Walgreens sued over allegedly collecting soda pop tax on unsweetened drinks

A Schaumburg man is suing Walgreens for allegedly wrongly charging Cook County's new sweetened beverage tax on unsweetened sparkling water.

The lawsuit, filed Friday by Vincent De Leon, comes days after the county's penny-per-ounce tax took effect.

The tax went into effect Wednesday and applies to nonalcoholic beverages that are either sugar- or artificially sweetened, including fountain drinks as well as bottled and canned beverages.

LaCroix and similar flavored bubbly waters, such as Perrier and Soleil, aren't supposed to be taxed because they're not sweetened.

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