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Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by nerfhammer on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @05:00PM (#8489965)
It's the margins. Merchants will always push you to get soft drinks because that's where they get the biggest margin.
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Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by loganu on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @06:10PM (#8490441)
Exactly. Why would a movie theater, fast food chain, restaurant, or other place offer water as a default when they could sell you something with a 90% profit margin?
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