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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter 11 years, 'Two-Buck Chuck' wine price increases to $2.49
Source: San Jose Mercury News
The price of gas goes up, taxes go up, but "Two Buck Chuck'' stayed the same for more than a decade.
No longer. After an 11-year run, the $1.99 price of a bottle of "Two Buck Chuck" wine has disappeared from Trader Joe's in California.
... Joe's had maintained its $1.99 price for 11 years but "quite a bit has happened during those years and the move to $2.49 allows us to offer the same quality that has made the wine famous the world over," Trader Joe's spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki said in an email to this newspaper.
Trader Joe's has sold 5 million cases of Charles Shaw wine a year -- for a total of 660 million bottles, according to its wholesaler, Bronco Wine Co. based in Ceres.
Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22420517/trader-joes-two-buck-chuck-price-rises-249-bottle
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,756 posts)I'm still waiting for the Trader Joe's to open in Denver... Fuck I miss them
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)Last I heard the Denver store developer was in a race to beat the Boulder store developer. Which means both places will be getting theirs soon.
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)Better than Chuck and OK for the night's 3rd bottle.
Siwsan
(26,262 posts)I just bought a case. Wonder if it's going up to $3.49, here.
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)Believe in taxes except for poor people.
cloudbase
(5,514 posts)The price differential may have something to do with different state tax rates.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)TeamPooka
(24,226 posts)madville
(7,410 posts)Even that crap in there can't stay a dollar forever.
LTR
(13,227 posts)Okay, not a high end store by any means, but I've found some good stuff there. A recent purchase netted me Guns n' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" for a buck. And they used to be better for reading glasses before the styles started getting ugly.
RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)Freakin ridiculous imo.
catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)"Deuce and a Half Juice"????
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)that much in IL, AZ. OR. and NV for years as well.
petronius
(26,602 posts)But I guess this is fair, and still a tasty deal for swigging wine...
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)price fix in accordance with TJ's any day now. I hate to spend $ there. When I do it's often their loss leaders like this.
TJ's is a bit too far to be convenient without a car.
LTR
(13,227 posts)Still the best $3 wine I ever had.