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America has fallen. (thelemmy.club)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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[–] 39 points 4 months ago (5 children)

the margins on soft drinks are already insane this is clearly not a “we’re losing money” situation but definitely a “we need to nickel and dime even more”

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    The largest cost when serving a fountain soft drink (by an order of 2-3 times, minimum) is the cost of the cup/lid/straw.

    Or at least that’s what it was a decade ago, can’t imagine it’s changed

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I think it's more about keeping the "riff raff" away and taking out a part of the experience that is always grimy and unclean. But also they probably increase profit margins by more than few % from all the people who don't bother to walk up and bother an underpaid overworked cashier for more drink.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Shit like this should be why no one trusts porky anymore. The pigs have everything and logically, they should be making good on their promise to trickle down?

    Turns out pigs are like addicts for money, they have all the power and now they can steal as much money as they can. It’s ok though, at least the heckin’ wholesome property rights are being respected.

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