Comments on: Break the Soda Habit and Save $700 Per Year http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/10/16/break-the-soda-habit-and-save-700-per-year/ Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:42:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emily C http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/10/16/break-the-soda-habit-and-save-700-per-year/comment-page-1/#comment-646674 Emily C Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:44:31 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=5268#comment-646674 Excellent article and comments. I am married to a coca cola drinker (39 years). I gave up Coke - but he still carries on...carries on about 70 extra pounds, loss of teeth, gas problems with his system, burping non-stop. Give it up people - clear your system!!!!!! And save $$$$$$ Excellent article and comments. I am married to a coca cola drinker (39 years). I gave up Coke – but he still carries on…carries on about 70 extra pounds, loss of teeth, gas problems with his system, burping non-stop. Give it up people – clear your system!!!!!! And save $$$$$$

]]> By: Kevin http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/10/16/break-the-soda-habit-and-save-700-per-year/comment-page-1/#comment-645877 Kevin Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:19:57 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=5268#comment-645877 I am a bad soda drinker. It is bad enough that other people have commented on it. Even my girlfriend comments, "Every time we go someplace you need a soda." I also drink diet soda. If I am out, I usually go for Diet Coke but at home I drink the store brand diet cola. I drink about 1L a day of the store brand. That is over 40c a day and about $155 a year. If I was drinking the brand name stuff, it would be much higher. Then you add in soda machines, 20oz bottles bought at the grocery store ($1.49 after tax), and eating out... and I don't even want to compute the cost. It's probably well upwards of $400 a year. Not as bad at $700 but still pretty bad. As an aside, I do buy a $1.49 20oz bottle of diet coke to drink on the 10 minute drive from the store and back to my house... where I have soda. I am currently cutting back on the soda I drink. But it's very hard for me. I am a bad soda drinker. It is bad enough that other people have commented on it. Even my girlfriend comments, “Every time we go someplace you need a soda.” I also drink diet soda. If I am out, I usually go for Diet Coke but at home I drink the store brand diet cola.

I drink about 1L a day of the store brand. That is over 40c a day and about $155 a year. If I was drinking the brand name stuff, it would be much higher. Then you add in soda machines, 20oz bottles bought at the grocery store ($1.49 after tax), and eating out… and I don’t even want to compute the cost. It’s probably well upwards of $400 a year. Not as bad at $700 but still pretty bad.

As an aside, I do buy a $1.49 20oz bottle of diet coke to drink on the 10 minute drive from the store and back to my house… where I have soda. I am currently cutting back on the soda I drink. But it’s very hard for me.

]]> By: Fe2O3ez http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/10/16/break-the-soda-habit-and-save-700-per-year/comment-page-1/#comment-645660 Fe2O3ez Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:59:27 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=5268#comment-645660 Really, it speaks to almost any vice that a person can have. Soda, chips, cigarettes... It really comes down to the fact that we are paying to support a habit or desire. It only requires a quick calculation of how much is spent on the habit over a month, year, 5 years... to pur things in the right perspective. Really, it speaks to almost any vice that a person can have. Soda, chips, cigarettes… It really comes down to the fact that we are paying to support a habit or desire. It only requires a quick calculation of how much is spent on the habit over a month, year, 5 years… to pur things in the right perspective.

]]> By: True Confessions « http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/10/16/break-the-soda-habit-and-save-700-per-year/comment-page-1/#comment-645354 True Confessions « Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:47:21 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=5268#comment-645354 [...] since I don’t [...] since I don’t

]]> By: Scanner http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/10/16/break-the-soda-habit-and-save-700-per-year/comment-page-1/#comment-644990 Scanner Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:23:45 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=5268#comment-644990 Guilty as charged. My last vice. Guilty as charged. My last vice.

]]> By: Christina @ Northern Cheapskate http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/10/16/break-the-soda-habit-and-save-700-per-year/comment-page-1/#comment-644987 Christina @ Northern Cheapskate Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:45:29 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=5268#comment-644987 I recently gave up soda. I will still occasionally drink a soda when out at a restaurant or as a special treat - but never at home - too tempting! It has saved my family a lot of money and more importantly, I feel better! I recently gave up soda. I will still occasionally drink a soda when out at a restaurant or as a special treat – but never at home – too tempting! It has saved my family a lot of money and more importantly, I feel better!

]]> By: Bobby http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/10/16/break-the-soda-habit-and-save-700-per-year/comment-page-1/#comment-644712 Bobby Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:40:32 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=5268#comment-644712 The ranks of soda addicts are legion. Tea is a great idea--steep your own loose leaf and pack in the antioxidants as a bonus. Congrats on beating the soda addiction. The ranks of soda addicts are legion. Tea is a great idea–steep your own loose leaf and pack in the antioxidants as a bonus. Congrats on beating the soda addiction.

]]> By: sewingirl http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/10/16/break-the-soda-habit-and-save-700-per-year/comment-page-1/#comment-644683 sewingirl Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:48:08 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=5268#comment-644683 We have a neighbor who is so addicted to Diet Pepsi, he puts it on his cereal in the morning! GROSS! We have a neighbor who is so addicted to Diet Pepsi, he puts it on his cereal in the morning! GROSS!

]]> By: John DeFlumeri Jr http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/10/16/break-the-soda-habit-and-save-700-per-year/comment-page-1/#comment-644531 John DeFlumeri Jr Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:03:26 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=5268#comment-644531 Save the money, the calories, the carbonation, all that and feel better, too! What an idea. Save the money, the calories, the carbonation, all that and feel better, too! What an idea.

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