Particularly beer. It’s a carbonated liquid. If anything getting the exact portion control you want would be even easier. No longer would there be temptation to round up the amount you want to drink. It would be less wasteful than bottles and more convenient than mini kegs. It would be more economical and would stay as carbonated as soda. About a third of the price of beer is the container. That math is based on looking at the cheapest bottled soda in a store.
And why not coffee? Just buy all the coffee you need at once with no steps needed. If you make iced coffee with it its going to be fine. Big coffee wants you to buy a product from them every day, because they can make more money from you. You aren’t buying your milk per drink? Why should you buy any liquid per drink or with extra packaging?
Buying anything every day is stupid. Just buy the finished product in a volume where you are taken care of for the week. It’s how you buy anything else. Products should be sold in a way where you can accomplish that with minimum packaging.
Subsequent question, why can’t you sell pr store beer in plastic? I’ve never realized till this post that every beer I’ve ever seen is in a glass bottle, metal can or metal keg. Never in plastic.
You probably should ask that in your local community. Because I can buy 2l beer where I live.
Growlers come in 32oz and 64oz bottles. My old grocery store in NC used to sell them.
Cold brew coffee is probably the most logical to sell in volume, and it’s available as well.
Denmark here… We have 5liter beers
https://netpris.dk/ol/oltonder.html
Also, I brew 2 cups of coffee every morning although I do buy 1kg bags of coffee beans that last me quite some time!
That’s a mini keg in the US. They’re talking about half that size which is the size of a 2L of soda here.
I am aware, but OP sounded like they couldn’t get containers large enough! We also have 2 Lit bottles and 3 lit cans
You can buy 2L beer containers in New Zealand, but they’re a specialty item. Largest I’ve ever seen at the supermarket or bottle shop is 1L.
As for coffee, it’s probably because our laws are weirdly restrictive on how much caffeine you can have in one drink. Energy drinks can’t contain more than an equal amount of coffee, for example.
Eastern european countries would like to have a word with you.
You can buy 1.75L of beer in East Asia, and 2L of some brands.
There’s also baiju and soju sold in 2L (and maybe bigger) bottles
You can get 2 liter bottles of cider in the UK but it all tastes like crap
If you’re buying two litres of cider, it’s not because you like cider.
