Why is Red Bull so expensive?

[Spoolio]

Granted, they have an F1 programme and all the TV ads to pay for, but why 99p a can when Tesco and Sainsburys are 24p/26p? Or, to tip that question on its head, what muck are the others putting in theirs! This is an odd topic, perhaps I've drunk too much of the stuff 'cos I didn't go to bed till 3am -which is way to late for me. Been rebuilding the Durga for Sunday.

[josh_smaxx]

Have a look for Relentless, twice the size of redbull and i think £1.23 from tesco's, very very nice aswell

[LEGEND]

Yeah but it isn't that nice when you buy some from Tesco and realise that you have to be at school in 3 mins, when it takes about a minute to get to school, you either have a choice, down the whole can or have it shot in the bin when you get to school. I can certainly say that you definatley feel very strange afterwards for the next hour or so.

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by LEGEND

Yeah but it isn't that nice when you buy some from Tesco and realise that you have to be at school in 3 mins, when it takes about a minute to get to school, you either have a choice, down the whole can or have it shot in the bin when you get to school. I can certainly say that you definatley feel very strange afterwards for the next hour or so.

Down it, all you can do, or drink it at dinner time

[ben]

lol you dont want to see me when ive been on red bull hyper hyper hyper hyper hyper hyper hyper HYPER!!!!!! haha.

I bet it will only cost red bull about a third of the price to make a little can though.

[losidan]

I dont know why cos it doesnt have any more caffeine in it than a cup of tea or any more energy...it's crap

[emzy]

Originally Posted by LEGEND

Yeah but it isn't that nice when you buy some from Tesco and realise that you have to be at school in 3 mins, when it takes about a minute to get to school, you either have a choice, down the whole can or have it shot in the bin when you get to school. I can certainly say that you definatley feel very strange afterwards for the next hour or so.

First time I had Relentless I drank an entire can in less than 5 minutes... and then fell asleep in the next lesson. Didn't work so well...!

[MK999]

Originally Posted by emzy

First time I had Relentless I drank an entire can in less than 5 minutes... and then fell asleep in the next lesson. Didn't work so well...!

Relentless never seems to work for me either, despite having the same caffeine content as red bull but being 2-3 times as big, it's pretty weird.