Drink Fridge
The Drink Fridge is a full height glass front drinks fridge supplied and owned by Coca Cola, and stocked by members. It operates on a cash and honour-based tab system. Drinks are priced roughly at cost (slightly rounded up) with proceeds from the fridge going back into the lab.
Drink Selection
Selection in the Drink Fridge varies, but generally includes:
- a variety of canned and bottled pops
- sugared and sugar-free
- flavoured sparkling waters
- juices and/or nectars
- iced teas
- energy drinks
- cold brew coffee
Alcoholic beverages are not sold in the Drink Fridge. Prices range from $1 up to $3 or more for particularly large, fancy, premium beverages.
Payment
The Drink Fridge operates on a cash and honour-based, pre-paid tab system. You can either pay as you go by depositing the exact amount each time you take a drink, or you can deposit a greater amount and run your tab down over time. Most people will keep track of their tab on Green Tape on the side of the fridge. A traditional bar tab where you build up a debt then pay it off later is not permitted. Cash only, the cash box accepts both bills and coins.
As per the Code of Conduct, please ensure the Drink Fridge system is not abused so we can Have Nice Things.
Restocking
The fridge is restocked by and all drinks are purchased by members (see #project-drink-fridge on Slack). Requests for certain drinks can be made. Current favourite sources for bulk drink purchases are Canadian Wholesale Club in Waterloo and Costco. Overstock is stored in the Kitchen cupboard beside the Dart Board. Beverages in plastic bottles are generally preferred over glass to ease recycling, due to the weight of glass bottles, however such beverages are still permitted.
History
The fridge was supplied by and is still owned by Coca Cola, and was supplied with the understanding that Kwartzlab would exclusively use Coca Cola products therein. As the volume of drinks consumed are so low, none of Coca Cola's distributors would even talk to us, let alone distribute to us. Despite this, an effort has been made, with some amount of wry humour, to nevertheless stock Coca Cola products in the Drink Fridge.