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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

hubby - came home from the local shop today and he was spitting feathers !!

Apparently they have stopped selling "Glass bottles of irn-bru"

He reckons the glass bottle of "ginger" is another scottish icon that going to disapear like the "pound note"...

Anyone else noticed this or do they prefer the convenience of the over priced plastic bottles ?? and are our kids or even us adults so spoiled these days that they are embarrased to take empty bottles back to the shops nowadays ??

what ever happend to the "Bon-Accord" man ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's still glass bottles aplenty in Glasgow. It's a bit crazy though when a glass bottle costs about 65 or 70 pence and a 2 litre plastic bottle is often on 2 for £2 offer and you don't have to worry about disposing of the plastic bottles 'cos every school in Scotland seems to be building a greenhouse from them

Barrs have, according to the media, stopped selling 'diet' Irn Bru and will now be selling 'sugar free' Irn Bru.

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By *lasgoloMan
over a year ago

glasgow

shocking end for the gless cheque

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

it tatses better andthe gas stays in the ginger longer if its in a glass bottle.the plastis bottle loses the gas the minute that it opened.

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By *lasgoloMan
over a year ago

glasgow


"it tatses better andthe gas stays in the ginger longer if its in a glass bottle.the plastis bottle loses the gas the minute that it opened."
thats true but you cant squash the glass bottle when someones drinking out and take pleasure as it explodes from there mouth nose and ears lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

surely not

cant beat a glass bottle of the good stuff for a treat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

totally agree glass bottles are better

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

being a three bottles a day man I have to say I'm an expert on irn bru and yes its got to be a glass bottle the plastic bottled stuff is monkeys piss

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"being a three bottles a day man I have to say I'm an expert on irn bru and yes its got to be a glass bottle the plastic bottled stuff is monkeys piss "

hahahahaha !!! love it !!!

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By *antaMan
over a year ago

Stirling/Alloa

still get glass bottles here must just be your shop that has stopped selliong them, irn bru tastes better out a glass bottle aqd Barrs know it, no way they would get rid of them surely?

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By *eclan_and_AimeeCouple
over a year ago

dunblane, stirling


"still get glass bottles here must just be your shop that has stopped selliong them, irn bru tastes better out a glass bottle aqd Barrs know it, no way they would get rid of them surely?"

They got rid of the wee dumpy bottles that used to have so much gas in them that it made me sneeze if I tried to have a drink within 2minutes of opening it!

still tasted better than the rip off £1.20 500ml bottles!

xAx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

yeh and anyone else noticed how flippin hard it is to open those damn plastic bottles.....thats the only thing I miss my ex for.

And the glass bottle....wot we gonna use for spin the bottle now????

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"yeh and anyone else noticed how flippin hard it is to open those damn plastic bottles.....thats the only thing I miss my ex for.

..........."

About the middle of last year Barrs started using plastic caps which are a couple of mm shorter than before. It's maybe saving a fraction of a penny per cap but when you think of the number Barrs go through it probably amounts to quite a sum.

The downside is that they're a lot harder to grip if you have bigger hands.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Like 44 i was a 3 bottle a day man, the glass botlle comes in all 16 flavours.

Most shops get 40-50 crates, however plastic was making the money as each driver has special offers to punt more juice.

The crates returned make the money, with the refund a incentive to guzzle more (44).

Coca cola want Barrs to vanish as it oustells the real thing everytime.

At Christmas time there a lot of glass did shatter due to the cold, cans popped and plastic well its plastic.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"yeh and anyone else noticed how flippin hard it is to open those damn plastic bottles.....thats the only thing I miss my ex for.

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About the middle of last year Barrs started using plastic caps which are a couple of mm shorter than before. It's maybe saving a fraction of a penny per cap but when you think of the number Barrs go through it probably amounts to quite a sum.

The downside is that they're a lot harder to grip if you have bigger hands."

Glad I am not the only one who hates this!

And I can still buy glass bottles, you take em back and you get 20p off the next one...shimples!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"yeh and anyone else noticed how flippin hard it is to open those damn plastic bottles.....thats the only thing I miss my ex for.

...........

About the middle of last year Barrs started using plastic caps which are a couple of mm shorter than before. It's maybe saving a fraction of a penny per cap but when you think of the number Barrs go through it probably amounts to quite a sum.

The downside is that they're a lot harder to grip if you have bigger hands.

Glad I am not the only one who hates this!

And I can still buy glass bottles, you take em back and you get 20p off the next one...shimples!"

30p on bottles here in fife.

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By *ensualfire88Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Ginger - How terribly '0141'!

"Ginger - Generic term for carbonated minerals. Despite billions of dollars spent on brand recognition and advertising, in Glasgow, Coke, Pepsi, Seven-up, Sprite and all other carbonated soft drinks are referred to as 'ginger'.

C Brookmyre.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

we save them up in our work and give the cleaner the money for them at the end of the year she got 2 hundred and sixty at xmas there no bad for a few bootles

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

dont like irn bru but then i dont drink any ginger , and loving it on here coz u all call it ginger , since i move to alloa they call it fizzy juice , who ever heard the likes of it , long live ginger in a glass bottle lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ginger - How terribly '0141'!

"Ginger - Generic term for carbonated minerals. Despite billions of dollars spent on brand recognition and advertising, in Glasgow, Coke, Pepsi, Seven-up, Sprite and all other carbonated soft drinks are referred to as 'ginger'.

C Brookmyre."

