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Originally, a bottle of water is more expensive than soda before discount. :)

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Most of the time, you’re paying for packaging and shipping of a product. The soda is likely out of a fountain, so the cost is just the cup, minuscule amount of syrup, and some tap water that was run through a cooler/carbonation system.

That’s one of the ways that Aldi keeps their prices down. The packaging is frustratingly crappy and the supposedly resealable bags and whatnot frequently fall apart when you open them. This is mildly irksome, but is easily fixed with a binder clip or some reusable silicone bags which I think is a fair exchange for a 30-50% discount from name-brand grocery stores. (The food itself is very nearly or exactly the same as name-brand foods.)

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Most of the time, you’re paying for packaging and shipping of a product

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No.

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There’s obviously mark-ups at a stadium. I was offering an explanation for why the water bottle was more than the fountain drink, relatively speaking.

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I do think if you worked those brain cells an extra 5-10 seconds you would have realized the conversation going on

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