Kind of matches the decrease in point percentage from last year to this.
I suspect it’s so it costs less to produce them. I personally don’t really care that much because the refills are still unlimited.
Idk but it didn’t come with a price decrease to match
Greed
Shrinkflation spares nothing and no one.
Ole Ted lived long enough to become the villain.
The thought “money” is the first that comes to mind. The rub on that is that the syrup for the soft drinks is relatively inexpensive. This is why they can give you free re-fills (and also in the fast food joints) or they offer you a free soda if you Super Size). Most of what they collect from the customer on fountain soft drinks is profit. This was why Icky-D’s could offer any size soft drink for a dollar. Even if you took the large, it still was mostly profit.
Either that has changed or due to inflation, businesses are taking a “pennies make dollars” approach. Girlfriend and I share one. Even if we did not finish it during a period of hockey, we finished it mostly, so I used to dump out the smaller amoung in the bottom and get a fresh re-fill. Usually, we finish the smaller cup a few minutes before the period ends. I am not going to get up during the period. I suspect that I am not the only one. This way, less soda flows so they take more profit.
Last season, the concessionaires did try to respond to complaints of standing in long snake lines just for a re-fill by turning around soda machines at selected stands. This year, you have the zap-code but the cups often have out of date zap codes and the stands do not always have stickers. As one way of measuring sales is depleted cup inventory, this is no surprise. While this is a better idea, it is being implemented poorly.
Nationals Park was changing the cup design periodically as people were bringing back their old cups. There also were the dots but that was not implemented with any consistency. Further, not every stand always had the new cups. I always get my receipt there, as I have been given an out of date cup even there. When the employee cites this as a reason to refuse the re-fill, I show the receipt. That has worked every time.
The last time I bought one of these the soda machine ran out, and when we shared that with the attendant, she acted like we had absolutely ruined her day by asking them to fix it. Now we are bottles only; it’s too much of a PITA to be running back and forth for refills.
I had found it is actually a better experience as I can grab a refill without waiting in a line. I can go out during a tv time out and back without missing any game time. The old system I would be able to maybe get a refill during intermission. I end up able to drink more without hating lines.
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Money
Kind of matches the decrease in point percentage from last year to this.
I suspect it’s so it costs less to produce them. I personally don’t really care that much because the refills are still unlimited.
Idk but it didn’t come with a price decrease to match
Greed
Shrinkflation spares nothing and no one.
Ole Ted lived long enough to become the villain.
The thought “money” is the first that comes to mind. The rub on that is that the syrup for the soft drinks is relatively inexpensive. This is why they can give you free re-fills (and also in the fast food joints) or they offer you a free soda if you Super Size). Most of what they collect from the customer on fountain soft drinks is profit. This was why Icky-D’s could offer any size soft drink for a dollar. Even if you took the large, it still was mostly profit.
Either that has changed or due to inflation, businesses are taking a “pennies make dollars” approach. Girlfriend and I share one. Even if we did not finish it during a period of hockey, we finished it mostly, so I used to dump out the smaller amoung in the bottom and get a fresh re-fill. Usually, we finish the smaller cup a few minutes before the period ends. I am not going to get up during the period. I suspect that I am not the only one. This way, less soda flows so they take more profit.
Last season, the concessionaires did try to respond to complaints of standing in long snake lines just for a re-fill by turning around soda machines at selected stands. This year, you have the zap-code but the cups often have out of date zap codes and the stands do not always have stickers. As one way of measuring sales is depleted cup inventory, this is no surprise. While this is a better idea, it is being implemented poorly.
Nationals Park was changing the cup design periodically as people were bringing back their old cups. There also were the dots but that was not implemented with any consistency. Further, not every stand always had the new cups. I always get my receipt there, as I have been given an out of date cup even there. When the employee cites this as a reason to refuse the re-fill, I show the receipt. That has worked every time.
The last time I bought one of these the soda machine ran out, and when we shared that with the attendant, she acted like we had absolutely ruined her day by asking them to fix it. Now we are bottles only; it’s too much of a PITA to be running back and forth for refills.
I had found it is actually a better experience as I can grab a refill without waiting in a line. I can go out during a tv time out and back without missing any game time. The old system I would be able to maybe get a refill during intermission. I end up able to drink more without hating lines.