Article 6006 of rec.arts.sf.fandom:
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom
From: hoey@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil (Dan Hoey)
Subject: Re: How to Run a Con Suite?
Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 15:35:03 GMT

dwbutler@mtu.edu (Daniel W. Butler-Ehle) writes:

> Locally, a 4.5 gallon (17L) cannister of premix soda is $12
> [stuff deleted]
> But with a little price shopping, I can get brand X in 2-liter
> bottles for about half that.  Two-liters don't take an hour to set
> up and two hours to clean.  Fountain just doesn't make sense.

Great logic up until the last sentence (if your fen like Brand X).
But the right conclusion is that pre-mix just doesn't make sense.

A CO2+syrup system saves a lot of money: the estimate is that
Disclave's system paid for itself in four years.  And you get to serve
the real Brand C stuff (I've heard it lacks both coca and cola these
days; perhaps the C stands for caramel, caffeine, and calories).  And
I, at least, prefer the taste of carbonation to that of phosphation.

The downside (other than finding the labor for the care and cleaning)
is that you need a source of running water.  This year, it's looking
like we may not to be able to swing it.  Our contingency plan is for
bottled soda.

In case anyone doesn't know, Disclave is this Friday to Monday at the
Sheraton Premier at Tysons Corner, Virginia.  It's the big crystal
thing on Route 7 at the toll road.

Dan Hoey
Hoey@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil