Why are fountain soda bag-in-box costs so high?
Fountain drink costs are running at unexpectedly high percentages, such as 42% for bag-in-box products, when calculated separately from overall beverage costs. This creates concerns about profit margins and leaves restaurant owners trying to figure out how to lower expenses or whether to switch products.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Buying cans from Costco instead of bag-in-box syrupDid this help you?
- 2Switching to bottled soda brands like Boylan'sDid this help you?
- 3Switching staff to iced tea or restricting free fountain soda accessDid this help you?
- 4Offering soda water with added syrups for Italian sodasDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“We use bag in a box coke products and we are at 42% cost. I have always calculated beverages as a whole and just recently pulled them apart to cost.”source ↗
“My boss/owner keeps complaining about coke bib costs recently..I keep telling him to switch”source ↗
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