• rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Jesus how cheap could they be? Fountain drinks are far and away their highest profit margin item on the menu.

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      10 months ago

      The thing that pisses me off, is while I don’t eat McDonald’s so it doesn’t directly affect me, I just know that other restaurants will see that it’s making them more money and will follow suit.

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      10 months ago

      I kind of view this as a good thing, honestly. People do not need another 20 oz of sugar water. A medium Coke has 12-15 sugar cubes worth of sugar. The US is pretty much the only place where free refills are common.