... here's an interesting article, complete with pictures that shows how portion sizes have changed over the years.
Coke bottles, for example, used to be 8 ounces. Then, 12-ounce cans became the standard. Now, it's 20-ounce bottles.
I, for one, remember when the medium McDonald's drinks were larges, and the smalls were the mediums, for what it's worth.
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I think the glass bottles were 16 oz or greater.
The difference in price for a small to large pop is not very great.
Its the cup, can, or bottle that costs, pop is mostly sugar and water.
Store brand pop costs between two-thirds and one half of name brand pop. It is stocked by store workers.
It takes a separate truck and two separate sales persons plus a vendor stocker to keep branded pop on the shelf. Store brand pop is shipped with other grocery items.
Pop, snacks, bread, and alcohol vendors contribute to an inefficient distribution system for retail food, at least as far as work hours and energy used is concerned.
I do buy some vendor items.
Anyone who does buy vendor items should know they are contributing to an energy inefficient and excess profit way of doing business. There is no way the government could be less efficient
in comparison.
Jim
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