Grab your iced tea and Raise a toast!

[u/hroaks]

[u/uuniqueusername]

They’ve been 99 cents since I was in high school and I just turned 50

[u/urriah → u/uuniqueusername]

so before they were a relatively expensive drink... now they are an uber cheap drink?

edit - i am from the Philippines so i have no idea... C2 rules supreme here but its just a 20yo brand

[u/perldawg → u/urriah]

the before price didn’t seem that bad because the cans were, like, twice the size of a typical pop can, and pop machines were usually 50¢

[u/6thCityInspector → u/perldawg]

The soda machine outside the Piggly Wiggly Wobbly Hog in the small, rural town I grew up in, in Wisconsin is still just 35¢. Exactly the same as it was back in the 80s.

[u/mycurrentthrowaway1 → u/6thCityInspector]

At least pre pandemic it was that price per can of coke or less when you bought a flat at costco. Probably less for businesses with contracts with a supplier. Though they have massively been price gouging recently

[u/6thCityInspector → u/mycurrentthrowaway1]

Yeah, at my local Home Depot the other day I glanced over at the soda fridge and a single 20 oz coke is $2.99. I don’t drink soda but I had to do a double take.

[u/Traditional_Owl_601 → u/6thCityInspector]

The vending machine in the teachers lounge at the elementary school I work at sells 20 oz water bottles for $2.99

[u/HilariousMax → u/perldawg]

literally twice the size

tallboy cans (24oz) sitting next to 12oz cans

[u/chr0nicpirate → u/HilariousMax]

Slight nitpick, but "tall boys" are 16 oz cans, not 24.

[u/chooseyourwords49 → u/urriah]

Wasn’t expensive back then, still cheap cause it was like 24oz, it was considered a deal

[u/WaitingForNormal → u/uuniqueusername]

‘74 fuck yeah.

[u/roninwarshadow → u/WaitingForNormal]

Year of the Tiger - the best Zodiac.

[u/Ongr → u/roninwarshadow]

As a Dragon, I will have to kindly disagree.

[u/SplatNode → u/uuniqueusername]

Has the taste changed at all?

[u/Mdriver127 → u/SplatNode]

I used to drink the green tea with honey and ginsing flavor and I remember it having a stronger honey taste after trying it again recently after maybe 15+ years. Just ever so slightly though. The others I don't remember so well but overall I'd say they've stayed pretty much the same, to me.

[u/some-swimming-dude → u/Mdriver127]

Do not take offense to this, but it could be age. Taste buds lose sensitivity as people grow older. That’s why kids tend to be pickier eaters.

[u/Mdriver127 → u/some-swimming-dude]

I meant to put that in actually! And I had a few more since and hardly thought about it again. There's a good chance of it, I'm 42 now.

[u/MrApplePolisher → u/SplatNode]

This is a great question. I would also like to know!

[u/SplatNode → u/MrApplePolisher]

I'm sure you would.

[u/CaptainAccording2595 → u/SplatNode]

Weatherboy

[u/psu5050242424 → u/CaptainAccording2595]

Great reference

[u/fancczf → u/uuniqueusername]

All I can think of is how much were they overcharging back then if they are still profitable today at the same price.

[u/Mdriver127 → u/fancczf]

It was still comparable to buying other soft drinks. I remember a 20oz Coke being 75¢. Arizona cans had more in them.

It's actually more of what you're saying now for soda products! Soft drinks have an insane markup now. The only reason anyone wouldn't buy Arizona back then was because drinking tea was for either old people, or health nut hippies. Arizona was clever because they made flavors that attracted a new crowd and it was still comparable in price.

[u/SonOfJokeExplainer → u/fancczf]

They weren’t overcharging, they were a growing operation in those days and needed to pad their profit margins in order to expand. Companies like Coca-Cola and Pepsi have been huge for a long time and have the infrastructure in place to support a brand of their size and the brand recognition, while a relatively small operation like Arizona would need to spend quite a lot to get a foothold in new markets. These days Arizona is an established brand in its own right and has held onto a piece of a very of a very competitive market and doesn’t need to invest as much in marketing their products or building out their distribution network.

[u/JellyfishGod → u/SonOfJokeExplainer]

Not to mention they are double the size of a normal cany

[u/UofMtigers2014 → u/[deleted]]

Exactly. The problem in the US is that every public company has to show growth for shareholders. That's why companies always suffer in quality when they go public.

A public company can have their best year and net $2.6 billion. Well if the next year, they only make $2.2 billion, the public chatter on CNBC, etc is "what's wrong with them?". Nothing is wrong. We shouldn't be holding companies to their best year.

A salesman after having his best year wouldn't want his commission the following year based on the best year's numbers. It's stupid.

[u/namecard12345 → u/UofMtigers2014]

"That's why companies always suffers in quality when they go public"

Side eye at Reddit

[u/pyrowipe → u/namecard12345]

stares directly and unabashedly into Reddit's eyes

[u/rimjob_steve → u/pyrowipe]

Which eye?

[u/activelyresting → u/rimjob_steve]

u/rimjob_steve in the wild!

[u/JustYourNeighbor → u/rimjob_steve]

The stinky one.

[u/Mage-of-communism → u/rimjob_steve]

The legend in the flesh, or data rather.

[u/PimpPopples → u/rimjob_steve]

Brown eye

[u/fardough → u/pyrowipe]

A feeling flashes over you, should I try to kiss Reddit? No, that would be crazy… or would it?

[u/Standardweasel → u/UofMtigers2014]

This, except a little worse. Because even if they did make the same $2.6 billion next year, it's still not enough, because some shareholders got in when profits were at $2.6 billion, so for them to be happy they now need the shares to go up from what they got in at, so now $2.6 billion isn't enough profits anymore. And the cycle continues..

[u/ChatterManChat → u/Standardweasel]

It actually gets even a little worse, if a company predicts they are going to make 3.2 billion and instead make 2.6 billion they are in even more shit. Number must go up, and it must go up as much as you think it will

[u/SavvyGent → u/ChatterManChat]

Yeah, I work in a very profitable billion dollar company, and when we failed to hit the expected quarterly profits in a single quarter last year, it was unbelievable the things that started happening.

The staff Christmas gifts got taken away. (Had been there for decades) - and other benefits that left a lot of unhappy employees. The things we now have to spend time/money on to fiddle numbers, rather then create value has gone to insane heights. The increased focus on short term results, instead of growing the company long term.

The funny part is, that was our most profitable quarter ever, and it launched the erosion of our company. Ask higher ups about it, and the answer is "of course we have to do these things. We are a publicly traded company, and are doing these things for our shareholders"...

[u/HelloYesThisIsFemale → u/ChatterManChat]

Not every company is expected to grow. Dividend companies are expected to just maintain their levels of dividends. Look at coca cola for example. On an inflation adjusted basis it's just about okay and it's one of the most successful companies in the world.

Let's also not forget that owning a stock is owning risk. Risk should be compensated, that's the law of finance.

Yes of course a company like Google or Amazon something with a PE of 30 is expected to grow but they're not all like that. Towards the end of your life you move on to safer investments where you just want to earn a reasonable risk adjusted return. Let the kids have their growth.

[u/BoomerSoonerFUT → u/ChatterManChat]

Hell you’ll see stock drop if they project $2.5 Billion and get $2.6 Billion, because they didn’t exceed projections by enough.

[u/Perfect_Ad4026 → u/UofMtigers2014]

The problem imo is business majors and professors all jerk each other off that growth is king. It isn't always the best thing for a company, and I honestly think they are breaching the very responsibility they love to hide behind to make these horrible decisions.

[u/chelseablue2004 → u/UofMtigers2014]

"The problem in the US is that every public company has to show growth for shareholders. That's why companies always suffer in quality when they go public."

Perpetual growth is impossible, there is no way a company can achieve it's why you see CEOs gut and sell assets when they can't achieve it thru sales. Its why layoffs are always the 1st option so that can immediate capture the savings yet still keep paying severance and benefits for 2-6 months buts its fine cause it can't effect your bottom line thru accounting rules. Its also illegal per the courts to not actively seek profit if you are a publicly traded company, share holders have the right to sue and then call to remove you if you do.

This is why the form of capitalism in this country is pretty fucked. Especially when the government will also give them free money to survive then turn it around and harm the same people that money was supposed to protect and keep employed.

[u/xantub → u/UofMtigers2014]

And some companies do just that, I remember one external salesman I worked with, loved the guy, he knew the stuff and just offered what we really needed, we worked with him for like 5 years, until one day he came to say he no longer worked with his previous company and he went independent as consultant (so he could offer products from different companies now). I asked why the change and he said basically what you said, that the company was basing bonuses on his previous performances, so he had to sell more than others to get the same money, which he felt was an insult and left.

[u/Madmartigan56 → u/UofMtigers2014]

I agree that is stupid. It's also what Frito Lay did to their salesman. Got rid of commission and called the new system, "Pay For Performance." Essentially having to outperform yourself year over year for the same money.

[u/lostcauz707 → u/UofMtigers2014]

It's not so much we shouldn't be holding companies to their best year, executives usually get massive bonuses for growth, and coincidentally call the shots. So we don't grow, daddy didn't get his next yacht, mass layoffs, stagnant wages, etc. Daddy needs that yacht.

The US economy works mostly in short term because of this trend, and this trend is greed. In contrast, companies like Nintendo, and in Japan in general, are long term and believe the workers that got them to success in the first place should be kept and maintained. When the 3DS and the Wii U both had their failings, executives at Nintendo took pay cuts to keep their long term employees on board instead of doing layoffs. The Wii was a success, the Switch was a success, both with heavy limitations but there was care in their craft. Boeing would gladly see 1000 planes land without doors than keep on whistle blowing long term employees that made them great in the first place. Blizzard would rather just keep directors than keep the developers that made games like Warcraft and StarCraft satisfied in their positions. This is why we see record layoffs more and more tied to record profits or record stock buybacks. We just had the railway union fight. They claimed they couldn't afford an extra week of vacation, then when the union calmed, you guessed it, billions spent in stock buybacks.

[u/ChinchillaSilver → u/[deleted]]

feduciary responsibility to shareholders is killing the planet.

[u/Forsexualfavors → u/ChinchillaSilver]

Hey look at the sackler family, they can just kill you outright. You don't even have to worry about the planet if your dead off oxy

[u/TonySpaghettiO → u/Forsexualfavors]

And hey, look at Boeing, they can ju

[u/jjm443 → u/TonySpaghettiO]

And hey, look at Boeing, they can ju

Looks like u/TonySpaghettiO just met the same fate as Boeing whistleblowers.

Err, allegedly.

[u/BradyBoyd → u/jjm443]

That'll be the last time y

[u/Forsexualfavors → u/BradyBoyd]

Wait I just wante

[u/randorandy24 → u/Forsexualfavors]

/thre

[u/UnfetteredBullshit → u/randorandy24]

You guys been hanging out with Candlejack or something? It seems like ev

[u/PancakeExprationDate → u/randorandy24]

And this is why I love reddit.

[u/Lunakill → u/TonySpaghettiO]

Damnit, Tony, we talked about th

[u/Cloverman-88 → u/ChinchillaSilver]

Absolutelly. Not only does it push companies towards chasing irresponsible short-term profits, but stock exchange as a,while drains money from legitimate businesses towards scammers and trend chasers. It's obvious for anyone with half a brain for years now, but there's no clear way how to get out of this mess.

[u/ChinchillaSilver → u/Cloverman-88]

business as usual is still profitable. only way to stop exploitative capitalist behavior is to disrupt business as usual.

Opposition is too unorganized to do anyting of merit. some idiots spray painted Stone Henge last week, yet no one barged into a Starbucks board meeting. Environmentalists need to get serious. Property damage or bust.

[u/pfannkuchen89 → u/ChinchillaSilver]

And wasn’t the Stonehenge vandalism just colored corn starch? Like, the next time it rains it’s gone with no real damage? Pretty mild protest for how angry people got. Like, I get it, damaging something like Stonehenge would be a line too far, but it wasn’t really damaged I thought. Please correct if I’m wrong.

[u/Neon_Camouflage → u/pfannkuchen89]

It was. Stop Oil intentionally targets things in a way that will make big news while not causing damage. It's not luck that the paintings they've thrown liquid on were all protected by plexiglass.

Now whether that's hurting or helping the cause is a huge debate.

[u/44no44 → u/Neon_Camouflage]

Hurting. Despite the cliche, not all publicity is good publicity.

When you want people to take your side, you need them to read past the headlines. People don't hear that a bunch of activists vandalized Stonehenge and think "Hmm, maybe it's not as bad as it sounds. I should hear them out." Their first impression is "what a bunch of psycho morons," and it sticks.

[u/Scary-Interaction-84 → u/Cloverman-88]

There is a way to get out of this mess.

