How much was a can of pop/soda/Coke from a machine in 1987?

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emjay144@reddit

By '87 I remember them being.50 most places.

Also, there's no RC in that machine, which is a crime.

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We used to go visit my grandparents in Mesa, Arizona every spring break. Some of my happiest memories were simple family time at Venture Out, a retirement community. It was the late eighties to the mid nineties, and I remember a machine just like this at the “Democrat pool.” There were a couple pools and I remember not understanding what the Democratic or Republican pools meant, haha… it was tongue in cheek at the time. But I always got the orange drink…

My grandparents are long gone… but in 2021, I got cabin fever, so took my dog, Shadow the golden retriever, and we drove from the Pacific Northwest to southern Arizona, just to see the place again. Mesa has changed a lot since the mid nineties haha, but it was still such a nostalgic trip <3

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rels83@reddit

Where’s my grape Fanta?

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GothicHippie17@reddit

I was 2 so probably water or milk

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DefJeff702@reddit

Cactus cooler

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NW_Forester@reddit

.35 to .50 was what i remember for pepsi/coke. though you could get Safeway Select in front of a safeway or Shasta in front of a K-Mart for $.25 until the end of the 90s.

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Rolands_missing_head@reddit

Holy shit the 25 cent Safeway select machines!!!

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Majestic-Tiger2742@reddit

Tops for me.

Tops never stops, saving you more.

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NW_Forester@reddit

I loved the $4.49 safeway Express Special chinese and a $.25 fruit punch soda. Back when they had pork fried rice even.

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Illegal_Ghost_Bikes@reddit

Core memory unlocked. The rice was amazing.

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Adventurous_Web_6958@reddit

50 cents is what I remember but when going out to rural areas it would go down to 25 cents.

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hardtruthinasofttime@reddit

Yes. "What are you grabbing " my thought was another quarter, cans were $0.50!

The Coke and Pepsi machines were 50 cents but I do remember the RC cola/ A&W machine was still 25 cents

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Blonde_Vampire_1984@reddit

The only time I’ve ever bought a soda from a vending machine for .25 was back in the early 90’s in small backwoods town in the middle of Somewheresville Kentucky. I thought it was a myth that soda could be priced that low.

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Sea_Currency_3800@reddit

Ski in a glass bottle?

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SchmeedsMcSchmeeds@reddit

I miss the Safeway Select vending machines. My friend and I watched a guy restocking and found out that they stored extra sodas at the bottom of the machine to keep cool and restock. If you were a skinny teen with long arms you could reach up and over through little dispenser flap thingy and get free soda.

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RustyAndEddies@reddit

I worked at Safeway as a bagger when the Select brand rolled out. They had merch! I remember snagging a branded t-shirt and a black silk tie with all the flavors of Select on it. My manager was very confused about why I insisted on wearing it to work every day.

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samspopguy@reddit

I’m pretty sure we sold cotton club for a quarter in the early 2000s

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NW_Forester@reddit

What store has that brand? I've never heard of it.

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samspopguy@reddit

I don’t know if they are still a thing. But I think they were out of northeast maybe in PA somewhere. 7up distributed it for us.

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coupdelune@reddit

I grew up in Pittsburgh and have fond memories of Cotton Club, especially the Cherry Strawberry flavor

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NeverEndingCoralMaze@reddit

Mmmmm red. 🤤

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Altruistic_Bus1988@reddit

I remember them being 25 cents even for name brand but I lived (and still live) in a state with lower cost of living so maybe that’s why.

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CunnyMaggots@reddit

And I always got the grape soda when we went to Walmart for a quarter!

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BoracicGoat@reddit

Da fuck is Safeway?

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SufficientOpening218@reddit

thats what i remember, too

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_cats_@reddit

I still think a dollar for a single can is highway robbery. That’s what Walmart is asking now for their outdoor machines.

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rancid_oil@reddit

It really is, but people are so impulsive. "It's just a dollar" when you can walk in and get 6 cans for $3. "But these are already cold!"

I don't know how people just operate on autopilot without thinking about that. Just making some distributors richer a few pennies at a time.

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flatulating_ninja@reddit

Walmart had theirs for .25 also. De Thunder all day.

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dewihafta@reddit

I remember when the price of cans from regular soda machines went up. Walmarts was still 35 cents for the main brand stuff, and sometimes id stop there just to go in for a can of mountain dew.

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gottarespondtothis@reddit

I loved their fake mt dew!

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Express-Budget6943@reddit

When the Walmart came to town, biking over there for quarter sodas was the thing to do!

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flatulating_ninja@reddit

I'd have to load up whenever we went to town. I was rural, town with Walmart was 15 miles away.

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kingmobisinvisible@reddit

For real. Me and my friend would scrounge up a dollar and 3 cents and go buy each of us a $0.25 fruit pie inside the grocery store and a quarter soda on the way out. Then we’d walk over and see who was hanging out behind the library, which was the cool spot for some reason.

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GivesYouGrief@reddit

Because the library often tolerates loitering when other places don't.

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Miami_Mice2087@reddit

80s sodas were a quarter

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EnvironmentalGift257@reddit

Yep. Coke or Pepsi was $0.50. Generic was $0.25.

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amynicole78@reddit

This is what l remember as well. There was a gas station that had the store brand sodas for a quarter and that was a good deal, so l think name brand were like .50

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polkadotrose707@reddit

Thrifty drug stores also had the quarter Shastas. And really cheap cylindrical ice cream scoops too.

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faulternative@reddit

WalMart had that too, with the Great Value brand or whatever their in-house was

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ThotThroughTheHeart@reddit

My local Walmart had vending machines that sold 50c soda until after the Pandemic.

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D37-1982@reddit

That's what i remember paying in Northern Kentucky as a kid too

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slothscanswim@reddit

The Sam’s brand soda machines in front of Walmarts were $.25 into the 2000s

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literanch@reddit

The grocery store I worked at as a teen had a Coke machine that was .35 as late as 2001.

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Majestic-Tiger2742@reddit

No Mellow Yellow!

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jackytheripper1@reddit

.35 at summer camp in 1990!

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threyon@reddit

https://i.redd.it/bjanw83a534h1.gif

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crumblednewman@reddit

I remember the machines in school being .40 and the public ones being .25.

I can't remember the last time I've seen a machine vending cans, they're all overpriced bottles now.

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pburydoughgirl@reddit

It was definitely a quarter for a while in the 80’s. I remember when it went to .35. 👵🏼

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ScrappedAeon@reddit

I actually got a can from a Walmart vending machine today. $1 for a coke zero.

I wanted a Pepsi tho

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pleasetrimyourpubes@reddit

Diet Pepsi or Pepsi Zero? I find the Coke and Pepsi Zeroes to be the best approximation of their counterparts and would choose a Zero over any kind.

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ScrappedAeon@reddit

Zero all the way. I rarely drink soda of any kind any more but when I do I'll grab a zero Pepsi or Dew, cause idk I'm weird and just have always preferred Pepsi over Coke.

and in true Xennial fashion I would kill for a zero sugar Crystal Pepsi right now

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Sofagirrl79@reddit

I usually don't like any kind of diet soda but Coke zero or Pepsi zero isn't that bad and drinkable

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CokBlockinWinger@reddit

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tinymonesters@reddit

There's a drink distributor near me that still has cans and I'm pretty sure they're still only fifty cents.

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WossHoss@reddit

From what I can remember it was about 0.50. This would be Canadian currency. Post 1990 it went to $1.00 per a can

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Inevitable_Notice_18@reddit

7up

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SidFinch99@reddit

My taste buds were different in 87, so it would be a Sunkist. Though on a really hot day, 7Up.

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National-Childhood95@reddit

Quarter and a dime

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Dazzling-Pace-7134@reddit

Dr Pepper.

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Vesprlynd77@reddit

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spuldup@reddit

Where's my Cherikee Red at?

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critic2029@reddit

In 1987 it would have been Cherry Coke or Minute Made because I was collecting tabs.

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ailish@reddit

I do not remember a quarter. Maybe $.50. I don't know if it was that cheap even.

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Famous_Tumbleweed346@reddit

In the early 90s I can remember them being $0.35, so I assume they were $0.25 not long before that.

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Enxer@reddit

A machine like that was still 25¢.

If I spotted an A-treat machine I would be begging my parents for a quarter for the leamon-ade or cherry-ade drink.

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PrttyPussSoupp1@reddit

Sunkist

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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

I remember them being 50 cents from the vending machine but we rarely drank soda back then.

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Practical_Wind_1917@reddit

As a kid probably would have been Sunkist.

Side note. I miss the old ass machines like that or the ones that held bottles.

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SpilldaBeanz@reddit

Sunkist

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toneloc89@reddit

OG Sunkist hits waaay better than the new stuff!

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ScottClam42@reddit

Yeah, why the hell did they do that?? It was once the nectar of Gods, now its just fanta

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fyukhyu@reddit

On a hot day? You're damn right

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2plankerr@reddit

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Pale_Stock_261@reddit

So damn refreshing, ice cold out of the machine

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AnUdderDay@reddit

How much was a can of pop/soda/Coke from a machine in 1987?

Sunkist

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PIG20@reddit

No other answer.

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gerrysaint33@reddit

Legit was going to say this! Ha

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percypersimmon@reddit

The lemon Sunkist was my favorite. I don’t think it exists anymore.

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bassbeatsbanging@reddit

We always only drank diet. This machine is reminding how much luckier we are in the modern "zero" lines. Zero baja blast is happy juice.

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carryon4threedays@reddit

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Zeras_Darkwind@reddit

Yes, you sweet summer child!

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Wak3upHicks@reddit

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Donkey_kick1151@reddit

Kel loves orange soda!

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IkariYun@reddit

Is it true?

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Zeras_Darkwind@reddit

I do-ey do-ey ooh do!

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ElleAnn42@reddit

Absolutely! I disliked all sodas other than orange soda and root beer until I was a teenager.

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dbzmah@reddit

yep, that or 7up. cirtus soda for sure

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johnvalley86@reddit

Damn right

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octapodi@reddit

All the way.

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WendyPortledge@reddit

I honestly can’t remember, but our local grocery store still has a pop machine selling PC brand soda for 65¢!

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Next_Confidence_3654@reddit

I’m unplugging the machine to reboot it and getting a freebie.

A-TREAT vending machines…

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Area_6011@reddit

I always thought that was "Zup", rather than 7 Up.

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Shoboshi80@reddit

What? Are theu out of Tab?

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therealpopkiller@reddit

Doing the Dew

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Atworkwasalreadytake@reddit

The vending machine at my apartment complex has barqs for $0.50

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Sempophai@reddit

Where's the Tab?

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PlentyOfMoxie@reddit

Was '87 one of the years with the coca cola ads that had a roll of 100s slide up magically through the hole when you popped it? If so, then I would've gotten a coke. If not, Mtn Dew because I wanted to be a skater kid, even though mountain dew on a warm day was not refreshing.

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Neozx27@reddit

Mountain Dew....it comes in that short fat glass bottle with the label made of styrofoam.

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Eephusblue@reddit

Mountain Dew. We’d poke a hole in the top with a pen and shoot it into our throat while walking home along a highway with no sidewalk.

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otterbox313@reddit

I've paid as little as $0.20 for a can of Faygo... Funny thing is, I've seen it for $0.50 in the last 5 years.

Fuck I'm old.

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therempel@reddit

I want to say $0.35 in my part of Canada but it may have been as high as $0.50. By the time Walmart opened in my area in 1992 or so, prices had risen close to $1.00, but Walmart had a $0.50 machine and so everyone around town slowly followed suit.

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MaestroLogical@reddit

I remember the cola wars in the late 80's, early 90's.

For a while, the pepsi/coke machines at the local food giant were always in flux.

One week coke would be .50, pepsi would be .35. Next week both would be .35, then one would go back up to .50. Rinse and repeat that cycle over a period of years.

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Frosty-Buddy-1018@reddit

Sunkist

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Snerf42@reddit

I remember them still being 25 cents in the machine in my freshman dorm lobby in 1994.

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DrNeptune88@reddit

Sure it was 50cents in 88.

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Tpk08210@reddit

What no Tab?

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USAF_Retired2017@reddit

$.35

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Lord_Darlantan@reddit

Probably Dr Pepper. I wish I have one of the 1L bottles with the larger cap. That was prime 90s for me. With a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos. 🥰

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MrPlumbdaddy@reddit

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Zandor72@reddit

50 cents. You could get a dime back if you returned the empty can to a store (Michigan).

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iWORKBRiEFLY@reddit

I believe for me, it was $0.50 in my school's gym

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twolfhawk@reddit

.35 to .50 from what i remember

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DaHick@reddit

I generally stopped drinking soda by 87. But .25 I remember - I am sure I was in my first decade. Most of them would have worked. Back then I mostly a Pepsi guy. These days, Dr. Pepper or Gingerale - and that maybe once a year.

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_MuddyCreek_@reddit

I’m walking next door to the vending machine that has RC Cola

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Savedbythebell98@reddit

I’m pretty sure it was 50 cents for me around that time.

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silian_rail_gun@reddit

1987 maybe 50 cents? But if it was 1980, I aint payin no 50 cents for no Coke!

