Free drink refills could be banned in Wales under Welsh government consultation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51ye8e5dr0o?xtor=AL-72-[partner]-[bbc.news.twitter]-[headline]-[news]-[bizdev]-[isapi]&at_format=link&at_bbc_team=editorial
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Fades@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Gotta enshrine laws to protect the capitalists!
They say its about unhealthy food and drink, but why are drink refills considers a health issue to the point of requiring law? Plenty offer more than just unhealthy soda and trash like that.
Article specifically calls out some names:
Taking Five Guys for example they offer coca cola freestyle:
https://www.fiveguys.com/menu/Drinks
https://www.coca-colafreestyle.com/choices/?filter1=all%20drinks
Which offers options such as minute maid lemonaid, vitamin water, etc. with non-sugar options. This law would punish those same drinks in the name of health.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
The nice expensive machines standard fast food places are removing in the US. Too many freeloaders?
b34k@lemmy.world · -12 pts · 2y
I got a solution for you, and it’s free: Drink water.
Chozo@fedia.io · 16 pts · 2y
That's not really a solution at all. You don't order a soda with your lunch because you think "I'm so dehydrated", you order a soda because you think "This will taste nice". People are allowed to want flavor.
b34k@lemmy.world · -22 pts · 2y
Flavor comes from my steak and my bacon Brussels sprouts, not my beverage.
And actually sodas don’t “taste nice”. Go keto for a few months and break that sugar addiction. The next time you try a soda you’ll realize they’re all sickeningly sweet and not fit for human consumption.
SlowRoastedMadness@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Uh-huh, but that's ignoring the sugar-free options the other user said. I like flavored drinks with my food, i drink enough water throughout the rest of the day.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Sorry, bacon is carcinogenic and not fit for human consumption so we're banning that too.
b34k@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I can always cure and smoke my own pork belly, should the govt decide I can’t get it at a store…. Just like someone can take sugar and other garbage and put it into their water should they so desire.
xep@fedia.io · -5 pts · 2y
I'm sorry you're getting downvoted for speaking the truth. It's frightening how much sugar is in our diet.
Steve@startrek.website · 0 pts · 2y
Also, water is not free. It’s normally provided at no cost to the consumer in a restaurant, but it isn’t free.
otp@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Thanks, Nestle rep!
Rev3rze@feddit.nl · -1 pts · 2y
All they're saying is that water treatment costs money. Not that you should buy nestle stolen and bottled water...
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
It's much less than a cent per litre anywhere in the US, the quantities used for drinking are essentially free
cdf12345@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y
Couldn’t you just say “10 refills included in the price of the beverage”.
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
kibiz0r@midwest.social · -1 pts · 2y
I support banning customer refills, but that’s cuz they’re gross.
If you just spent the past 30 minutes applying your germs to a cup, the last thing I want you to do is go back up the soda machine and splash that shit all over the nozzles.
13esq@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
You sound paranoid. You'd have to try really hard to infect a nozzle that way. Any door handle you come across is going to be so much more filthy.