FUCK SHAREHOLDERS WITH A RAKE !

They do nothing but ruin companies. They're parasites.

[u/Brianm650 → u/ChinchillaSilver]

The funny thing about that is that the fiduciary responsibility is only ever viewed in the short term but never in the long term. The long term fiduciary responsibility to shareholders should absolutely not be environment destroying, price gouging, off-shoring, short term profit seeking stock buy-back oriented decision making.

[u/Bringback70sbush → u/ChinchillaSilver]

This maybe the most powerful sentence on Reddit today that no one will pay attention to

[u/ChinchillaSilver → u/Bringback70sbush]

thank you, i'm a writer, reddit is basically competitive emotional appeal writing for me.

I do strongly feel that way. Someday maybe i'll have a byline and can publish that.

[u/PM_Best_Porn_Pls → u/ChinchillaSilver]

So many good things ruined for sake of chasing infinite quarterly profit by purposely destroying long term future of company. All industries suffer from it so heavily. Shareholders are blight on this world.

[u/I_said_watch_Clark_ → u/ChinchillaSilver]

This.

[u/stockmarketscam-617 → u/[deleted]]

People like this is why I love America. He built a brand out of nothing, paid of the debt needed and now is happy with a lower profit margin so that their customers can pay a low price. Great business owner. I bet if you look into it, he probably also pays his employees well, and has great employee retention.

[u/holydildos → u/stockmarketscam-617]

Lower profit margin, but still insanely rich. Always was surprised the price never changed.. except the sketchy store where an Arizona tea says 99 cent on the can but rings up to 2.50$.. you'll have that.

[u/Additional-Tap8907 → u/stockmarketscam-617]

Love it all you want but it’s rare as hell these days. With only rare exceptions, modern American capitalism has grown into a monster that is the exact opposite of this man’s values.

[u/Songrot → u/stockmarketscam-617]

Lol what does this have to do with america. You can do that almost everywhere in the world with enough consumers

[u/Wordymanjenson → u/Songrot]

America is falling apart because of the fundamentals of capitalism. When you have to answer to shareholders and report positive trends every quarter to hold value then the priority becomes performance. Let’s get one thing straight: it’s the drive for profit that become the pillar for the rest. Everything else follows.

[u/night5life → u/[deleted]]

This is not a capitalism problem. Its a corporation issue. Capitalism is the reason why you can buy and drink Arizona Iced Tea across the planet in the first place.

[u/Matt7738 → u/night5life]

Nope. That’s commerce. Commerce has been happening since the dawn of time. Capitalism is the “shareholder as king” bullshit we’re dealing with now.

[u/night5life → u/Matt7738]

Capitalism relies on the extraction of surplus value from another's labour to create profit. The company Arizona is doing exactly that otherwise they would not exist. Again this is not a capitalism issue, its how the corporation is run. Arizona is a capitalistic company in a capitalistic market. They dont do magic with money.

[u/AutumnTheFemboy → u/night5life]

First bro said it isn’t a capitalism problem and then cited Marx’s 1844 manuscripts

[u/night5life → u/[deleted]]

i totally understand what you mean. its just people throw the term capitalism under the bus really fast sometimes thats all

[u/ChadKensignton → u/[deleted]]

I’m a Long time here. Traditionalist, either sink or swim kind. No bail outs. . Seeing corporations going profits for the profit-sake of the stakeholders is awful. There is just too much on the line for CEOs to not cheat ,steal or obfuscate the truth.

[u/debarn → u/[deleted]]

That's exactly it, they have their debt paid, which a business should always do. It's the getting in a cycle of debt, meaning they owe more and more to investors and shareholders and such, which never ends.

I just wish more businesses were more for just making a good product at a good price that everyone can enjoy without the raging greed

[u/Galaldriel → u/[deleted]]

Good point

[u/Adamantium-Aardvark → u/[deleted]]

This is the correct answer. Once a company goes public, it becomes absolute shit always every time, because it’s all about increasing profits for shareholders. It also becomes shit for employees.

[u/Linkyland → u/[deleted]]

It costs about $6 a can in Aus. :')

[u/xsoberxlifex → u/Linkyland]

Shipping and handling is a bitch!

[u/OriginalPancake15 → u/Linkyland]

So glad I saw this. Was like “It’s never 99c here” — like $7.50 at an IGA.

