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Soda companies, supermarkets report 30-50 pct. sales drop from soda tax
Philly.com ^ | 02.21.2017 | Julia Terruso

Posted on 02/22/2017 5:07:46 AM PST by Prov1322

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What drew my attention to the story was the online headline (different from the story headline)...

"ShopRite could ditch hundreds of jobs because of soda tax"

So, as usual, the unintended consequences of liberal/democrat decisions result in real-world disaster for employer, employees and consumers. Yet, Democrats continue to ruin the city.

1 posted on 02/22/2017 5:07:46 AM PST by Prov1322
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To: Prov1322

“...undexpectedly!”

Bwa-hahahaha


2 posted on 02/22/2017 5:09:39 AM PST by simpson96
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To: Prov1322

Somehow I doubt this.


3 posted on 02/22/2017 5:11:18 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Prov1322
So, as usual, the unintended consequences of liberal/democrat decisions result in real-world disaster for employer, employees and consumers. Yet, Democrats continue to ruin the city.

And again.... for the millionth time... it is NOT UNINTENTIONAL! Nothing POS liberal scum do is unintentional; it is always intended to lessen freedom, weaken or harm moral and societal norms, and damage this country. IT IS ALWAYS INTENTIONAL!

4 posted on 02/22/2017 5:12:40 AM PST by Common Sense 101
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I would think that the Soda Stream would be flying off the shelves for the soda junkies. Screw the stupid pols and make your soda at home.


5 posted on 02/22/2017 5:13:50 AM PST by Purdue77 (I can't afford a tag line.)
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To: Prov1322

What has happened to sales in surrounding suburbs that do not have the soda tax? I know what Econ 101 says should have happened...


6 posted on 02/22/2017 5:14:01 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Well, wasn't this what they wanted?

Didn't some nanny state bureaucrat determine that sodas were bad for you and you were too stupid to make your own decisions so they had to put a punitive tax on to discourage you from purchasing them?

What actually happened, I'm guessing, is that people simply make a trip outside the city limits and stock up a couple times a year, it's not like soda goes bad, after all....

7 posted on 02/22/2017 5:15:36 AM PST by apillar
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The 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax on sweetened and diet beverages....

Doesn’t seem like a 1.5% tax would drop sales 30% - 50%. Plus, you can still use EBT to purchase soda. Fake news?


8 posted on 02/22/2017 5:15:38 AM PST by mouse1
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Me too

The Philly retailers might suffer but not the distributors. What should happen is smuggling of soft drinks from the adjacent non tax areas


9 posted on 02/22/2017 5:15:40 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
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Hey, thanks for putting people out of work with your warped, 2-dimensional thinking ideology put into law.


10 posted on 02/22/2017 5:15:43 AM PST by USCG SimTech
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To: Prov1322

Impossible. Taxes don’t affect behavior. Everyone continues buying exactly the same products no matter how expensive they become and the additional taxes fund government spending that helps the economy. The left has told me this.


11 posted on 02/22/2017 5:19:49 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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In response, the city questioned the legitimacy of the early figures and predicted that customers responding to the initial sticker shock by shopping outside the city would return.

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Obviously STUCK on STUPID ..... which seems to be a congenital condition with Libs/Left/Democraps/Progs


12 posted on 02/22/2017 5:21:59 AM PST by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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It's not 1.5%. It's 1.5 cents per ounce. There are almost 34 ounces in a liter.

That means a two-liter bottle of soda has about a $1 tax on it. Those things typically sell for $0.99 to $1.29, depending on where you are shopping. Adding a $1 tax to an item that costs less than a dollar means the tax exceeds 100% of the sale price of the item.

13 posted on 02/22/2017 5:22:12 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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Fantastic news! Even more reason for Indra Nooyi of Pepsi and Muhtar Kent of Coke to keep supporting Democrats whom they love so much while they fear Trump and Republicans.

Couldn’t happen to nicer companies.


14 posted on 02/22/2017 5:22:18 AM PST by Obadiah (Democrats continue their crusade against normal.)
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To: Prov1322

Can people get out of the soda tax if they order soda via Amazon.com?


15 posted on 02/22/2017 5:23:00 AM PST by tbw2
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To: Purdue77
I would think that the Soda Stream would be flying off the shelves for the soda junkies.

They thought of that. The tax includes soda concentrates. Not only that, the tax is assessed based on the volume of the diluted end product.

16 posted on 02/22/2017 5:24:06 AM PST by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: Common Sense 101
And again.... for the millionth time... it is NOT UNINTENTIONAL!

Understand that I stated that tongue-in-cheek...expecting that I would not have to explain it to my FReeper family. That said, for the blue-pill democrat residents of Philly that would be "unintended consequences", since anything a liberal/democrat enacts would only be for the good of the people. The evil corporations would simply absorb any cost increase, as they must with their vast piles of cash...just like paying $15/hour or more for unskilled, minimum wage workers.

17 posted on 02/22/2017 5:25:27 AM PST by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: mouse1; Prov1322

As you noted, the 1.5 percent is PER OUNCE .... and this is on TOP of the 8% sales tax that already applies to soda in Pennsylvania. Soda is classified as food, which is tax exempt in some states, but not in Pennsylvania.

The 1.5% per ounce tax adds 18 cents to the cost of a can of soda, $1.08 for a six-pack or $1.02 for a two-liter bottle.

Link: http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/16/pf/taxes/philadelphia-passes-a-soda-tax/index.html


18 posted on 02/22/2017 5:27:26 AM PST by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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To: Prov1322

“...and predicted that customers responding to the initial sticker shock by shopping outside the city would return.”

Good luck with that. Once they find another place to buy to save the tax they ain’t coming back.

Just like the massive hike in cigarette taxes, those smokers will just buy online with no taxes and keep smoking.


19 posted on 02/22/2017 5:30:36 AM PST by Beagle8U (Long live Yoga Pants! ( and boycott 84 lumber. Let's bankrupt the bastards!))
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To: Prov1322

wouldn’t that be a million and one time then?


20 posted on 02/22/2017 5:31:17 AM PST by beebuster2000
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