[nebula8804]

Its just sugar water.

[dylan604]

What if it's Coke Zero?

[mrguyorama]

It is definitely striking that a 2L bottle of local municipal water plus caramel color and a pinch of aspartame costs $2.65

Fucking insane. Coke has a higher label tax than Apple.

The other infuriating part is that the generic brand soda is also expensive for some reason. What an efficient market, when generic water can maintain an insane profit margin.

[tatersolid]

Liquids are heavy. A large chunk of the retail cost in bottled drinks of all types is transport and distribution.

The same is true of liquid detergents and soaps and anything else you buy that is mostly water - even fresh produce.