Thus spaketh Linker3000:
Iguana wrote:
"Tony Bryer" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:24:34 -0000 Gaz wrote :
Too right. Go to Tesco and see what they are charging for a bottle
of white label cola. 15p? Forget the contents: that price is made
up of profit, bottle, filling and labelling, transport and
handling. Except for the profit, these costs are the same for a
bottle of the real thing, 89p?, whose contents can only cost pence
at most. Which leaves a very nice additional margin to be shared
between Coca-Cola and the retailer.


A few year ago, when working in a can making factory, that the
complete can cost about 1p and the contents cost about 0.01p.



No doubt the people in the factory worked for free, the electric
company waived the bills for the plant, the bottling and processing
kit was donated FOC by the manufacturer, the building was rent free
and there were no charges for gas, water, sewerage etc..!????

I take your point though - it also bugs me that a 500ml bottle is
about 90p and 1.5 litres is only about 30p more

The cost of the 500ml bottle and the cost of the 1,500ml bottle are
virtually the same cost, the cap is the same cost and the label
virtually the same cost, it's still around 2p per bottle to make
including contents whether a 500ml, 1250ml, 1500ml or 2000ml bottle.