Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

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Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby Combo-Breaker on Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:32 pm

That you used to be able to buy back in the day?

Man i miss them! :(

I wonder when they stopped selling them?
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby SJ_Sathanas on Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:04 pm

i remember when 50p got a Mars bar and a can of pop.
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby Liamh1982 on Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:10 pm

Combo-Breaker wrote:That you used to be able to buy back in the day?

Man i miss them! :(

I wonder when they stopped selling them?

I recall them still being around for the '92 Olympics, then disappearing soon afterwards to be replaced by the 500ml bottles.

As for CIH's post, if you go to a corner shop now you're lucky to get change from £1.50!
£2 if you get a bottle instead!
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby djcarlos on Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:13 pm

Supercans!
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby Joey on Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:29 pm

There is currently a limited edition 500ml Coke Zero can you can buy.
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby the_hawk on Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:16 pm

They've got the 500ml "Big Can" of Irn Bru in Home Bargains at the minute...

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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby Liamh1982 on Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:00 pm

^ Also available in B&M and DiscountUK!

I go to too many cheapo shops...

Also Barr make 500ml cans of their own-brand cola. Pretty decent and only 49p each!
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby RichL on Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:04 pm

That is insane :shock:
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby SJ_Sathanas on Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:09 pm

the_hawk wrote:They've got the 500ml "Big Can" of Irn Bru in Home Bargains at the minute...

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58% of your GDA of sugar & gawd knows what else! :lol:


Fairly sure a standard 330ml has that amount of sugar, unless they put less sweet stuff in the scottish nectar ?
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby the_hawk on Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:09 am

Just checked my 330ml can of Dr Pepper & it has a "paltry" 38% of GDA of sugar.
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby SoupDragon on Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:49 pm

I remember them well but could never finish one. If it was ale yes but not pop :lol:
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby JetSetWilly on Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:26 am

I remember the hulk-sized cans of Coke. Used to get them years ago, and they lasted me ages. I do remember paying roughly 60p for one. You can't even buy a 550ml bottle of coke for that (£1.08 in ASDA :shock: you can get a 1 litre bottle of Pepsi for a quid!).
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby Liamh1982 on Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:33 am

^ That's nothing, I regularly buy 2 litre bottles of Pepsi for 89p each!

Cheapest I have currently seen a 500ml Coke bottle is 79p in B&M - however they sell cans for 39p each so get two for 78p and you end up with more (660ml) for less!
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby thingonaspring on Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:34 am

Liamh1982 wrote:^ That's nothing, I regularly buy 2 litre bottles of Pepsi for 89p each!

Cheapest I have currently seen a 500ml Coke bottle is 79p in B&M - however they sell cans for 39p each so get two for 78p and you end up with more (660ml) for less!


cheapest 500ml i know of is poundland, which is 2 for £1. but i don't know if they have coke, or just pepsi. been awhile since i went in to one.
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Re: Anyone remember the Large cans of Coke...

Postby Liamh1982 on Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:29 am

^ It's just the Pepsi that's two for a pound.
Best deal you'll find on the Coke is those share size bottles for a quid each.
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