{"id":27941,"date":"2017-10-03T18:36:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T22:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/beverage-taxes-c-store-sales-take-the-hit\/"},"modified":"2017-10-03T18:36:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T22:36:15","slug":"beverage-taxes-c-store-sales-take-the-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/beverage-taxes-c-store-sales-take-the-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Beverage Taxes: C-Store Sales Take the Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The over-consumption of sugar has caused a growing number of people around the world to develop type II diabetes, which directly caused 1.5 million deaths in 2012 alone.<\/strong><\/em> Sugary drinks present a special risk because the sugar in drinks enters the body faster than the sugar in food, thus overloading the pancreas and liver more heavily.  In an attempt to deter consumers from purchasing and consuming these drinks, researchers suggested that there be an added tax to purchase them.  Lawmakers also argued that these taxes could be used to promote healthy eating, and possibly even make healthy foods and healthcare more available.<\/p>\n

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Obviously, there are many reasons why these beverage taxes have been met with quite a bit of backlash.<\/p>\n

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  1. Those with less money will be more negatively impacted by the additional tax.<\/li>\n
  2. The criteria does not include other bad ingredients like energy supplements.<\/li>\n
  3. Those who profit from the beverage category will suffer when their sales plummet.<\/li>\n
  4. No one can prove that profits made from the tax will actually benefit the communities who pay them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Despite criticism from consumers and businesses alike, many legislators continue to push for the passing of sugary drink taxes across the country.  Beverage taxes first arrived in the U.S. in November 2014 when Berkeley, CA implemented a targeted tax on soda.  Since then, sugary drink taxes have been voted on in many elections around the U.S. and passed in select locations:<\/p>\n