• Coreidan@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Greed. It’s harder for McDonalds to nickle and dime you if they are giving soda out for free.

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      11 months ago

      Which is bonkers because it’s stupidly cheap on a per unit basis and they charge a ridiculous amount for it.

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          11 months ago

          “I’ve got a jdea! We’ll save money if we put more work on the workers!”

          Brilliant! That’s why we pay you the CEO salary. Between that one, and “let’s make it smaller and charge the same price” you’re a genius!"

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        11 months ago

        Yea but now people are less likely to get that refill which saves McDonald’s $0.03 in syrup. Think of the shareholders here bub, they need their profits!