A Fine Reason to Move to LA
There are some places in Utah with a good selection of soda, such as Liberty Heights Fresh, Pirate O’s, and there is a small soda shop in St. George that I discovered recently but can’t remember the name of. But there is nothing that I am aware of that is anything like Galcos Soda Pop Stop. Which reminds me that I need to order more Dublin Dr Pepper…
November 03, 2009 in Uncategorized | Comments (18)
Wow. I don’t even drink that much soda, but I want everything he carries.
Comment by Sam B. — November 4, 2009 @ 6:53 am
Come to L.A., John. I am also a fine reason to move to L.A. We’ll go there. It’s cool. I tried the cucumber soda. If you like cucumbers, it’s for you. We came home loaded up and tried a different rootbeer every day for about a month.
Comment by Brian G — November 4, 2009 @ 9:48 am
What a neat little documentary. I’ll be in LA this summer – I’m VERY tempted to check this place out!!
Comment by meems — November 4, 2009 @ 12:03 pm
I’ll be in LA next week but for less than 24 hours. Probaly not enough time to hit Galcos or Brian G.
Comment by a random John — November 4, 2009 @ 12:31 pm
Meems, how long will you be here? We need to meet up! We should all meet up at the Galco place, that’d be fun.
Comment by Susan M — November 4, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
I wouldn’t rule it out, John. It all depends where you’ll be in L.A., what airport you are flying in and out of, where you are going, etc.
Comment by Brian G. — November 4, 2009 @ 12:59 pm
Very cool film.
Comment by The Brit — November 4, 2009 @ 6:33 pm
That is really an amazing video/interview. I just loved it.
I wonder how many types of grape soda he has in there. Because I’d like to try one of each.
Comment by danithew — November 5, 2009 @ 5:06 pm
I’m thinking maybe I’ll just buy extended family crazy soda pop for Christmas.
Comment by Susan M — November 5, 2009 @ 5:37 pm
Frankly, there are some very wierd sodas in that shop with very wierd ingredients. Stuff claiming to be love potions, etc. Stuff you know was bottled in someone’s backyard. It’s an adventure taking that first sip of some odd bottle you picked out there, believe me.
Comment by Brian G. — November 5, 2009 @ 5:54 pm
I have watched that video twice now. It’s so cool because you can tell he loves what he does – selling soda. Lots of cool little facts too.
That whole re-use vs. recycle thing – that was interesting too.
Comment by danithew — November 5, 2009 @ 7:25 pm
He doesn’t understand the reuse recycle thing. Reusable bottles have to be much thicker so they cost more to produce and more to transport originally and then you have to consider the cost of collection and bringing them back and then washing. My understanding from when our team did consulting for a Colombian beer company is that even South America is moving towards single use glass.
Comment by a random John — November 5, 2009 @ 8:24 pm
Susan, I’m not sure of the details yet of when and how long we’ll be in LA, but we really do need to meet up!!
Comment by meems — November 6, 2009 @ 2:57 am
Oh yeah, my kids want to check out the Soda Pop Shop too, so maybe that would be a good place to rendezvous!
Comment by meems — November 6, 2009 @ 3:14 am
John, I think he understands that single-use glass bottles are more profitable for bottlers.
His comments are in the context of a discussion regarding CRV charges–a tax, disguised as a deposit that consumers in California pay when they buy bottled beverages. Californians pay up to 10 extra cents per bottle when they buy bottled drinks, and then they pay sales tax on that extra charge (the tax isn’t refundable). Consumers can get that money back if they take empties to get recycled.
Theoretically, the law should encourage recycling, and perhaps it does, but it also makes the average consumer pay more, and it is a huge revenue earning scheme for the state government. It’s also helped to create a new type of crime–recyclable theft. Kinda interesting.
Comment by Brian G. — November 6, 2009 @ 12:39 pm
Brian G,
I am well aware of CRV. I think he just loves thick bottles and is exaggerating the situation to try to justify reuse.
Comment by a random John — November 6, 2009 @ 9:48 pm
I love reuse in bottles. I had it both when I lived in Ecuador and Turkey. You pay for the bottle once, and from then on you’re just paying for the refills. It’s so cheap for the consumer, and it’s really resourceful. I understand that the sterilization thing costs money and resources, but it still seems to make sense just to use the bottles over and over while you can.
Comment by meems — November 7, 2009 @ 1:12 pm
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