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The one place I've seen this work was in regards to dairy products bottled in thick, reusable glass containers. The supermarket would charge something like a $
by dlp211 9y ago
The one place I've seen this work was in regards to dairy products bottled in thick, reusable glass containers. The supermarket would charge something like a $2 deposit refundable upon return of the used bottle.
- gozur88 9y agoWhen I was a kid there was a Pop Shoppe store by my house that sold different flavors of soda pop in thick little glass bottles. You'd grab a crate, fill it up with whatever mix of flavors struck your fancy, and pay a deposit for the bottles. When you'd drank them all you brought your crate of empty bottles back for a refill. Seemed like a pretty good idea to me. It went out of business, though, I think because people wanted Pepsi and Coke brands.
- thaumasiotes 9y ago> It went out of business, though, I think because people wanted Pepsi and Coke brands. Nothing stops the Pop Shoppe from dispensing Pepsi and Coke brands any more than it stops the local pizza place from dispensing Coke brand Coke from the soda fountain.
- DiabloD3 9y agoThere probably IS some sort of licensing agreement preventing that, else they would have.
- user5994461 9y agoRestaurants and clubs have soda fountains letting customers fill themselves unlimited soda. Surely, the license is not an obstacle since it's already being done.
- gozur88 9y agoThe parent company of the Pop Shoppe made soda. I would be surprised if they allowed franchisees to use other suppliers.
- pjdemers 9y agoWhen I was a kid (in the 1960's), milk bottles were re-used. We left the empty bottles on the front porch. The milkman (from Alexandria Dairy, if you lived in NoVa like me) came around very early in the morning and exchanged the empty bottles for filled ones. There was a little ice box (literally) by the front door that kept the milk cold. This service stopped in the mid 70s.