Originally Posted by RacingFan52:
The $1 water sounds good but if the track has a contract with Coca Cola or Pepsi, they probably have to sell the bottler's water, and the bottlers charge the same for their branded water like "Aquafina" as they do for the soft drinks. So in this case, the track is not making a killing.
Mega Dittos on this one! Yep, that is most likely how it works. Along the same line as how many businesses that sell beer (at least) are paying more for a case than a person could go to Costco or the such and buy a case themselves.
I walked into a restaurant the other night, and they blatantly (*) had it posted that you could not bring in your own food...I can't believe people would ever think they could, but I guess I'm not surprised (so it's not just IoW...). * Not the first type of sign like that I ever noticed, but this was displayed as thought it was an issue...
Again, ideally it will work for cost effective pricing (reasonable priced Busch Lights have turned into a big thing in places I attend), and I'm one of the cheapest guys in the world; but I just can not believe bringing beverages in is even an option...