mechurchlady wrote:Maybe it is not the three cents but the lawsuits they were facing.
Nah, couldn't be. If Disney cared about avoiding lawsuits, they'd have to take out a lot more than Dasani caps...let's see, how about the ecv's, they're pretty dangerous, and the rides with all the big heavy machinery--someone could get killed or maimed by those. How about the resaurants, sometimes food gets mishandled and people get sick...they could sue. Or maybe even the flowers, I've got allergies. If my eyes start to water it could ruin my magical experience and I will *definitely* sue!
I'm pretty sure the savings per bottle actually comes in at *less* than three cents a unit (no, I don't have any insight into Disney's deal with Coca-Cola [the makers of Dasani], but I have managed a lot of restaurants) but the money is still enormous based on the volume of product Disney moves. While to a restaurant in the real world, the difference might only be a couple of dollars in food cost per day, to disney it could be thousands (again, that's kinda just a guess, because I don't know how much water Disney moves, but I think 100,000 units a day at a couple of cents per unit equaling out to around 2000USD/day or almost three quaters of a million per year in saved food cost is a pretty good low-ball estimate) So I'd have to agree it's once again all about the $$$ for Disney. But I'm willing to pretend it's because CM's hated the little clear caps and corporate wanted to give something back! :D: