Talk about sticker shock! A visit to your local grocer may reveal surging prices of Coca-Cola.

Actually, the price of nearly every brand of popular soda has gone bonkers.

I noticed when I walked into my local Kroger and found a display adverting a 12-pack of Coca-Cola at $10.99. I wish there was a way to caps-lock numbers, because ... $10.99!

That's nearly a buck a can, which — pardon this momentary "back in my day" rant — used to be the cost of a vending machine can!

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