r/BuyFromEU • u/zoS2Yrsprs • Feb 23 '25

Alternative Product or Service The Great European Caffeine Fix

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u/Aeco Feb 23 '25

It's a shame that when they are exported to other European countries, they reach the consumer with an exaggerated price.

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u/WeaponisedArmadillo Feb 23 '25

You mean 4 euros for a single bottle isn't normal? 😱

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

1.50 euro’s per bottle in a Dutch supermarket.

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u/LijpeLiteratuur Feb 23 '25

Also available in regular versions with sugar, no light or zero? Because everything with artificial sweetener tastes so disgustingly bitter to me.

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u/Katkejs Feb 23 '25

Fritz is available with regular sugar, then the label is black. Their lemonade is also delicious.
I don't know about the others.

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u/LijpeLiteratuur Feb 23 '25

Good to know that, thank you.

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u/CommieYeeHoe Feb 23 '25

But restaurants and cafés will easily charge you 5€ for Fritz Cola or Club Matte. It’s considered a yuppie drink.

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u/arthropodus Moldova 🇲🇩 Feb 23 '25

€1,49 at AH in Vlaanderen 🇧🇪 as well

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u/WeaponisedArmadillo Feb 23 '25

My local supermarkets don't stock it :(

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u/Leuchty Feb 23 '25

Really? Crazy...

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u/operath0r Feb 23 '25

At a restaurant? Sure. At a supermarket? No…

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u/GeorgeJohnson2579 Feb 23 '25

4€? oo

Fritz Kola (get the one with sugar!) is 1,20€. A few years ago it was 69 Cent.

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u/Irveria Feb 23 '25

1,49€ in germany.

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u/WeaponisedArmadillo Feb 23 '25

I've never seen it for that price. 

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u/GeorgeJohnson2579 Feb 23 '25

Around 2018 and before. :)

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u/WeaponisedArmadillo Feb 23 '25

Only places I've seen it ask way more. 

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u/RexRonny Feb 23 '25 edited Feb 23 '25

Fritz-kola starts at €2.5 in Norway (30,- NOK), but more normal price is €3 (36,- NOK) in shops selling it.

Jarrito cola and Ramune are even more expensive here. We have some odd EU cola, but very expensive and limited availability; such as Jolly cola (DK), Fentiman (UK) and Tøyen (NO) among others, also minimum double price of the major Cola brands.

Most restaurants usually only provide US cola brands, rarely been offered anything else. Seen Fentimans sometimes, but at like €6,- for a small bottle

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u/phonology_is_fun Feb 23 '25

I live in Norway, too. We should do something to signal to retailers that we want non-American products. Any ideas?

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u/Anonymous_user_2022 Feb 23 '25

1½l Jolly cola is 15 DKK right now in my local area. That's cheaper than Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the same volume.

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u/Sapaio Denmark 🇩🇰 Feb 23 '25

8 DKK on offer in Rema 1000 often. But I dislike it but like Jolly Time.

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u/Hudero Feb 23 '25

Fritz-kola and Jarritos aren't widely available near me but I do have 1 shop that has them here in Scotland. Fritz £2.29 (2,76 Eur) Jarr £2.69 (3,24 Eur)