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WeekapaugGroov@reddit

Dew

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bangobot46@reddit

I only remember the early 90s. Coke & Pepsi cans were 35¢ in the vending machines and Vess was 25¢. But Aldi had cans for around 10¢. I can't remember which brand.

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Ultimate-Flexionator@reddit

diet coke. sugar equals dry mouth!

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Think-Cry-5284@reddit

Soda? We're not getting soda. Money doesn't grow on trees.

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Brewtown@reddit

Find one that has Slice in it

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aliencardboard@reddit

Probably Sunkist back then.

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testmonkeyalpha@reddit

I recall Venture having vending machines for less than 25¢ around that time.

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mrvis@reddit

My mom worked at a school. I remember in the teachers break room, they had a soda bottle machine. Glass, baby. The way that bottle would sweat in the summer? Whoo-ee.

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muddycurve424@reddit

Pepsi

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teriKatty@reddit

Somewhere between a quarter and 50 cents.

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ama223@reddit

True story - we had a soda machine growing up. My dad collected arcade games and pinball machines we had a badass house.

So my answer is - Free!

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dembowthennow@reddit

Sunkist forever!

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Purfectenschlag@reddit

You could find it for a quarter but it depended where. At K-Mart? Yes. At the new mall in the city? No.

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Alarmed_Drop7162@reddit

I’m praying for the catchers mask from maximum overdrive

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trainwreckhappening@reddit

My family ran a business in a tourist town during the summers. I would have pocketed the quarter and used the key to open up the machine and either choose Pepsi or Sunkist, depending on my mood that day. My chore as the youngest was to get everyone's soda of choice for dinner each night. Which is wild looking back on it.

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GivesYouGrief@reddit

I remember in the mid 90s at vending machines in front of our local Wal-Mart, Coke products were 50¢ a can but the Sam's Choice colas in the adjacent machine were only 25¢

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drworm555@reddit

We had a machine at our local ice rink that was famous for if you put in a quarter and hit Coke 3 times and then the Diet Coke button, it would spit out 3 orange sodas. I have no idea how this happened, but we got a lot of a free orange soda from that bad boy.

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AncientHorror3034@reddit

As a kid, Sunkist or Dr. Pepper, Maybe Mountain Dew if the others are shot. As an adult, coke.

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Negative-Wrap95@reddit

50 cents

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Artistic-Scallion-45@reddit

Coke

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MitchMcConnellsJowls@reddit

25 cents at my parents gas station and most machines I can remember. Didn't go to 50 until early 90s

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fatkidscandystore@reddit

My company had 35 cent cokes in a machine until a few years ago when Coke wouldn’t let us charge that anymore even if we paid the difference, so I just had them take the machine out.

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MasterPhilip@reddit

RC Cola was still 25c. I think name brand pop was either 35c or 50c. I can't remember because I always bought RC so I could save some change for candy.

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Stnrken@reddit

Dr. Pepper cause IDK3 be in a can.

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nofolo@reddit

This much

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SplakyD@reddit

7Up

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simonisamessyboy@reddit

Coke or sunkist

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Edgarmustavas@reddit

I'm picking through my pockets for more money, it sounds like.

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Miami_Mice2087@reddit

i had a tshirt attesting that i indeed was a pepper too

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MisRandomness@reddit

50 cents

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VintageLover79@reddit

I remember 75 cents

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stickclacker@reddit

Do the dew

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Thamnophis660@reddit

50¢ IIRC

As a kid I was crazy for Dr. Pepper. Would have gotten a YooHoo over that if it was available though.

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NegativeBeginning400@reddit

Agree with the 50c, my father had a bottle coke machine in his office and they only charged 25c and I remember liking it because it was cheap.

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RangerFan80@reddit

I distinctly remember going to Six Flags when I was a kid and seeing a soda machine where they were $1 each and thought it was crazy!

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nr1988@reddit

Wanna guess what they cost from the soda machines there now?

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catdogfox@reddit

$9 for a 20 oz

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drwebb@reddit

It's not a $9 soda, it's a $9 experience!

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VoidOmatic@reddit

Yup, it was like being insulted. You could get a 6 pack for 1.05.

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Thamnophis660@reddit

"Now the important part was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time..."

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muhredditone@reddit

Yeah, normal price was 0.50, then would go on sale for 0.25. Shasta was always 0.25 or 0.35.

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D37-1982@reddit

I don't think I have yoohoo in a vending machine in my area

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whistleridge@reddit

In order:

Dr. Pepper
Coke
Mountain Dew
7Up
Sunkist or Pepsi
save my money

I’m far from the only one. This is why Pepsi began to refuse to let their product be sold alongside Coke.

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marbotty@reddit

Switch 7Up with Mountain Dew and you got a winner

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-piso_mojado-@reddit

I was always and still am a Pepsi guy. Maybe it was a rebellion thing. There was a coke bottling plant in one of the cities I grew up in.

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Skylineviewz@reddit

I don’t think I’ve had Dr Pepper in 30 years. Ima need to grab one now

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j7style@reddit

Wtf? Are you me?

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IanDetroit@reddit

I thought this too, it was absolutely $.50 anywhere I was at in Michigan.

I was a Coke guy.

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Chilasono@reddit

I concur on the Yoohoo

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Shugoseru@reddit

As an adult I realized Yoohoo is a great mixer. My personal favorite is Yoohoo, coconut rum and amaretto. Tastes like an almond joy

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Chilasono@reddit

I wouldnt like that but if I remove the rum and splash some vodka, we're adjacent to White Russian territory so maybe I should try that combo

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APOC_V@reddit

Yoo Hoo was good but if you found a machine with Chocolate Cow, like the garage at my granddads workplace had, it was the best!

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ptindaho@reddit

Was going to say the same (Bay Area vending machines are my reference).

Mtn Dew for me, but back in 87, I woukd have gone Coke or Grape or Strawberry Welches!

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BeenisHat@reddit

.25 sounds about right to me. I'll take a Mountain Dew, mostly because my mom didn't like me drinking that much sugar and caffeine.

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Tyenkrovy@reddit

What, no Mug or Barq's root beer?

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slaty_balls@reddit

.40

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PiginthePen@reddit

DP baby.. if that’s out, the orange soda

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roadkillmenagerie@reddit

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Take to a time where coke and pepsi exist in the same machines and soda fountains

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Nofooling@reddit

I remember .35 for a while before they bumped up to .50 around 1990 (elementary school, machine in cafeteria).

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tfaboo@reddit

This is why kids today can't count $$. If you know you need 2 quarters for a soda, it helps you add coins. Things are just too damn expensive now.

