A 5 gallon bag o syrup costs around 50 - $100 depending on volume discounts and what part of the US. At a 5 to 1 ratio, that’s 30 gallons per bag. Assuming each cup is 12oz (they do put in a lot of ice usually) that’s 320 servings (assuming no spillage).
So it costs McDonalds or similar 15 - 30 cents per soda they sell in soda costs, and 11 cents for the cup lid straw combo. So assuming it’s still a dollar, that’s between 74 to 59% profit based on volume discount the specific place has with coca cola. So not really 100% profit, but still high. And no the cup doesn’t cost more, if that were ever true it was for a brief moment in history.
As a side note fucking Googles LLM make this type of research hard by spitting fake info at you. It keeps quoting 16 cent cost for the entire soda, but the syrup alone costs at least 15 cents.
1/5 syrup is a lot of syrup, and doesn’t track with Italian-style sodas.
I have heard that brand name syrups are often charged extra for a patent fee or something, much like the studios overcharging movie theaters since the 90s / aughts, forcing them to run entirely on concessions.
A 5 gallon bag o syrup costs around 50 - $100 depending on volume discounts and what part of the US. At a 5 to 1 ratio, that’s 30 gallons per bag. Assuming each cup is 12oz (they do put in a lot of ice usually) that’s 320 servings (assuming no spillage).
So it costs McDonalds or similar 15 - 30 cents per soda they sell in soda costs, and 11 cents for the cup lid straw combo. So assuming it’s still a dollar, that’s between 74 to 59% profit based on volume discount the specific place has with coca cola. So not really 100% profit, but still high. And no the cup doesn’t cost more, if that were ever true it was for a brief moment in history.
As a side note fucking Googles LLM make this type of research hard by spitting fake info at you. It keeps quoting 16 cent cost for the entire soda, but the syrup alone costs at least 15 cents.
1/5 syrup is a lot of syrup, and doesn’t track with Italian-style sodas.
I have heard that brand name syrups are often charged extra for a patent fee or something, much like the studios overcharging movie theaters since the 90s / aughts, forcing them to run entirely on concessions.
The web in general is fucked, since most sites less than 3 years old are now entirely written by AI. :(