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It sounds as though sales of everything dropped, not just soda sales. If you have a choice of two mostly equivalent stores at which to do your shopping, and if
by Tommah 8y ago
It sounds as though sales of everything dropped, not just soda sales. If you have a choice of two mostly equivalent stores at which to do your shopping, and if soda is on your shopping list, you would prefer the store that doesn't have to tack an extra $1 on to each bottle of soda.
- HarryHirsch 8y agoLooking at the map, there's a surprising number of supermarkets within a one-mile radius. You find an Aldi just up the road, two Save-a-Lot's, a Freshgrocer, nevermind the abundance of corner stores. You'd think they depend on foot traffic, which is less likely to decamp across the city limit to Upper Darby. I still think there are other factors at play. The Inquirer has data that per-capita income dropped substantially from 1999 to 2013, and it was always poor: http://media.philly.com/storage/special_projects/income_and_poverty_in_the_philadelphia_region.html http://media.philly.com/storage/special_projects/income_and_... You also think that it's corner stores that would be more affected by the soda tax because soda is a larger percentage of sales, yet Reason rolls out the Shoprite.