“…201 Another study that also tracked prices through three months post-implementation, but at a smaller set of stores across Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco, found pass-through rates for soda, fruit-flavored drinks, and sweetened teas of 69%, 47%, and 32%, respectively. 202 A third report, for which interim findings from two studies were presented, determined that SSB prices from a random selection of stores in Berkeley had increased by more than 1 cent/oz in large and small chain supermarkets and chain gas stations (but not independent small markets or independent gas stations) and by 0.4 cents/oz in pharmacies four months after implementation. 203 These researchers also examined prices from retail scanner data for two large grocery chains operating in the Bay Area and found prices increased by more than 1 cent/oz in the fourth, fifth, and sixth months post-implementation.…”