ACME supermarket is advertising a sale:

Dannon Bottled Spring Water
(24 pack/500 ml each)
$9.79

That translates to 3.17 U.S. gallons
ACME's "Sale" price per gallon: $3.09

The greedy BUMS!!!

Who in their right mind...?

Andy

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> ACME supermarket is advertising a sale:
>
> Dannon Bottled Spring Water
> (24 pack/500 ml each)
> $9.79
>
> That translates to 3.17 U.S. gallons
> ACME's "Sale" price per gallon: $3.09
>
> The greedy BUMS!!!
>
> Who in their right mind...?
>

Common marketing ploy that gets those of
us who are mathematically challenged. : /

For example, I was proud of taking up Planet
Fitness's offer of $10 gym visits, until I realized that
if I go three times a week that is $120+ a month,
a helluva lot more than the standard $600 a year or
so. Not much of a bargain.

Andy wrote:
> ACME supermarket is advertising a sale:
>
> Dannon Bottled Spring Water
> (24 pack/500 ml each)
> $9.79
>
> That translates to 3.17 U.S. gallons
> ACME's "Sale" price per gallon: $3.09
>
> The greedy BUMS!!!
>
> Who in their right mind...?
>
> Andy

I can fill up a gallon jug at the Culligan kiosks at the supermarket
for .25/gallon.

I understand most of that bottled stuff is just from city water
supplies, anyway.

N.

In article . com>,
says...
>
> I can fill up a gallon jug at the Culligan kiosks at the supermarket
> for .25/gallon.
>
> I understand most of that bottled stuff is just from city water
> supplies, anyway.
>
> N.
>
The stuff you get at the in-store water dispensers is typically "reverse
osmosis" filtered city water. Same for much of what is sold in bottles,
as you mentioned. You've got to read the label to see what's in the
bottle.

And even at the "cheap" $.25/gallon they're making a good profit, given
what they pay for their water supply, and keeping in mind that,
depending on the RO filter they're using, a gallon of city water could
be going down the drain for every gallon that ends up in a jug.

If it's billed as "spring water", it pretty much has to be "sourced"
from some sort of natural spring, although if a town has a spring as its
primary water source, a water bottler could simply turn on the faucet,
fill the bottles, and be covered.

Bob

yetanotherBob wrote:
> In article . com>,
> says...
>> I can fill up a gallon jug at the Culligan kiosks at the supermarket
>> for .25/gallon.
>>
>> I understand most of that bottled stuff is just from city water
>> supplies, anyway.
>>
>> N.
>>
> The stuff you get at the in-store water dispensers is typically "reverse
> osmosis" filtered city water. Same for much of what is sold in bottles,
> as you mentioned. You've got to read the label to see what's in the
> bottle.
>
> And even at the "cheap" $.25/gallon they're making a good profit, given
> what they pay for their water supply, and keeping in mind that,
> depending on the RO filter they're using, a gallon of city water could
> be going down the drain for every gallon that ends up in a jug.
>
> If it's billed as "spring water", it pretty much has to be "sourced"
> from some sort of natural spring, although if a town has a spring as its
> primary water source, a water bottler could simply turn on the faucet,
> fill the bottles, and be covered.
>
> Bob

And I laugh whenever I drive past a local bottling plant that only
bottles water. When it opened they got into some legal issues because
they were using city water and labeling it as spring water. They solved
that by trucking water in from a former spring fed municipal reservoir
that was taken out of service because it is contaminated with benzene
and various industrial solvents. Their main customer appears to be
Walmart because there are at least 20 trailers always parked in the lot
ready to be filled.

On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:10:20 -0600, Andy <q> rummaged among random
neurons and opined:

>ACME supermarket is advertising a sale:
>
>Dannon Bottled Spring Water
>(24 pack/500 ml each)
>$9.79

<snip>

And while we're on the subject, why do bottles of water have a "sell
by" date? Does water go bad?

Just askin',

Terry Pulliam Burd

--
"Most vigitaryans I iver see looked enough like their food to be
classed as cannybals."

Finley Peter Dunne (1900)

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"

In article >,
says...
> And while we're on the subject, why do bottles of water have a "sell
> by" date? Does water go bad?
>
It could be a "quality" related CYA thing that limits the bottler's
liability in case someone complains about the taste or whatever.

Or, it could be the projected date on which the bacteria count will
reach an unhealthy level for a consumer with a compromised immune
system.

Or, it could be the projected date on which the level of estrogen-
mimicking compounds leached from the plastic bottle could disrupt a
child's endocrine system.

Or, it could be <add your favorite risk factor here>.

Bob