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Sunshineal@reddit

Dr pepper

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mojo4394@reddit

Sunkist. And I knew where to get a can for a quarter.

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TheBamaChad@reddit

Pepsi. Always Pepsi

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wheelsonhell@reddit

Sunkist

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ScottyDont1134@reddit

A quarter?

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No-Tax-209@reddit

Dr. P, baby!

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mastergodai@reddit

Sunkist because I love Orange Soda

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sed2017@reddit

.25… what a time to be alive

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Sufficient-Quote-431@reddit

You’re not getting shit because of soda cost $.50 and 87

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afrybreadriot@reddit

Someone’s garden hose or a drinking fountain is what I’m gonna have to choose if I only got a quarter back then 🤷🏽

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stargarnet79@reddit

Haha definitely Sunkist.

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brianwhite12@reddit

More than a quarter of

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k41n_x@reddit

Where's my damn RC cola!?

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HighSeasArchivist@reddit

Dew for life.

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NoLimitHonky@reddit

Mountain Dew

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Fantastic-Regular614@reddit

Grape Slice was like a quarter. Remember pounding one at age 5 😂

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Sofagirrl79@reddit

They brought back Slice but now it's an over 3 dollar can each with "probiotics" and supposedly healthy ,not at all like the Slice we remember from the past

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Fantastic-Regular614@reddit

At least there is still Kool-Aid lol

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Sofagirrl79@reddit

True 😊

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mmmBac0n_the_first@reddit

87 definitely a quarter. Still quarter into the 90’s. Central Florida

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cbih@reddit

Coke Classic every time

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alberthere@reddit

Nothing. I’m using that quarter to play a game. There’s already Tang in the pitcher waiting for me.

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lowteq@reddit

My quarter and dime would be spent 100% on Dr. Pepper. Still to this day. I'm a Pepper!

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sunnyfordays22@reddit

.50 is what i remember from those machines

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MelinaSeeDee@reddit

Mountain Dew.

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nin4nin@reddit

None of these. Canada Dry cranberry ginger ale

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jwnight55@reddit

Pepsi

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NoIncrease299@reddit

As a NC native, I always went for Sun Drop.

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Sofagirrl79@reddit

No Cheerwine? Did you just not care for it or it wasn't available in vending machines? I grew up in the Chicago suburbs and never heard of it or tried it till I was 20

When I tried it it was like "where have you been all my life"? 😆

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NoIncrease299@reddit

Nah, never really cared for it! Blasphemy back home, I know.

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Sofagirrl79@reddit

To each their own 😆 But it's cool,more for the people who like it

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gorilla-ointment@reddit

Wisconsin here. Me as well

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Sofagirrl79@reddit

First time I had Sundrop was in Wisconsin, wasn't sold in Illinois that I know of when I was growing up

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aversboyeeee@reddit

I’m getting a friend to tip the machine forward a bit and not paying a thing. Ghetto kid hack

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muhredditone@reddit

I mean, we have all the same choices available today, and I picked a 7-Up because it was so hot outside. Yum.

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So_HauserAspen@reddit

fifty cents

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Chilasono@reddit

Back then, 7up

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rootbeer277@reddit

If it was 4-5 years earlier I’d have agreed with you, but the switch to high fructose corn syrup ruined 7up and Sprite for me. If I can find them in cane sugar I’ll still get one from time to time, so crisp and refreshing.

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Chilasono@reddit

I used to make Peanut Butter and Karo syrup sandwiches at that point in time as well, so I unfortunately cant relate.

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Sofagirrl79@reddit

Corn syrup has been used for at least a 100 years in candy making applications cause it can do somethings regular sugar can't but it wasn't till about 70,80s they started to add it to sodas and sugary drinks

Not trying to sound like a shill for the corn syrup industry lol but is has it places in some food applications

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Chilasono@reddit

No issues here. I dont look to avoid it specifically. I no longer eat Karo syrup like its a PBJ but I have no qualms with it

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Sofagirrl79@reddit

For sure,when I make pancakes on occasion I melt log cabin syrup and peanut butter together and top my pancakes with it,no need for butter as it's rich enough and a food version of a sleeping pill

I don't know how I was a normal weight kid when my mom would feed me and sibling this but there's a reason I had to go outside and play at least a few hours a day lol

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fuelvolts@reddit

Yeah you need those good CFCs to get the can so cold.

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Chilasono@reddit

Ahh yes, the ozone layer crisis

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RKsu99@reddit

One of my earliest memories was getting a bottle of Sunkist out of one of those pull-it-out machines when I was like 3. No idea how much it cost, but Mom was rewarding me for having to be at day care I guess.

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johnnyclash42@reddit

Sunkist every time, and it was $0.25

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johnnyclash42@reddit

$0.25 is what I remember

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DHammer79@reddit

Canadian here. Can't specifically remember what it was in 1987. I dont recall it every being $0.25, though.

I'd be picking Dr. Pepper or 7up.

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gonzagylot00@reddit

A Dr. Pepper sounds pretty good right now.

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gizmobuddy@reddit

Make 7up yours

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BlackestHerring@reddit

35-50 cents. Walmart had their brand of pop for 25 cents for a long time after

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KW5625@reddit

.25

7UP

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Professional_Scale66@reddit

Save up another quarter for a pack of camel straights!

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kingmobisinvisible@reddit

Oh wow. I might be a little younger (1982) than you. I remember my first pack of Marlboro reds in 1996 or 97 cost $2.40 which still seems insanely cheap nowadays. I quit smoking 20 years ago anyhow.

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Sofagirrl79@reddit

I bought my first pack of cigs in 1995 for about 1.50 (Marlboro menthols) sometimes cheaper at other places but I was only 15 and only one place in town didn't card me so I had to go there lol

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QuietProfessional0@reddit

mtn fuckin dew, they put that shit in baby bottles where i grew up

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Stardusk_89@reddit

Where is Rondo?

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Colossus-of-Roads@reddit

80c and I'll have a Fruita, thanks!

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Seven19td@reddit

$.35 I remember very well

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johndenverwasfullof@reddit

That was always the good deal machine at Walmart

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flatulating_ninja@reddit

I'd want the Dr Pepper for .35 but I'd usually get the Dr Thunder from the machine next to it for .25.

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Sofagirrl79@reddit

I think the Dr Thunder tastes just as good as Dr Pepper,the regular Sam's club soda though kinda stinks compared to Coke or Pepsi lol

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UnderH20giraffe@reddit

Quartet is def correct. Dime some places. Think people might be remembering the nineties with all this 50 cents shit.

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stellarduchess@reddit

Sunkist!!

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MontyRapid@reddit

No love for the Dew? That was my go to hot summer day pop. Typically soda isn't a good choice on a hot summer day however.

50 cents is what I remember for price at that time

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Eaglepursuit@reddit

I was only 5 in 1987, but a few years later there was a vending machine at the public pool that had Big Red, a cinnamon-flavored soda. Loved that stuff. I think it was $0.45 a can.

My mom would give me four quarters every week day to buy one for my brother and myself. Every fourth or fifth day, I had enough nickels to buy myself a second one.

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Piccoroz@reddit

Dr pepper

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faulternative@reddit

Did anyone ever find the mythical button combo that would magically release a free can?

We all knew someone who knew someone who had the secret "test mode" combo, but no one ever actually succeeded 😂

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Sofagirrl79@reddit

In 1987? About 25-35 cents where I grew up in the Chicago suburbs and anything that wasn't diet was fair game lol

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limelight022@reddit

In 1987 they would all have real sugar besides Diet Pepsi and Diet Coke, so any!

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screamingcatfish@reddit

Flipping the quarter for Mt Dew or Sunkist

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thebiglerm@reddit

87 its orange crush

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TamarindSweets@reddit

Dr Pepper

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K_Russell_B_W@reddit

8 year old me Sunkist. 48 year old me: Coke

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penguindik@reddit

In Texas it was 35 cents in 87. Made its way to 50 around 1994

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elgarraz@reddit

I think around $0.50 for a can. I remember them going up to .75 and bottles were a dollar when I was in high school.

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-Andar-@reddit

If I’m in a town where the selection looks like this, Sunkist all day. Small town hardware store vending machines hit different.

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ParkingVanilla3202@reddit

Slice

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Ralinor@reddit

Pepsi

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Southern-One-1837@reddit

Definitely Sunkist for 50 cents

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No-Employment6540@reddit

Do the Dew

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thirddownloud@reddit

Sunkist, wish they had grape though. The Save A Lot store here has one of those machines, its 1.00 for a can and they have both grape and orange. Theyre so good and cold on a hot day.

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thagrrrl79@reddit

Assuming they're glass bottles, Mt Dew.

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PermuhGrin@reddit

50 cents. All I wanted was a pepsi

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mikemclovin@reddit

25¢ and you’re always trying to spell PEPSI but good luck finding the I

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problyurdad_@reddit

I’m drawing a blank honestly. I think it was a quarter or less?

My brother and I used to go to the local pool with $2 and it cost 75 cents to get in, and then we had enough for a bag of chips and a soda when it was “clear out to make sure no one’s dead breaktime.” Chips were 50 cents and soda was a quarter I’m 99% sure.

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Tsunamiis@reddit

The brand names were 60-75 cents the store brands were often a quarter. Honestly if it said 1980 or even early eighties I’d have said otherwise

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Primary-Strawberry-5@reddit

It was already 2 quarters by then

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DreamsAndSchemes@reddit

Dr Pepper or 7UP but I grew up near their headquarters so it was kind of ingrained

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OneJarOfPeanutButter@reddit

1987, at five years old, definitely Sunkist. Money meant nothing to me then. I do remember getting cans in the mid-90s for 50c, so I can’t imagine it was half that less than ten years earlier

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SB4_Camaro@reddit

Sunkist

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WodensEye@reddit

I feel 50, but I’m also Canadian.

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Nwcray@reddit

In the ‘80’s? Mountain Dew all the way. Not even a contest.

Unless they had some of that amazing ‘80’s Gatorade that came in a glass bottle. THAT was a great drink.

Now I guess I’d probably choose the Sunkist.

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FalconGK81@reddit

0.25

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thelaceserpent@reddit

Pepsi bc I had no taste as a child

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Capta1n_ACAB@reddit

Depends on where. 50c was pretty standard but it was 35c at the college so we'd ride our bikes there. K-Mart and Safeway house brands 25c. There are still machines that do name brands outside of bottling plants for 25c to this day. Always stop when I drive by.

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iDoNotHaveAnIQ@reddit

25 cent for generic clone.

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NHmountain-man@reddit

I think it was 50 cents in my area back then.

As for my choice back then - probably the Sunkist

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Next_Goose9506@reddit

It was .50 to .75 cents in the 80’s

.25 cents sounds like the 1960’s

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burnitdwn@reddit

Grape Sunkist if they had it, otherwise, the orange pop.

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LifePedalEnjoyer@reddit

NuGrape and Grapico were the grape sodas available in my region. I got in trouble for killing a Grapico too fast, once.

I'd kill for Grapico right now, even though I shouldn't be drinking it for health reasons.

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fuelvolts@reddit

We had Welch's Grape where I grew up. I don't think I've had a grape soda since I was a kid.

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burnitdwn@reddit

Used to drink the "jolly good" grape pop like crazy when we would visit grandma in Wisconsin.

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brkeju58@reddit

You gots go with the Sunkist, chug it down and burn (I mean quench your throat)

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DrMasterBlaster@reddit

Remember when you wanted to drink like a king so you splurged for a 75-cent bottle of soda?

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burrito_magic@reddit

Dr Pepper

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Petunia_pig@reddit

No tab?

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sgtsausagepants@reddit

As a kid I would have gone for the orange. As an adult, the Coke or the Dr. Pepper.

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mewikime@reddit

I grew up in the UK, so not dollars and cents, but I remember a can costing 30p around that time. I used to go to the local swimming baths with cubs and mum or dad would give me 50p for after. 30p for a pop and 20p for a mars bar

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wyc1inc@reddit

Kinda surprised by the .50 answers. Prob cause I lived in a rural area, but in '87 I remember .25 clearly. I don't recall .50 until the early 90s.

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Jestris@reddit

The soda and the snack vending machines in the hall at my high school (through ‘95, anyway) were both $0.50.

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rajkaos@reddit

It was 50 cents or some scrapes on your forearm if there weren’t any adults around to catch you. At the time, I probably would have chosen Hires Root Beer. I miss that brand a lot sometimes.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Usually Pepsi, but 7up was good back then. Sunkist is the only one still tolerable.

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Acceptable_Result488@reddit

7 or Sun, those just hit different in the summertime

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bgva@reddit

I remember it being 50 cents well into the late-90s.

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kurtsdead6794@reddit

In 1987 I’m getting a Sunkist. In 1992 it’s Mt. Dew.

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Devium44@reddit

Fresca

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mobtown_misanthrope@reddit

I'm getting a .50¢ Dr. Pepper.

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TragicHedgehog@reddit

If I recall, 50¢. I think I remember Barqs was cheaper for a bit, but I am pretty sure it was 50¢. Having said that, I lived in housing projects in Mt. Vernon, Ohio in 1987 and very very rarely ever got to use the vending machine.

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Danktizzle@reddit

Sunkist orange. Come on.

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cptjaydvm@reddit

Sunkist is the only answer

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beerdeer101@reddit

Walking home from 6th grade I’d spend 60 cents for a soda and 40 cents for a candy bar

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omni42@reddit

Ah, the local RC machine had .25 cent cans until the 90s

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Merzbenzmike@reddit

My grandfathers motel had a machine that sold Coke for .15 cents. And you could return/leave the bottle for .05.

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kid_entropy@reddit

Anyone else remember the glass soda bottles with the thin foam labels?

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autumnshyne@reddit

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L00fah@reddit

We all know the right answer.

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Mr_A_Rye@reddit

I don't see the blue label Diet Dr Pepper, this machine isn't old enough for me.

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Spokn@reddit

RC Cola!

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ChevalCher@reddit

Back then, Sunkist. Loved anything and everything orange flavored. Nowadays, it's Sprite. Lemon-lime makes my world go 'round. 😋

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brak-0666@reddit

Coke is it.

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More-Soil7455@reddit

$.25 in central Florida

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johnnycat75@reddit

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Checked_Out_6@reddit

I sit down criss cross applesauce and pout because there is no Dad’s root beer in that machine.

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Vehlin@reddit

87 would have been 25p. Which would have been about 38c

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KittehKittehKat@reddit

Special trick I always did:

Take a stick or something and drag it under the machine. People always lost quarters and would just leave em.

I used to ride my bike to all the Coke machines just to do this.

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Crocswereinthebox@reddit

Usually $0.50 but if it was a store brand soda then it might be less. Maybe a quarter

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Kellzy1212@reddit

.50, but some were .35 if they were cheap ones.

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knowone1313@reddit

Pepsi and coke in the same machine?

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CarbonatedBrainSauce@reddit

There was a vending machine outside of my local grocery store that had store-brand sodas for 25¢.

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conehead2019@reddit

Remember when they didn't have HFCS and how good they tasted?

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Workamania@reddit

Probably 7up because Coke was plentiful at home. I didn't drink diet as a kid. Dr. Pepper is meh for me. The other option I saw a lot was A&W Root Beer or Mug. That's worthwhile.

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ThresholdSeven@reddit

An arcade game and a water fountain

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hansrotec@reddit

In 87 I did not know the joys of dew so probably coke.

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RanklesTheOtter@reddit

This machine Sunkist. Though later in the 90s, it was Jolt all the way.

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toomuchtv987@reddit

Dr. Pepper or 7-Up. And by the way, 7-Up is FARRRRRRR superior to Sprite. By leaps and bounds.

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kingmobisinvisible@reddit

Old 7-Up definitely. It was drier and more crisp than Sprite which always seemed really syrupy and overly sweet to me. But it seems like they’ve messed with 7-Up so much over the years trying to compete that I don’t even know what it’s like now.

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cashews_clay15@reddit

Fightin words

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toomuchtv987@reddit

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cashews_clay15@reddit

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toomuchtv987@reddit

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bowleggedgrump@reddit

Sunkist bb

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sleepy_unicorn40@reddit

I was only allowed soda without caffeine as a kid, thanks religious cult, so I would have chosen a 7up.

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CROBBY2@reddit

At that age, its Sunkist or Dr Pepper all day.

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joshuastar@reddit

25¢.

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Alijony@reddit

I remember buying small cans of V8 juice at the local park for $0.35 back in the early 90s, but I normally recall $0.50 was the majority.

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KCRoyalsFan402@reddit

.40-.55 and mt dew, without a doubt

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Champ_5@reddit

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Silentlaughter84@reddit

Maybe it just depends on where you live. A lot of vending machines had 25 cent sodas where I live, maybe 35 at the highest.

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TeeHack@reddit

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busa89@reddit

That Sunkist smacked on a hot day.

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nameless_0@reddit

Dr. Pepper, it still brings back memories whenever I drink one. My family just moved back to the US from Germany in 87'. We moved to California and stayed in a motel while my parents looked for a house and jobs. I stayed at the motel alone during the day and taught myself to swim over the summer break. My mom always left me $2 to get a snack for the vending machine and I always got Dr. Pepper since I never had one in Germany. My dad still tells people the story of how I taught myself to swim.

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kermitcooper@reddit

Cherry Coke

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C1sko@reddit

7up

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BradleyBowels@reddit

If summer and hot

7up
Sunkist
Dew

If its an average day not too warm
Dr Pep
Coke
Pepsi

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Repulsive_Tie_7941@reddit

As a child in 87, orange. Cola was too bitter for me.

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birchblonde@reddit

The branding has changed so much over the years, it’s so nice to see this classic styling again

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SarraSimFan@reddit

There was a Fry's Electronics in Tualatin, OR, that sold cans of soda for $0.35 up until the mid 2000's

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Such_Butterscotch425@reddit

RK cola or Nehi

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Sure_Artichoke_3662@reddit

I used to be able to reach up inside the machine and pull a soda down for free.99

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NavierIsStoked@reddit

Sunkist

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Pineapple_Towel@reddit

50 to 75.

Some places like little league feilds and other places that were less savvy or more kid oriented had 25 sodas. Sometimes places that had soda as a loss leader for people buying food.

25 cent sodas in generic brands were at grocery stores all over. Not too many generic bottlers left at all.

Weird places like professional office buildings and such had 35 and 45 cent sodas. A few places it was 40 cents, like at the high school, which was a stupid price. I think they did that on purpose to pocket 10 cents as no change was given.

Very few machines had bill acceptors then.

I loved soda.

I'd get 7up because it's great and I had Coca Cola at home.

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ChristyLovesGuitars@reddit

In central Ohio in the early-mid 90s, it was .40¢. I don’t remember buying soda in the late 8s.

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nwillyerd@reddit

It was either a quarter or .50

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cheffartsonurfood@reddit

A friend of mine always used to ask "You got 45 cents? I got a nickel and want to get a pop."

If you are gonna bum why not just ask for the whole 50?

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LeftHandStir@reddit

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pfizerdiamonds@reddit

Sunkist would be my choice.

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Patrizio_Argento@reddit

Nothing, cuz a can was 50 cents then

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Crash217@reddit

Was always 50cents when I was growing up. I remember changing machines over to 75 cents at some point though.

My buddies dad had a vending machine company. My buddy and I spent a few summers being driven around to fill up the machines while his drank beers in the truck.

The summer of Pepsi points was wild. We had multiples of just about everything in the catalog.

The summer of the Pepsi

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vassardavis@reddit

pretty sure it was $.50 back then so I;m bumming one more quarter

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ridinbend@reddit

In high school 3 warm cookies (breakfast) were $1, a cheese quesadilla (lunch)was $1 and a 16oz cherry Pepsi was $1.

