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01/30/2017 / By Vicki Batts

French government warns restaurants will face prosecution for offering unlimited soda to customers

It seems that the French are bidding farewell to free re-fills and saying hello to an over-inflated government. Late last week, it was announced that restaurants in France would be subject to prosecution, should they continue to offer unlimited amounts of sugar-sweetened beverages for free or at a fixed price. The French government has actually […]

12/05/2016 / By Daniel Barker

Expect to pay more for soda in CA after multiple cities pass ‘sugary drink tax’

Big Soda lost an expensive battle in the November ballots when three California cities voted to approve soda taxes. Boulder, Colorado and Cook County, Illinois also passed similar measures which will raise the price of sugary drinks around one or two cents per ounce. Both sides invested substantial amounts of money in campaigns leading up […]

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