On the way home from visiting Kelly’s parents at their home in Virginia we stopped into a Wendy’s for lunch. It was a testament to how little fast food I’ve eaten lately that I was surprised to see how prices had risen.
But prices weren’t the only things that had risen: the soft drinks had supersized themselves. My small soft drink was the size of what used to be a large. Kelly’s medium soft drink was ginormous – what used to be a supersize. I shudder to think what an actual large soft drink looks like.
Americans have a troubling obesity problem, one which costs billions of dollars in health care expenses. Do we really need to be pumping more high fructose corn syrup into the populace, particularly the poorer population who may eat fast food more frequently?
I’d like to see fast food chains be a bit more responsible, though this is America and most would argue they’re just giving their customers what they want. Upgrading the size of soft drinks on the sly, however, is not helpful.
It’s cheaper to give you a 40 oz drink up front than to expend the labor to refill it for you.
I’ve always wondered why the places with self service drinks even have multiple size options. I never upsize if I can refill my own drink. I guess the extra 10 cents they get from the idiots that order the extra large must really add up.
To improve my health, I’m immediately switching to medium-fructose corn syrup.