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korar67@reddit

25¢ then 50¢ then 75¢. God only knows how much now.

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ominous_squirrel@reddit

60¢ was common for a long time in Oregon

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Rob_Bligidy@reddit

Fitty Cent

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texan01@reddit

50 cents

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Mouler@reddit

In the early ninetys soda was getting "expensive" at the grocery store, so we waited until they had the monthly sale on 12 packs for 3 for $5. We drank a lot a Squirt and Dr. Pepper

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VoidOmatic@reddit

It was 25 cents and then changed to 50 cents. And God I can hear that machine and feel the plastic buttons.

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goat_penis_souffle@reddit

One button was usually a gigantic panel

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VoidOmatic@reddit

Yup about as long as an index finger and as tall as a pinky.

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phalse21@reddit

$0.50, Mountain Dew or Sunkist

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goat_penis_souffle@reddit

Ramblin Root Beer!

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SouthRiver1234@reddit

I lived across the street from a grocery store. pepsi/coke was 35¢ and faygo was 25¢ out of the machines up until about 1995 in rural Illinois

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Federal_Cookie@reddit

Pepsi, because Michael Jackson drank it!

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DrVanderjuice@reddit

80s summers belonged to Sunkist. Full stop. It’s right there in the Good vibrations ads.

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Mouler@reddit

Two cans for a dollar in most places. $0.45 or $0.50

It was horrendously disappointing in the auto repair shop in town that they charged $0.65

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Common_Juggernaut724@reddit

In 1987, I'm picking the Coke, and it only costs a quarter. But today, I'd head straight for the water fountain and save the two dollars or whatever obscene price they're charging.

I gave up soft drinks years ago

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Retro_Hoard@reddit

where is Tahiti treat

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Forest_of_Cheem@reddit

I had to scroll way to long to find this comment! This is what I want to know, where’s the Tahitian Treat? That’s what I’m getting on a hot summer day in the 80s.

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Retro_Hoard@reddit

Tahitian, right.

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The_Next_Wild_GM@reddit

$.45 or $.50

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Willing_Crazy699@reddit

Diet Pepsi

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menunu@reddit

No Sprite? Sunkist.

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haux44@reddit

where i lived, it was under $.50. Anyway, i would have picked Crush probably

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Steel1000@reddit

Squirt.

The answer is squirt. Fuck 7up - that shot is for when you’re sick.

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sheepsies@reddit

+1 fifty cents. Longs Drugs had a dispenser machine (syrup + carbonated water + ice) for a quarter.

sometimes if you mash those buttons after you put in your coins, you could get 2 cans

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sunshinefloors1980@reddit

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wmubronco03@reddit

87? I would have been 8 years old, so probably orange pop or Dr. Pepper.

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ratpH1nk@reddit

Dr. Pepper everytime!

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Done_With_That_One@reddit

I can get a can of (generic) soda for 50 cents out of the machine at my local Winco currently. I imagine there were vending machines out there that were rocking name brand sodas for 25 cents in places in '87, but were they the rule or the exception?

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ArcadeKingpin@reddit

I’d be 5 so orange soda if Mello Yello wasn’t accessible

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Plumeria9798@reddit

This exact machine shot me back in time to the pool at my grandma’s condo. But I don’t remember what soda cost up until high school because I remember the fancy new bottle machines were 75 cents and it felt expensive so I’m going to agree with those who said 35-50 cents in the late 80s.

Also, once I put 75 cents in that bottle machine and two sodas came out. I probably spent all of my lottery luck that day. 😂

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ChampOfTheUniverse@reddit

Man I remember getting a can of Coke and a candy bar for a buck even back in the day.

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ErictheStone@reddit

Sunkist. The taste of nostalgia!

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QSlade@reddit

None of the above. I’m built different 🐈‍⬛

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Congregator@reddit

Standard price of a can of soda or candy bar was .50 cents, and this was even into the 90’s

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JustChillFFS@reddit

Free, putting your hand up and dragging one down.

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Hour-Personality-734@reddit

.25 or .50 cents.

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Ok_Ball_788@reddit

I think a 12-pack of soda then was like $1.99

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Otownery@reddit

My memory is probably closer to 1990 but it was $0.50 for Coke or Pepsi. RC was $0.35.

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Ronthelodger@reddit

Nestea or Dr Pepper

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grover1233@reddit

Sunkist and $0.25 or $0.50 a can.

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FelixMcGill@reddit

It was 50 cents on the machine at my grandpa's shop. I was always getting a Barq's Root Beer or Mellow Yellow.

It was basically a 4 o clock ritual to open the cash register, take two quarters and get one. Bonus points if there was any watermelon to eat, too.

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flatulating_ninja@reddit

35¢ is the lowest I remember. The Walmart had a machine with their branded sodas that was 25¢.

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ParticularBed6338@reddit

We didn’t need money for the machine behind Drug Mart. If you put your back up to it and grab where the cans came out you could rock it back and forth until something fell out. It was basically Russian Roulette for what you got but we were usually rolling six of us on our bmx bikes so everyone had their favorite. When it was hot in the summer I didn’t care what the hell fell out of that machine.

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fraghead5@reddit

In 1987, a Sunkist. Today a DC

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rolL_uP_one_more@reddit

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picknwiggle@reddit

It had to be at least 50¢ on most of the machines in wa. Safeway select was a qtr until the late 90s though

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willie4849@reddit

Coke classic

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catjuggler@reddit

I like how water isn’t (wasn’t) even an option lol

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iputitthere@reddit

In 87 this was still 50 cents.

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fatbuddha66@reddit

If my mom was nearby, Sunkist or 7Up. If I was by myself, Mt Dew all the way.

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Thisisgotham@reddit

These machines you could just reach up inside and pull a can out. Used to do that all the time one summer.

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Adopteddaughtermargo@reddit

$0.50 a can from what I remember in the late 80’s/90’s. I do remember there was a grocery store that had a machine with store brand sodas for $0.25

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MainlineX@reddit

They were a dime at multiple places around me, but quarter was common too

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junto80@reddit

$0.50 for sure. But I do remember when Sam’s Club came to our town, they had a soda machine out front that sold generic 12oz cans for $0.25.

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kolemsai@reddit

I've always been a Mountain Dew guy.

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Accurate_Comedian526@reddit

I happened to work as a helper on a Pepsi delivery truck that year for my summer job. We serviced all of the machines on our route.

The only $0.25 machines were in employee break rooms and similar non-public areas. There were some that were 35-40 cents, but almost all were 50 cents.

