http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Cheapskate/26130 Trying to convince us we're getting a break, Coke and Pepsi plan to roll out cheaper bottled sodas this summer, according to a USA Today story out today. They're looking at charging 99 cents for 12- and 16-ounce bottles, rather than selling as many 20-ounce bottles. So you get less but you pay less. Brian Wynne, vice president of&nbsp; business development for Coca-Cola Enterprises, told USA Today that the idea is to offer Coke products &quot;at a great price in a difficult time.&quot; Will people buy it? &mdash; Christine Peterson Trying to convince us we're getting a break, Coke and Pepsi plan to roll out cheaper bottled sodas this summer, according to a USA Today story out today. They're looking at charging 99 cents for 12- and 16-ounce bottles, rather than selling as many 20-ounce bottles. So you get less but you pay less. Brian Wynne, vice president of&nbsp; business development for Coca-Cola Enterprises, told USA Today that the idea is to offer Coke products &quot;at a great price in a difficult time.&quot; Will people buy it? &mdash; Christine Peterson en-us <p>That seems to be the big lie these days. Jack up the price and try and tell you that you're getting a good deal on an improved product. Coke and Pepsi are not the only soft drinks in town. I'll shop carefully. I hope everybody else does as well. These price-gougers don't need encouragement.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Cheapskate/26130/#c_234478 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Cheapskate/26130/#c_234478 <p>That seems to be the big lie these days. Jack up the price and try and tell you that you're getting a good deal on an improved product. Coke and Pepsi are not the only soft drinks in town. I'll shop carefully. I hope everybody else does as well. These price-gougers don't need encouragement.</p> <p>The best thing that ever happened to us was when they put in unit pricing on shelf tags and I look for that.&nbsp; It's not on every item at every store, but it should be.&nbsp; A small pocket calculator will do the same thing so find out what you're paying per unti folks.&nbsp; Then you'll know what you're really paying for.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Cheapskate/26130/#c_234865 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Cheapskate/26130/#c_234865 <p>The best thing that ever happened to us was when they put in unit pricing on shelf tags and I look for that.&nbsp; It's not on every item at every store, but it should be.&nbsp; A small pocket calculator will do the same thing so find out what you're paying per unti folks.&nbsp; Then you'll know what you're really paying for.</p> <p>The smaller sizes are undoubtedly healthier.&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Cheapskate/26130/#c_234866 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Cheapskate/26130/#c_234866 <p>The smaller sizes are undoubtedly healthier.&nbsp;</p> <p>Undoubtedly....lol.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Cheapskate/26130/#c_234867 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Cheapskate/26130/#c_234867 <p>Undoubtedly....lol.</p>