, Birmingham, Alabama): 45 cents. At a convenience store: 65 cents. At work: 55 cents. ---
**Author:** ![SouprChckn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@SouprChckn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouprChckn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/3 "2001-04-21T03:55:54Z")
At my school. A can: $0.65 A bottle: $1.00 At a theme park I went to the other day. A bottle: $2.75 (Yeah, thats right. Almost three bucks for a bottle of soda, crazy eh?) ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/4 "2001-04-21T04:19:25Z")
At my school, six bits for a 12 oz. can, ten for a 20 oz. bottle. And I’d like to throw my towel in with the “Coke is shit” crowd. ---
**Author:** ![reoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@reoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reoch)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/5 "2001-04-21T05:01:26Z")
At my university, 65 cents for a can, 1.25 for a bottle…but at the local walmart, it’s like 50 and 1.00… this is hawai’i by the way 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/6 "2001-04-21T05:08:31Z")
Ah, Coca Cola; my bitter rival. Well, not really, but they bought out my university as far as refreshing drinks goes. Hence, no Dr. Pepper and numerous other drinks tasty drinks…bah. I don’t know about US currencty, but: Can - $1.10 Canadian Bottle - $1.50 Canadian But if I boot it down to the engineering student’s lounge, I can get a can for a lot cheaper ($0.90, I think). Why don’t I go to my lounge? The film student’s lounge is a closet with a combination lock. Hence, no drink machine. We’d be more likely to have a bar, though (maybe “The Lazy Scorcese”). ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/7 "2001-04-21T05:10:08Z")
In my dorm, there’s one machine that sells drinks for $.35 . It’s basically a fundraiser for the dorm, they buy 12-packs of drinks at Walmart for $3.00 and sell them back to the students for $1.20 profit on each 12-pack. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/8 "2001-04-21T05:15:44Z")
On campus, cans are .50 except during dead week and finals, when they drop the price to .25. They understand the need for caffine and the end of the semester state of student finances. Convience store down the street usually has Coke/Dr Pepper/Sprite for .45. Six pack at the local Wal Mart is about $2.00. Bottles are .90 on campus. Always. Everywhere else, .79. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/9 "2001-04-21T05:27:46Z")
I buy coke for $3.99 CDN for a case of 12 cans. That’s about $2.55 American, or about 21 cents a can. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/10 "2001-04-21T06:23:13Z")
Cans: Coke - .50 cents Generic Cola - .35 Bottles: Coke (20oz) $.85 (Convience Store) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/11 "2001-04-21T06:49:34Z")
I just got a 10-pack for $5.99 (that’s US$3) which is, um, 60c a can. (30c US) I’m in Australia. And I like Coke. And I don’t know what a bottle costs. About $1.80 I think, but it varies wildly from store to store. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/12 "2001-04-21T06:53:58Z")
New Zealand, here. Exchange rate curerently around US$1 to NZ$2.39. Cans of Coke (and Pepsi) cost from $0.90 to $1.30. Bottles $1.80 to $2.30 (600ml), and from $1.30 to $2.50 for 1.5 litres. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/13 "2001-04-21T07:36:25Z")
Cheapest price here for a Coke from a vending machine is 35 cents - most expensive $1.00. Corvallis, Oregon ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/14 "2001-04-21T11:39:37Z")
Another Australian checking in. We think cans of coke range from $AU1.00 to $AU1.50 here. That’s about $US0.50 to $US0.75 ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/15 "2001-04-21T13:14:12Z")
From the vending machine in my neighborhood’s rec room: .50 From just about any vending machine in the city (Springfield, Illinois): .50 If I buy it by the 12-pack or 24-pack (which I _don’t_, because Coke® sucks): $2.99 or so for a 12-pack, which works out to around .25 per can. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/16 "2001-04-21T13:17:35Z")
Yet another Australian here. 🙂 $1.20- $1.50 at University and most machines that I’ve seen. $1.10 at the bottle shop. $1.00 at a discount cafe near my boyfriend’s house. $15 for 30 cans in a special at the local supermarket - I think that’s 50c a can. (My maths isn’t too crash hot these days). Divide everything in half for American dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Cue017](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cue017](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cue017)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/17 "2001-04-21T13:34:37Z")
From a machine--------------- 65 cents At Walmart --------- 45 cents ---
**Author:** ![cerebrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@cerebrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerebrum)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/18 "2001-04-21T14:06:55Z")
South Africa: currency - Rand can : R2.80 500 ml bottle : R3.75 ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/19 "2001-04-21T14:31:33Z")
Austin, TX: 12 pack : $2.50-$3.50 most common vending machine price: 0.60 at work: free ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758/20 "2001-04-21T14:55:28Z")
Are your Coca Cola prices in Z$ ? Thanks,k [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-can-of-coca-cola-cost-you/62758.md?page=2)