Entertaining how so many people in this thread have completely ignored the fact that OP was at a breakfast buffet in order to jump at passing judgment... FT at its usual best, I suppose.
Originally Posted by
Nurse Traveler
Does soda cost that much more than juice?
Note that soda out of a fountain costs literally pennies on the dollar (acknowledging that juice can be reconstituted in fountains as well, and that a soda fountain was not the case in the OP).