Cans or bottles?

jbass · BBQ Fan Joined: 06 Jun 2010 Posts: 122 Location: Cairo, GA

Do ya'll sell cans or bottles or both with take out?

Geronimo · Posted: Mar 25 2013 Post subject:

Get with your favorite beverage distributor and they will (usually) put in a beverage fountain at little to no charge if you buy product from them...make WAY more than by selling cans or bottles.

BTW...if you sell coffee, they will do the same thing with a coffee maker.
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Harry Nutczak · Posted: Mar 25 2013 Post subject:

Ridge View BBQ · Posted: Mar 25 2013 Post subject:

It doesn't hurt to ask though because it varies from region to region. We actually have them competing for our business (fountains, fridges,ice machines etc)and we're a really small volume restaurant compared to a lot of the other guys on here. But just like Harry,you can buy cans cheaper at Walmart etc than you can directly from the truck??
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Geronimo · Posted: Mar 25 2013 Post subject:

Wow how things have changed in just a few years!!

When I owned my convenience store back in the mid 80's ALL of my distributors GAVE me coolers, signs, etc..heck, even the beer distributors gave me lighted signs to hang in the windows and on the walls. (wish I still had some of those. Embarassed

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Coke even brunt the cost of my lighted outdoor sign with our store name on it...with the words "Cocoa Cola" in smaller letters across the bottom of the sign. Rolling Eyes

I do remember though that I too could buy soda cheaper at a super market (we did not have WM, Kroger or other big box stores back then) than I could buy directly from my distributor and delivered to my store.

It all boils down to volume...the more you buy the cheaper you can get it...goes for most anything I guess. Shocked

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Mr Tony's BBQ · Posted: Mar 25 2013 Post subject:

Same here on the soda cans - talked with pepsi rep last summer, he told me I was better off buying it off the floor at my mini-mart commissary...fridge rental was $26/ month ...THEY set the price and minimart got kickback basically...Costgo even stopped selling Coke products for a while because coke wouldnt give them any better discount than anywhere else....that lasted a couple months until coke gave in, but it is still more expensive than pepsi!!
2 liter bottles are even legal again in NYC... Embarassed

I do cans only, watch wallyworld, minimart. piggly wiggly etc and buy in bulk when on sale...but I just vend.
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MO Barbecue · Posted: Mar 26 2013 Post subject:

We got our coke fountain free (6 flavors) and 6 months later a bar gun. We don't even buy anything direct from them. I think it may also have to do with the volume they think you will do, they also wanted a 3 year agreement to sell coke. I also got a free coke single door refrigerator out of them, it's actually a pretty nice unit, and I have it mostly filled with beer.

Geronimo · Posted: Mar 26 2013 Post subject:

Harry Nutczak · Posted: Mar 26 2013 Post subject:

Geronimo · Posted: Mar 26 2013 Post subject:

I think you hit the nail on the head Harry.. Laughing

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jbass · BBQ Fan Joined: 06 Jun 2010 Posts: 122 Location: Cairo, GA

Well I am meeting with the Coke rep Friday, so we shall see what the will do. I know down here in south Ga they tend to bend over backwards to get your business.

daddywoofdawg · Posted: Mar 30 2013 Post subject:

I vend but last season pepsi was charging me 1.50 for a 20 oz bottle.I told them no way!I could go to a vending machine and buy them for 1.25!I buy my product at walmart or the grocery store for 4/12packs for 10 or better.
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Harry Nutczak · Posted: Mar 30 2013 Post subject:

My pepsi guy stopped in today.

we are doing a 6-flavor self-serv, ADA compliant fountain BIB (Bag in Box) system at a cost of $45/month lease. All service is included as is the install.

We are keeping a few select glass-packaged premium drinks made with cane sugar such as coke, pepsi, sprite, a few root beers, and cream soda. But everything else is going fountain.

I called coke over a week ago and got no reply yet, Pepsi was on it like white on rice.

I was hoping to get the "Freestyle" machine from coke, but I didn't even get a return call. So phuq them!!

And pepsi is setting me up with menu boards, dry-erase boards, and other trinkets. I couldn't even get a special event banner from coke because I am not moving 300 gallons/day.
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jbass · BBQ Fan Joined: 06 Jun 2010 Posts: 122 Location: Cairo, GA

Well I met with the Coke Rep Friday. I guess it is good thing being in the middle of Coke country. They are providing us with 2 coolers, all the signs, banners, and Coke branded stuff one could ever want. They are also providing a vendor for the porch since we will only be open thur, fri, sat. All of this for free as long as we buy "some" product from them

Harry Nutczak · Posted: Apr 02 2013 Post subject:

MO Barbecue · Posted: Apr 04 2013 Post subject:

Wow, wonder if you could get better luck with a different rep? When I did pizza, I got the same deal, 2 bar guns, 2 nice coolers, plastic coke cups, box tops for pizza boxes, delivery driver pizza bags, pretty much whatever I wanted they made it happen. Sounds like you got a rep just calling it in!

Harry Nutczak · Posted: Apr 04 2013 Post subject:

qfanatic01 · Posted: Apr 04 2013 Post subject:

I bought my fountain and cooler at auction. 500 bucks for the fountain and ice machine and 400 for my cooler. cost less than a year of rental. Coke still does the maintenance free. I've had them move my fountain three time as I remodeled. Bag in a box prices have gone from the hi 40s to the low 70s in the last 5 years here. Restaurant depot just started carrying some coke product boxes for mid 60s so I got my Sysco rep to match. We go through about 6 boxes a week plus 4 or so cases of premium bottled sodas. I would say watch the auctions and get rid of the rentals unless your lucky enough to get the freebees. I also heard that you could get free equipment in my neighborhood if I signed a long term contract.
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Harry Nutczak · Posted: Apr 05 2013 Post subject:

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