re: McDonalds to remove Self Serve fountains and may start charging for refills

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When I was a kid (70s-EARLY 80s), my mom and dad would tell me at restaurants not to drink my Coke too fast because I wasn't getting another one. Not bec of health or caffeine issues. But because if you wanted a refill, it was the same prices as the original soda

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This is because fountain drinks used to come in kegs and the cost per drink was way higher than the syrup bags they have today. With modern setups you'd have to drink something like 2 gallons of coke to get your money's worth.