Friday, January 09, 2009
For Every Shopper Who Hates the Pepsi 8 pack
This is a site dedicated to bringing back the Pepsi 12 pack and ridding the grocery store shelves of those over-priced 8 packs.
For months, we've been forced to pay more for less, and it's time to stand up against the Pepsi scheme to make more money off of the average American.
WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!
Leave your comment and it will be forwarded to Pepsi's marketing group.
(26) Remarks on For Every Shopper Who Hates the Pepsi 8 pack
O buy Pepsi or Coke according to price in 12 oz cans. Since your new size--you lose. You will continue to lose until you match Coke's price or if they do the same I go cheaper. I HATE your new (20 instead of 24 in my zip code) offering. (PS I prefer Pepsi and will buy it before Coke if the price per oz in 12 oz cans is the same.) STUUUUUUUUUUPID, you'Re not forgiven for thinking I am so stupid as to fall for it.
Comments by jan schwarzkopf from NORMAN, OK : Friday, January 09, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Pepsi's new slogan:
Less is Best
Comments by ccmask : Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 12:36 AM
All I have to say is If Pepsi brings in the 8 pack in southern California were I reside. I will switch to diet coke and I am a avid buyer of diet Pepsi. I purchase 1 pallet of diet Pepsi per month for personal use. Currently your loyal customer. But may no longer be.
Comments by Craig Phillips from SAN DIEGO, CA : Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 02:31 PM
Simple for me. I used to drink Pepsi. NOW I drink COKE!! You decided to reduce the size, I decided to switch Brands! YOU LOOSE PEPSI! You will soon learn that most prefer 12 packs and 24 packs.
Comments by Brad from BRENTWOOD, CA : Monday, January 12, 2009 at 10:56 AM
now all u pepsi people will see how better coke is!
Comments by Predator04 : Monday, January 12, 2009 at 01:11 PM
they ARE easier to carry if that counts. just keep the price low pepsi co!
Comments by ed from NORTH PALM BEACH, FL : Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 08:32 AM
I used to buy Mt Dew 12 Pks at the shoppette/ civillian equivalent to a convenient store every week on Friday. Now I buy coke. Thank fully the Base grocery store still carries the 24 pack which I buy now every two weeks. Before it was once a month in addition to the 12 pack that I would buy the remaining 3 Fridays of the month. Imagine That is on average $12.00 less a month My Dew is getting from me and $14.00 more a month for coke. MtDew 12 packs used to always be in high demand now they have to much on the shelves barely touched, but coke and it's other flavors are high in demand, because they still come in 12 pks. Even though Coke is more about $.75 higher in price than what the MtDew and Pepsi 12 pks were. Now Pepsi and Mtdew are $.90 cheaper with their 8pk's. That is not enough of a price drop for my family that rely's on quantity then price. The 24 pack is the same price as if you bought 2 12 pks. Now 2 8pks are $.70 cheaper than a 24 pk? Where is the savings on that?
Coke goes for 3.49/ pepsi 12 pk went for 2.99 now 8 pk goes for 2.69 what a big price break for an 4 whole cans removed. So now instead of paying .25 cents per can they want us to pay .33 cents per can who is getting the better end of bargain us (the ones getting 4 cans less at an increase .08 cents per can) or them ( making huge profits if people were foolish enough to buy in to this idea). Cokes price seems more fair because they offer more for not much more. HHHmmm I never knew Coke tasted so much better than MtDew.
Comments by Smallz : Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 08:02 AM
The problem is that the traditional unit is a multiple of six. Now the base unit is 8, but if you buy two 8 packs you get 2 cans less than if you buy the "case" of 18. The price points are the same. So, you have to buy the larger unit that costs the same as 24.
If one brand of gas went from $3 to $4 per gallon you'd find another gas station. It is the same thing here.
Comments by Kevin F. from GAINESVILLE, FL : Sunday, February 08, 2009 at 05:43 AM
I agree with the fact that Pepsi is being less than genuine by selling 8 cans for the same price as 12 cans.
There are plenty of alternatives out there. If you can't live without Pepsi products but are upset at the price, just drink less over the same period of time. You'll still get your Pepsi while reducing Pepsi's sales volume.
Pepsi knows the net effective of reducing the packs by four cans is that you'll eventually end up buying two packs at the same time rather than one.
While that may not increase YOUR purchase volume over the same period of time (it'll probably reduce it or keep it the same, and increase your price paid) but it WILL increase the store's volume based on increased single purchase amounts both in volume and price.
And since most of us are too lazy to care in the long run, Pepsi wins.
I really hope I'm wrong.
Comments by Sparky from MIDWAY, FL : Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 12:22 PM
I'm done.
No more business from me ever. When the best a company can do to compete is to up their price, there are serious problems at a management level on down.
I hope Pepsi goes under for good.
Comments by Matt from WILMETTE, IL : Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 12:29 PM
For those people that are on here complaining! You have all right to be mad.
On the other hand why would anyone drink Pepsi from the start? Its not good for our body.
Water and Tea for me.
Comments by Andre from KANSAS CITY, MO : Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Had Pepsi been honest and just raised prices, no one would care. However, this is just marketing bullshit and even worse they're insulting our intelligence by saying it's better for the consumer. Well, no more Pepsi products for me. Fortunately Coke Zero Vanilla is still available in 12 packs at reasonable pricing.
