The city’s restaurant industry wants you to think it’s opposed to Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed ban on many sugary drinks 16 ounces or larger because it’ll hurt their bottom line.
But such a ban would actually put more money in the industry’s pockets.
“But how?” you say.
Well, now that they can’t sell you a 32-ounce cup for, say, $2,
they can now sell you two 16-ounce cups instead for, say, $1.50.
Do the math!
Even at fast food restaurants and movie theatres that offer free refills,
they’ll be refilling a — you guessed it! — smaller cup. Less product given out for free = padding the bottom line!
Your standard cup sizes at most food service establishments, BTW?
ifyoureboredyoureboring said:
Because if I want to I should be able to drink whatever I want? I think that’s a good enough reason not to spend time banning stupid shit.
fulero said:
It’s not about that anyone thinks it isn’t bad for you, the stupid thing is that the ban doesn’t ban that much soda, it just bans that much soda in one cup. People will just buy two cups.
