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Originally Posted by NVash
Terrible example. IIRC fountain sodas are more expensive because most places are trying to recoup losses with that. Think I learned that when I worked in a restaurant, they said they break even with the food or barely make it by, the soda is where the profit is.
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Sorry it didn't meet with your approval. But I stand by the analogy. It costs a restaurant less than buying the same volume canned or bottled, so they should be willing to pass those savings on to their clientele, right? But they don't and people still pay for it (willing is willing, whether they're happy about it or not)--huge markup and all. It furthers the notion that what something costs to produce isn't the end-all, be-all criteria for how it gets priced for the consumer.