Soda Distributors Irked by Berkeley’s Follow-Through on Soda Tax

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Dr. Pepper Snapple Group in Walnut Creek is one of multiple distributors frustrated by the lack of guidance from the city of Berkeley over the soda tax. Photo by Eric Lynch/Berkeleyside

By Seung Y. Lee, KQED News Fix/Berkeleyside

As the co-owner of San Francisco-based Waterloo Beverages, Camilo Malaver enjoyed doing business in Berkeley. But he did not want anything to do with Berkeley after voters adopted a soda tax in November.

In January, when the tax was implemented, Malaver decided to stop restocking his supply of craft sodas and naturally sweetened beverages in Berkeley because he says the city has done a poor job of relaying information on how to comply with the tax. He’s keen to restock in Berkeley again, but for now he is waiting to see how the tax will develop.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix/Berkeleyside.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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