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Old 01-30-2016, 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Jgg7933 View Post
My wife and I drink water with lemon when we have dinner at casual restaurants BUT always get a coffee at Dunkin Donuts. I have been in the fast food business for over 32 years and when our company made the decision to start charging for water it was .10 cents, The .10 cents was to cover the cost of the disposable cup with lid and straw. It had NO impact when we made the change. We feel .25 cents for a cup of water is reasonable since businesses should not have to take a loss (cup, lid and straw) to give guests FREE water and I would imagine they are trying to "curb" the water usage hoping if people have to pay .25 they may just get a drink. People tend not to realize that cups, lids and straws all cost take out restaurants money and we feel businesses should pass on the cost to the consumer.
We used to charge for the cups too when people asked for them when I worked at some food service providers in the Reno, Nevada area for about 6 years. They usually wanted these for ice.