Comments by Jason from MESA, AZ : Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 02:42 PM
This is ridiculous. I drink atleast a 12-pack of Mt. Dew a week and have been for years but not anymore with this 8-pack. Who wants less for MORE money? 8 isn't enough, and 18 is too much. How stupid does Pepsi have to be? Raise the price and leave it in a 12-pack and nobody would have noticed. Way to go Pepsi, great marketing strategy.
Here I come Coke...
Comments by Amber : Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 04:30 PM
Even in light of the economy we are not stupid. I for one prefer Pepsi but will go to a 12 pk of Sams Cola
or Best Choice when the Pepsi 8pk is the same price. I have to look at my personal economy too. Remember Coke's move years ago with changing the formula...they lost customers. Pepsi will too.
Comments by Dremeda from MEMPHIS, TN : Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 05:23 PM
I am an avid drinker of pepsi products, but have to say that the notion that consumers favor a pack with less product in it for the same price as the original 12 packs must be some kind of pr hype. Anyone with some sense of economics will see that this is not a good deal. Surely the geniuses that thought this idea up don't think they can market this to where we as consumers will accept it.
Comments by j cooper from CHICKASHA, OK : Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 05:44 PM
8 cans Pepsi for MSRP $4.29 in Fresno, or 54 cents/can.
I can go to Dollar Tree and buy 8 cans for $2.66, or 33 cents/can.
On sale at Target, 8 cans is $2.50, or 31 cents/can.
Sam's Club still sells 36-packs at $9.10, or 25 cents/can.
Interesting to note that prior to the 8-packs, Sam's Club *never* used to run out of Pepsi on their shelves.
Comments by M Hernandez from FRESNO, CA : Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 06:49 PM
we need to ban together and stop buying some of the things we think we need, drink water from a tap if possible. if you don't buy, prices will drop
Comments by David Strope from ADDISON, NY : Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 08:12 PM
Price increase? Bad Economy? PLEASE! The cost of a 2 liter when I was 14 was .99 cents. I'm 44 now and I can always find 2 litters on sale for .99 cents.
You ripping us off when we can least afford it.
Comments by matt from SAN RAMON, CA : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Rather than try a marketing ploy just raise prices. It seems deceptive to me to change packaging when it has been this way for so long. My husband and I drink a lot of Diet Pepsi and unhappy. 8 packs are worthless. We use to buy 12 packs all the time. We prefer Pepsi over other products but will change if they don't change it back.
Comments by L Calton from MELBOURNE, FL : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 02:02 AM
Well I have been talking about drinking less soda...
Comments by BP from APPLETON, WI : Monday, February 16, 2009 at 09:26 AM
I noticed that the price of an 8 pack is the same as a 12 pack and I immediately felt my intelligence was insulted because I knew that that wasn't as good as a value as a 12 pack by a LONG shot. It may look it by the price by it is not.
We do not buy as much Pepsi products as we used to because of this packaging change.
This was NOT a good idea. If you want to give people the option of having a smaller pack then do so don't take away the 12 pack. I like the MINI cans of soda that Pepsi has or had years ago. I drank those when I was pregnant and needed a soda fix. I notice regular sized soda cans were not elimated then.
Do the right thing..bring back the 12 pack.
Comments by Amy R from DEBARY, FL : Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 01:23 PM
I couldn't believe what I saw when I went to pick up a case of Pepsi. An 8 pack for the same price as a 12 pack, just one week earlier. Yes economic times are tough, and I shouldn't drink as much Pepsi as I do, but I felt like it was a money grab. I feel that Pepsi is doing a money grab here - maybe of desperation. When Coke and Pepsi are side by side, for the same price, with 12 cans vs. 8 cans, I'm probably going to buy neither. I don't like Coke and I feel like I'm being taken advantage of I buy the Pepsi. I guess I'll switch to an orange or rootbeer product from Coke....
Comments by Troy T from JACKSONVILLE, FL : Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 03:41 PM
stupid fuckin idiots. RIP OFF!!!!!!! dam it in need some voltage
Comments by pepsi is stupid wtf : Sunday, March 08, 2009 at 04:47 PM
I have been drinking both Pepsi and Coke products for as long as I can remember! Plus, until last year, I had both Pepsi and Coke vending machines at my business, so I bought more soda than most people did.
Since I live in Florida, both Pepsi and Coke have sold only 8-packs and 18-packs here for several months and I HATE IT! Not just for the prices, but for the quantity reduction and convenience factors, too.
I also just got an e-mail coupon from Pepsi for a "Buy 2, Get 1 free" offer on 12-packs of Diet Pepsi in Wild Cherry, Vanilla, Lime, and Lemon. I called Pepsi today about it and they are sending me coupons for 8-packs, and my local CVS can order those flavors for me, as they usually only carry the Wild Cherry, which is my least favorite one!
Comments by BananasRUS from ORMOND BEACH, FL : Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 02:49 PM
I'm done with them. 33% less product per dollar equates to a 50% price increase. FIFTY PERCENT!!! Blaming "the economy" is more than a little vague, and oh by the way, I don't see everyone else having to raise their prices by 50% because of "the economy." This represents the same culture of greed that led to the mess we're in...the only ones who can hold them accountable are us consumers.
Comments by TampaG8r from VALRICO, FL : Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 05:27 PM
Raise the price
Reduce the size
I think was very unwise
I am going back to the regular size
COCA-COLA
Comments by Bob Banning from BANNING, CA : Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 03:37 PM