"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 21:41:58 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>>>> The concept of free, unlimited, refills has not reached your
>>>> > shores.
>>>
>>> Yes, it has. But I wouldn't eat in such places here. UK employers are
>>> heavily taxed and have to pay serving and wait staff a legal minimum
>>> wage. The cost of endless refills, "kids eat free" etc can only be
>>> shaved from the menu prices or the quality of ingredients.
>>
>>Don't come to Washington state then! Restaurant workers have to be paid
>>minimum wage here too. And almost every place has free refills.
>>Exception
>>being taverns and pubs that don't have separate restaurants. They can get
>>away with charging for refills. At other places? No free refills?
>>People
>>will just go elsewhere. There aren't a lot of "kids eat free" places here
>>but the places that do offer this only do it on certain days of the week
>>and
>>during certain hours.
>
> The free refills is very profitable. It makes you feel good paying
> $2.49 for 5¢ worth of syrup because you can get more for "free".
>
> McDonalds often offers any size drink for $1.

I think the kid sized drinks at Target are $1.00. But you can use the
Cartwheel to save 5% and your Red Card for another 5%. Refills are free but
you only have a certain amount of hours to get them. The kid sized are very
tiny though. Like joke sized!