I stumbled on this booth while walking around Coney Island last weekend.
Booze + Public Consumption + Free Refills = God Bless America!
Posts Tagged ‘free refills’
Victory!
The Philadelphia soda tax, which would have slapped a two cent per ounce tax on soda, juice and other sugary drinks, appears to be dead.
Needless to say, this is tremendous news as the soda tax as proposed would have almost certainly ended free refills in the city of brotherly love. It is time to drink a Super Big Gulp [...]
How would a soda tax affect Big Gulps?
7-Eleven’s Big Gulps and Super Big Gulps are one of the great things about America. And judging by the number of hits this site gets from people searching for information about them, they are something that Americans—or the small subset of Americans who wind up visiting this blog—really care about.
Of course the great thing about [...]
The Philadelphia soda tax will mean the end of Free Refills
Philadelphia is on the verge of passing a sweeping soda tax that could herald the end of restaurants offering free refills for Philadelphians.
It’s a dark day indeed for the City of Brotherly love.
So far, most of the media coverage of the proposal focuses on the two cents per-ounce tax it would impose on bottled and [...]
What does a soda tax look like?
The folks over at SavePhillyJobs.com have posted a PDF of Philadelphia’s proposed soda tax law. You can check out the official document here, but I’ve copied the important sections below.
(1) Sugar-sweetened beverage. Any non-alcoholic beverage which lists any form of sugar, including high fructose corn syrup, as a listed ingredient; or which is prepared at [...]
Vive Le Free Refills! [soda tax]
This is what I like to see: people standing up against the free refills-ending soda tax in Philadelphia. You can keep informed about the campaign to stop the soda tax by following savephillyjobs on twitter or by visiting their website.
It’s been defeated at the national level.
It’s been defeated in New York State.
Now it is time [...]
Happy Birthday Free Refills & Why I Love America!
Free Refills & Why I Love America turned one year old today! The first post, besides the welcome message, was about the wonders of ice.
Over the last year there have been 256 posts–a paltry 10 percent of which are part of the “What Makes America Great” or “What Makes Europe Stink” lists. I’ll work more [...]
Chinese Government Cracks Down On Refills [The Onion]
I don’t know how I missed this amazing Onion article from 1997.
BEIJING—The Chinese government issued an official crackdown on all beverage refills Monday, warning that those who are caught helping themselves to more than one serving of any drink will be prosecuted as “traitors against the state.”
“There will be no extra servings of Coke, Sprite [...]
Is your thirst big enough?
Reader Dan sent in this amazing picture of a Pizza Hut in Munich.
There is a bit of a reflection, but the poster is advertizing Pizza Hut’s new Free Refills promotion. The text reads “Free Refill – ist dein Durst gross genug?” Translation: “Free Refill – is your thirst big enough?”
A few things struck me about [...]
Denny’s really needs to open a NYC location
Writing my post about Denny’s offering free refills on pancakes and fries the other day naturally made me a bit hungry. So I decided it was high time to pay them a visit. After all, who doesn’t have a hankering for a Grand Slam pretty much all of the time?
I figured there had to be [...]
