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If it does, then the cost difference to the business should probably be subsidized / written off in taxes.
If you adhere to that philosophy, then why not adhere to the fact that there are other coffee shops customers can take their business and let the better shop who can achieve cheaper rates for alternative milks win as opposed to imposing a price control?
This isn't Healthcare where shopping around isn't an option, and it isn't a niche thing where there isn't competition.
Shit I'm all for strong market regulations, but this might be a tad too far and ignorant to business ownership -- especially one where we seek new entrepreneurs and not mega companies who can afford teams of lawyers.
Because no one has ever made an unjust law, right?
So here is how this goes just so you know.
Now all of the drinks go up in price so that the charge is just absorbed by the other customers.
The business makes no less money, hell they probably make more profit now and now everyone has to pay extra.
It's almost a mockery of the ADA.
What's more likely: the plaintiffs have a legitimate grievance, or they're hoping to get rich suing a large business? (not that I have much sympathy for large businesses like Starbucks but you get my point).
Consider that the context of the ADA is one that notes the disabled cannot explicitly be charged extra for the accommodations made in the first place for fulfilling the ADA requirements (e.g., wheel-chair ramp access), it becomes a bit more ambiguous in whether a product or service that is provided to everyone and independent of these explicit requirements falls under this category. In other words, the disabled here aren't being singled-out or discriminated upon any more than any other person is who asks for it. THAT would be VERY illegal.
... Hence why this isn't automatically resolved and will be reviewed and argued in court, and thus we shall see. And I'm not a lawyer so who knows.
Can you demonstrate that they are overcharging? Have you calculated the costs? Did you include the extra refrigeration space required, the wholesale cost of bulk milk in non-consumer packaging versus milk alternatives likely purchased by the case in consumer packaging? Do their distributors charge more for milk alternatives because they represent a lower volume than traditional milk.
Well no shit, but the obvious questions hanging over us are: 1) Does this apply to the letter of the law, or the spirit; and second to that 2) should such a law exist? 3) Why are you invoking double-standards for business competition when arguably coffee shops who don't meet a competitive price-point for a non-essential item will lose? I say again what was clearly deflected: a) this is not a situation where consumers cannot shop around, and b) this is not a niche service that cannot be found elsewhere.
If you want markets whatsoever and thriving small-businesses, this is the kind of shit that as an aggregation cripples competition with mega-corporations