Why bother w two types of cans ?

[rotuts]

purchased from the same store at the same time , right next to each other in the display :

 

 

seems odd .

 

just saying

[AAQuesada]

maybe they are running a test to see if the pull top sells better? that's all I can think of

[rotuts]

they scan the same .

 

and are intermingled

 

[AlaMoi]

production line differences.

the should be coded information indicating when and where it was produced.

old production lines never die . . . 

[blue_dolphin]

Maybe they know people have different preferences and are trying to appeal to both?  
Unlikely, I know.  

[Duvel]

I don’t get it …

 

You separate the content from the can before eating ?! How old fashioned …

 

Think extra fibre 😎

[Midlife]

Best guess: a sleeve of the ‘wrong’ type of top was in the stack being fed into the  machine putting them on. It happens. 

[dscheidt]

do they have dates?  It's possilbe one of them (probably the old fashioned one) is old.  

[MaryIsobel]

I'm noticing more and more "pop top" cans here. I think it's a great idea - espeecially for donating to the unhoused.

[Vapre]

On 11/18/2025 at 2:08 PM, Duvel said:

I don’t get it …

 

You separate the content from the can before eating ?! How old fashioned …

 

Think extra fibre 😎

This you?

[JoNorvelleWalker]

5 hours ago, MaryIsobel said:

I'm noticing more and more "pop top" cans here. I think it's a great idea - espeecially for donating to the unhoused.

 

I think pop top cans are a terrible idea.  I can't open them unless I use a can opener.

 

[Maison Rustique]

Pop top cans are problematic. Those of us with mobility issues struggle with them. And I can't tell you how many times the tab has come off when trying to open it and then I have to try to work a can opener around it. Additionally, I saw somewhere a while back that they tend not to have as long a shelf life as regular cans--because they can gradually begin to leak air. Can't recall where I saw that. 

[rotuts]

also , the PopTops leave a rim around the top.

 

makes it a PITA to get the contents out  w a spatula.

[SLB]

My first thought was, supply-chain issues.