[Accrs] Drink Fund comments

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

Members

There are a lot of different sodas, waters, teas and juices out there.   
All come with a certain price.

In order to keep the price of items at $.50 per item, I can't be 
purchasing 6 or 8 packs of tea or sparkling water that run more than 
$.50 each.   I saw some individual items today, on special, for $.79 
each plus CRV.   Things like Gatoraide, brewed tea, sparkling water are 
mostly over my $.50 per item budget.   Any additional money we make over 
the sale of the items, plus the recycle dollars I get from the recycle, 
go to fund the meat and other items at the annual BBQ.

If the club wants to have a two tier system of $.50 and $1.00 we can go 
for some of the more expensive drinks.

I have two cases of unopened water at the Fair, plus a mostly stocked 
fridge with water.   I got 4 more cases today plus some standard soda 
and some other no sugar types of drinks.   They may or may not have a 
diet sweetener, but no sugar was listed on the side panel.  It was 
$70.00 worth of items.    I track everything in Excel.   Sometimes I 
have a positive balance, other times it is negative.   I just put it on 
a credit card and keep track of the eb and flow of the funds. It 
eventually balances out.

I have been doing the drinks since 2002 when Carlo gave it up.   During 
that time, I have managed, generally, to have enough funds for the BBQ. 
   I am not saying that I am looking to give up doing it, but certainly 
if anyone else would like to do it, they are more that welcome to try.

Let me know if you know of a source of cheap sparkling water and 
unsweetened tea or other drinks.  It takes time to hit Costco, WalMart, 
Target, etc, looking for the best prices.  I certainly try to shop the 
sales.

Thanks.

Dean