My grandfather called it 'skoosh'. From the era when the bottles had screw tops that fitted inside the neck of the bottle.

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By *ensualfire88Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Still here it referred to as 'skoosh' sometime, but I never knew why until now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"hubby - came home from the local shop today and he was spitting feathers !!

Apparently they have stopped selling "Glass bottles of irn-bru"

He reckons the glass bottle of "ginger" is another scottish icon that going to disapear like the "pound note"...

Anyone else noticed this or do they prefer the convenience of the over priced plastic bottles ?? and are our kids or even us adults so spoiled these days that they are embarrased to take empty bottles back to the shops nowadays ??

what ever happend to the "Bon-Accord" man ??"

Local shop here does a roaring trade selling glass bottles of barr's

My kid and his pals make a wee fortune collecting and returning all the bottles the tourists don't return.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I remember being paid to clean out the family car each week when I was a kid and I was paid in bottles - if I found it I kept it

I havent drank anything out a glass bottle in years, I can taste the metal from the lids.

However the guy downstairs only drinks barrs and only in glass bottles, now his aunty does his housework for him and deposits the bags of bottles at my door "for the girls a bit more to top up their pocket money" so here in fife my kids still go to the shops with their free bottles and get their magazines/crisps/sweet/different juice.

Smart kids then save the money we give then for the CD/DVD/toy they want

But judging by the amount of glass smashed beside the local chip shop I would say not many actually return them anymore.

Shona

x x x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ginger - How terribly '0141'!

"Ginger - Generic term for carbonated minerals. Despite billions of dollars spent on brand recognition and advertising, in Glasgow, Coke, Pepsi, Seven-up, Sprite and all other carbonated soft drinks are referred to as 'ginger'.

C Brookmyre.

My grandfather called it 'skoosh'. From the era when the bottles had screw tops that fitted inside the neck of the bottle."
i must be getting old as i can remeber the glass bottles that the top screwed inside the top of the bottle

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

ffs meto you arte old lol lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Apparently they have stopped selling "Glass bottles of irn-bru""

No they haven't.

We have a full one sitting in our kitchen freshly bought the other day.

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By *eclan_and_AimeeCouple
over a year ago

dunblane, stirling


"loving it on here coz u all call it ginger , since i move to alloa they call it fizzy juice , who ever heard the likes of it , long live ginger in a glass bottle lol "

lol, Stirling area seems to have it's own wee rules with dialect sometimes sure there's quite few things that we say differenty. Seems to be the only accent that people just cant recognise either - most people know Glasgow, Fife etc

I think if they want people to hand the bottles back they need to raise the 20p reward! must be the only thing that never moved with inflation even 10p crisps cost 25p now!

xAx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i am old enough-lol, to remember Villa fizzy drink, made in Sunderland, it had a cap that screwed into the neck of the glass bottle, u could take back and get pennies off, lol- we used to call them "daleks" when i was a boy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"we save them up in our work and give the cleaner the money for them at the end of the year she got 2 hundred and sixty at xmas there no bad for a few bootles "

Can i be yer cleaner for a year lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Thanks for all your messages !!

we loved the "Glass Ginger Bottle"

but just like the "pound-note" ..

say goodbye !!!!!

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By *21aliceTV/TS
over a year ago

ayr

I dont think the glass Bottle is going anywhere ...I buy them every 2-3 days .. shops always have them ...so i'm not saying goodbye to glass Bottles lol :D Have a nice day lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

i felt such a rage today - another small local shop near to us..

Has stopped selling the glass bottles - and it seems to be the small shops !!

lets make a petition for the local tescos etc to stock the bottles ??

this is recycling - kids learn and earn from recycling gingers bottles !!

and even adults !! - cmon - who hasnt taken a load of glass cheques to the shop for something !!

ffs - i think barrs and the bon-accord man - were the global leaders in recycling..

its ok - iv shut the door on ma way out x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"i felt such a rage today - another small local shop near to us..

Has stopped selling the glass bottles - and it seems to be the small shops !!

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The margin on the small plastic bottles is probably better + storing all those crates of glass empties takes up a lot of valuable backshop floor space.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

have you tried the local garage or co-op

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Irn Bru is great for a hangover

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"yeh and anyone else noticed how flippin hard it is to open those damn plastic bottles.....thats the only thing I miss my ex for.

And the glass bottle....wot we gonna use for spin the bottle now???? "

Screw top Lambrusco perhaps.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

until i moved to glasgow the only ginger i knew was ginger tom cats, or ginger haired peeps lol

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

The 30p deposit on glass bottles ends at midnight on Hogmanay 2015 ??

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By *ndykayMan
over a year ago

Falkirk

Yep. Only 6 hours to get it back

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Looks like the last 2 are now going in the recycling bin!

R

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Still sell glass bottles of irn bru in my local co op, ma mate bought one yesterday

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"hubby - came home from the local shop today and he was spitting feathers !!

Apparently they have stopped selling "Glass bottles of irn-bru"

He reckons the glass bottle of "ginger" is another scottish icon that going to disapear like the "pound note"...

Anyone else noticed this or do they prefer the convenience of the over priced plastic bottles ?? and are our kids or even us adults so spoiled these days that they are embarrased to take empty bottles back to the shops nowadays ??

what ever happend to the "Bon-Accord" man ??"
I seen pound notes in the penny machines at the irn-bru carnival...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That sack of bottles I had in the garage for a long term investment will need to go in the recycle now

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