-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 05-31-19  11:41 <=-

 DD>> Sounds to me like they've been tracking the flavour usage from the mix
 DD>> it on site "Freestyle" dispensers in Burger Whop and other fats food
 DD>> joints.
 
 NB>> They could well have factored that in... I know that southern Ruth
 NB>> likes to get the raspberry Coke from the Freestyle dispensers...  And
 NB>> they aren't just in the fast food places... they also have them in
 NB>> Wegmans' Market Cafes, too... but those of course do have the HFCS in
 NB>> them....

 DD> When dining out my typical beverage is ice water w/lemon. So, I don't
 DD> do the soda dispensers.

I don't do the soda dispensers either.... except to get water from
them.... I do, however, notice them, and once in a while, I've scanned
through what the offerings are, just for the jollies... ;)

 DD>> I've not seen either locally - but, then, I've not been looking ...
 
 NB>> At Wegmans, they are a little ways away from the stock of 12-pack cans
 NB>> and liters and 6-pack plastic bottles... and are in 4-pack cardboard
 NB>> cartons with a handle... sitting on the shelf with similar 4-packs of
 NB>> other brands....

 DD> Fair enough. I buy Coke Zero, Diet A&W Root Beer and Cream Soda and
 DD> flavoured "sparkling water" and don't shop around the displays. So it
 DD> could be hidden in plain sight and I plain wouldn't see it.

Richard still gets reg Coke, Vanilla Coke and Dr. Pepper.... I mostly
just get the flavored sparkling water (and the occasional 4-pack of the
raspberry Coke to drink in small doses, mostly for the small hit of
caffeine)... and he also gets some of the sparkling water, too...  As
with the dispensers, I do once in a while pay attention to what is on
offer, even if I'm not actually likely to be buying it... :)

 DD>> other than for Peach Fresca - which is hen's teeth around here.
 
 NB>> Would that be available in the Freestyle...?  In avoiding the HFCS,
 NB>> I've stopped doing anything from those dispensers....

 DD> Fresca is a diet soda - so no HFCS. Just other sweeteners that get the
 DD> crusaders excited.

The dispensers do have diet sodas as well as the HFCS ones.... I avoid
them as well, since I have issues with most if not all of the sweeteners
being used in the diet sodas as well...

ttyl       neb

... As popular as the Ronnie MacDonald (no relation) haggis burger.

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