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NPC261939@reddit

$.50 for a can of Cherry Coke was a regular occurrence when I was a kid.

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PeaceJoy4EVER@reddit

Mountain Dew! What a rush!

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fuelvolts@reddit

Sodas were 50 cents for as long as I can remember, even in the late 80s.

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KitchenBomber@reddit

Was 50 cents minimum for brand name pop. But seeing the store brand machines selling Dr Lightning and others for a quarter was a game changer when they first showed up.

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whyisthislife87@reddit

Soon I was born in 1987 and I remember going to Kmart and grocery stores and soda being .35 for offbrand never more than .75 for name brand in the mid to late 90s.

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therobotscott@reddit

Back in '87 in probably would have had to share with my brothers. And since I had two brothers older than me (and the eldest refused to drink cola) it was either Mountsin Dew or Sunkist. If it was my own choice it would be Pepsi, Mountain Dew, or Sunkist.

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salsanacho@reddit

50c

I remember when Pepsi was doing that Pepsi Challenge in the 80's and you could tell which one was which just by the bubbles. I'd always choose coke just to see their reaction.

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Skywren7@reddit

Ah,1987. When my mom would give me my allowance. I would ride my bike to the gas station, buy a nestle crunch and a Sunkist. Then blow the rest of the cash on Garbage Pail Kid cards.

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Legitimate-Term2310@reddit

Sunkist would be the easy choice.

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lvsnowden@reddit

In 1987, a can of Coke, Pepsi, or other popular soda from a vending machine typically cost $0.50. Some older mechanical or off-brand machines still sold cans for 25-35 cents, but 50 cents was the standard going rate across most of the United States.

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Excellent_Release961@reddit

This is like the 20th "there is a debate over here about X, what do you think?" post Ive seen in the last two days.

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SmokedPapfreaka@reddit

I don’t know what I paid in 87 but by 94 I was shelling out 50 cents per can, and we had a machine right in the girl’s locker room.

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Fr0stbite37@reddit

My friends machine at his apt laundry center had Hires root beer. They shit slapped

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RayErwin@reddit

Squirt

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BlacksmithThink9494@reddit

Dr P, babay

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nottodaysatan317@reddit

Dew

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MassiveMeatHammer@reddit

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Cherrubim@reddit

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absentlyric@reddit

Mt. Dew, 7up, or Sunkist depending on the mood.

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MartyK3000@reddit

The elementary school gym I had basketball practice in had a soda machine and it was priced at $0.50 for awhile…They raised it to 0.60 at some point and people were mad you could get 2 for a dollar.

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Realistic-Western242@reddit

Dr. Pepper!

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Adept-Target5407@reddit

None. Pretty sure your goanna need another quarter.

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Honest_Satisfaction6@reddit

Which everone had the card printed in the inside of the can. I just remember looking in the cans to see if it was a face card.

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jimkurth81@reddit

that's a tough one.... 87' Coca cola classic was the bomb. Mountain Dew, I don't think had such a good flavor until the mid-90s. Pepsi really re-established a great taste in '90. Sunkist was spot on good, so was Orange Crush, so that's tough. I'd say Coca Cola Classic.

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Turbulent_Tale6497@reddit

I'm choosing Mountain Dew in 1987, because I think it's made with sugar, not corn syrup

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bentripin@reddit

My sams club sells chilled water bottles for $0.25 out of a vending machine.. I go in often after getting fuel to grab one or two..

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Ok_Translator5136@reddit

Mtn Dew!

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Impressive-Refuse954@reddit

I was all in on Coca Cola back then but can't remember the last time I drank any of these.

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Independent-Scale564@reddit

Sunkist or Coke, dawg.

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MoonlitBlossoms@reddit

Same. Unless Cherry Coke was available.

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Itsnotbabyyoda389@reddit

.50 and I’m getting 7up. Crisp, clean and no caffeine.

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Lawwife78@reddit

A quarter sounds about right, but I don’t remember.

And it was always Mountain Dew or Pepsi.

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Balthierlives@reddit

I haven’t had soda in decades

But as a kid dr pepper was always kind of special to me for some reason.

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leroythered@reddit

There was a coke bottling facility near me growing up and they had an outside vending machine that they'd put their scratch/dent cans in for 10¢.

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Responsible-Maybe289@reddit

USD 0.50

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vitaoptima@reddit

In 1987, Coke.

Today, Dr. Pepper.

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CaptPotter47@reddit

I always remember them being $0.50 up until about 2022 and then it’s general $0.75 or $1

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cashews_clay15@reddit

The only place I remember getting drinks out of a vending machine was in the laundry room at the pool, it was a quarter

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Revolutionary_Gas551@reddit

Dr. Pepper. Drinking one now as a matter of fact, haha. I get mine in the glass bottles with real sugar, though. HFCS can f right off.

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guiltypleasures82@reddit

I think 50 cents

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Druidshift@reddit

50 cents in 1987, although you did find a few machines for a quarter.

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ViewAskewRob@reddit

.50 in Southern California. This janky ass machine doesn’t have MUG Root Beer. I’d keep walking….well, maybe I’ll have a Sunkist.

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Rahawk02@reddit

Was 35 cents at Pharmor and 10 cents for generic soda

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Ambitious_Toe_4357@reddit

No cherry 7-up? This place sucks.

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digital@reddit

Sunkist was it ☀️

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schenkzoola@reddit

$0.25

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seanisdown@reddit

50-75c

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aerovirus22@reddit

Earliest I remember is the early 90s, and 35 cents. Always Pepsi.

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I_like_flowers_@reddit

kid me, sunkist. time travel me, dr. pepper.

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jockotaco14@reddit

My uncle's service station had an old machine like that until like 1990 and the cans were all 25 cents.

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deekamus@reddit

Pepsi

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LilMushboom@reddit

35c - 50c depending on the machine

And give me that 7-up. Pour it over some vanilla ice cream and you're in for a good summer day

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mvillegas9@reddit

1992.. middle school. I took $1 to school every day and used .50 cents for a can of soda and .50 cents for a candy. Lunch of champions!

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jessm307@reddit

My earliest memory is $.50. When the closest town got a Walmart around ‘92, Sam’s cans were $.25 and name brands were $.50.

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cornered_beef@reddit

Mountain Dew or 7up, hell yes

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arlia11@reddit

Dad's old fashioned root beer 50¢

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Background_Thing_719@reddit

Since the question was posed as the setting being a 'Hot Sunny Day' the only acceptable answer is Sunkist

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Attic_Has_Finch@reddit

And then walking to the store a few years down the road to get 2 20oz plastic bottles for $1. And a lot of em had caps where could get a free soda.

Man the corpos really got us addicted to sugar huh?

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