--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bob_brigante wrote: > > > > I've pretty much eliminated soda and drink juice, but when I drink > > soda, Hansen's, available at the supermarkets as well as the health > > food places, is a sugar-only alternative to the corn drinks. For > > sure, Nutrasweet and other artificial sweeteners are suspect and very > > likely to be anything but bad for health. Anyway, sugar is sattvic in > > moderation in Ayurveda. You can smuggle in your Hansen's in your > > jacket, be cheaper than the theater ripoff anyway.
> Hansen's doesn't make a cola that I'm aware of. The local grocery has > their stuff in the natural foods section so I looked. In some stores > they have a vanilla cola which doesn't interest me. Red Bull is > expensive at $1.49 a can but a nice treat and all natural including cola > nut extract. Hansen's used to have a cola though and I remember health > food stores having all kinds of natural colas. The theater needs to > make money or they won't be there anymore so what little I spend there > on refreshments keeps them in business. The studios take most of the > ticket fee. It's just too weird to have an 8 screen state of the art > theater where I live as most of the Bay Area theaters are not yet > digital (and have higher ticket fees). > ******** Evidently no cola, but their ginger beer sounds good: http://hansens.com/products/products.php?subcat=3&color=soda You're right that the studios absolutely need the refreshment stand money, but they can make it on the rug rats -- I dislike paying 1000% markups for my sugar water on my infrequent trips to the cine.
