While walking through Downtown DC yesterday I came across a firehouse that had not one, but two different soda vending machines outside. They were not being picked-up or delivered, but rather were simply there in case someone walking down the street (which was devoid of shops) needed a little refreshment.
I think this is a great [...]
Posts Tagged ‘coca cola’
To serve and protect [photo]
The soda tax is dead. Long live Free Refills! [victory]
Just a few months ago it seemed like free refills were at risk.
The threat came in the form of a proposed soda tax. The tofu-and sushi types thought they had the votes in Congress to slap a cent-per-ounce tax on soft drinks and sugary beverages. And they thought the healthcare reform bill making its way [...]
The world the way it should be…
Sometimes all it takes is a picture to remind us that progress is still possible.
God Bless America!
Are soda taxes coming to NYC? [action alert]
Last summer the sushi-and-tofu crowd tried to get Congress to pass soda taxes as part of the healthcare legislation.
Of course, levying extra taxes on American staples like Coca-Cola and orange juice is about as popular as a tax on Christmas cards so the proposal didn’t really go anywhere. But now it appears that the state [...]
The Nanny State vs Coca-Cola [just the facts]
Having banned smoking in bars, posted calorie counts on restaurant menus and banished trans-fats from the city’s commercial kitchens, the great nanny that is the New York City Health Department has decided to take aim at soft drinks.
Of course an outright prohibition of something as American as Coca-Cola is a political non-starter. And the American [...]
Ads that sell products and restore faith [commercials]
With all of the bad economic news these days it’s easy to lose faith in the American economy and start questioning our system. I find myself doing it sometimes. But just when I’m about ready to give up and start waving a red flag, I invariably see some ad on TV that not only convinces [...]
Link Round-up: [You know it’s bad when you’re worse than Italy edition]
WHO NEEDS COPHENHAGEN; BIG BUSINESS WILL SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT: Though it’s fashionable for the granola types to disparage Big Business, real Americans understand that faceless multi-national companies are one of the things that make America Great. How else would we spread the institutions of free refills and to-go coffee around the globe [...]
MINUTEMENT UPDATE: Because eight pop choices is not enough
Have you ever gone up to a self-serve soda fountain and thought that the six to eight choices typically offered are insufficient?
Well, neither have I.
But one of the great things about America is that deep the the research labs of our big companies there are thousands of scientists finding solutions to problems we didn’t even [...]