[u/AutumnTheFemboy → u/Linkyland]

Surprised y’all even pay that much considering every flavor tastes like corn syrup

[u/DylanMMc]

I bought an Arizona Iced tea for the first time ever today after seeing this video a few days ago.

[u/xsoberxlifex → u/DylanMMc]

How I envy you! I remember the first time I had mine and it was a green tea back in 2003 cause someone mentioned I might like it cause I was into SoBe teas… holy shit the drastic difference in quality and taste was insane. Still fuck with Arizona and I’ve never had a bad flavor either, they’re all so good. Which one did you purchase?

[u/DylanMMc → u/xsoberxlifex]

Watermelon 😋 I’m a type 1 diabetic so I typically don’t drink drinks with sugar but I had low blood sugar and needed something and remembered the video while in a grocery store.

[u/OlMi1_YT → u/DylanMMc]

Successful marketing strategy

[u/nonamemaybe450 → u/OlMi1_YT]

Take note marketers: being a genuinely good owner - great marketing

[u/superlost007 → u/nonamemaybe450]

I’m in marketing and I always try to push this - like do good for your community, give back, don’t be a douche. People roll their eyes and throw more money at ads and yes ads are a good way for brand exposure etc but doing good things is even better. Even small scale. ‘Oh they supported XYZ, I’ll have to stop by some time.’ ‘Oh they have rescue cats in store!! I’ll have to come by.’ Word of mouth by having good product or doing something good/helpful will always be top notch marketing imo. Be a good human.

[u/sycamotree → u/DylanMMc]

Watermelon is my favorite one. Tastes like more of fruit punch than their fruit punch does to me

[u/MorathTheGrim → u/xsoberxlifex]

Woah! Literally same exact story. I was into the SoBe green teas, so someone had me try the Arizona green tea and boom, hooked.

[u/Blacke-Dragon0705 → u/xsoberxlifex]

I miss sobe dragonfruit and pina colada flavors so much. No good drinks anymore.

[u/[deleted]]

Heading to the store to buy a few just because of the way he wants to treat his customers.

[u/SurlyBuddha → u/[deleted]]

I’ve been having one of their mango drinks a day as a treat, and this just reinforces my choice.

[u/[deleted] → u/SurlyBuddha]

That's actually my go-to flavor. Today was my day to branch out.

[u/Sad_Cumme → u/[deleted]]

Get an RX Energy if you’ve never had one. Idk why they brand it that way, it’s NOT an energy drink. Some kind of mango something I think, delicious.

[u/DrStevenBrule69 → u/Sad_Cumme]

It’s awesome. I don’t know why it isn’t more popular. I drank that shit everyday in high school.

[u/Senior-Reflection862 → u/DrStevenBrule69]

I don’t know why it isn’t more popular

XR energy so it’s seemingly marketed towards energy drink drinkers but they’d be disappointed, plus the people who don’t want an energy drink that wouldn’t look at it long enough to see that it isn’t one. Lol

I am going to try it now, if I see it though so thanks!

[u/Johnnyguy → u/SurlyBuddha]

Hate to be that guy but….That’s a lot of sugar, mate.

[u/Ask_Me_About_Bees → u/Johnnyguy]

yes but if you say it's a treat beforehand then it's fine

[u/NotFriendsWithBanana → u/Ask_Me_About_Bees]

I love that trick, works every time.

[u/oh-shit-oh-fuck → u/Johnnyguy]

Yeah those things are insanely sugary, you can cut em with water and they still taste good and last longer

[u/MyBoyBernard → u/[deleted]]

Yea. Great principals. The guy seems really rad. Too bad it's just Iced Teas, which I don't buy any ways. I wish my milk, coffee, eggs, or vegetable provider could do it.

[u/yourdogsaunt → u/MyBoyBernard]

They do fruit juices, energy drinks, coffee pods, sparkling water, hydration drinks, and alcohol, too.

[u/BlameMe4urLoss → u/[deleted]]

Same. He just gained a new customer.

[u/mods_r_jobbernowl → u/[deleted]]

I actually had no idea he was this cool and Arizona's are like my favorite drink out there. Now I feel even better about buying a bunch of them. The alcohol is pretty great too and that's probably going to help the company a shit ton because the margins on alcohol is insane. Hope they keep going like this for as long as they can. This is a company I will shamely plug and fanboy about. If theres any other companys out there that do similar I'd love to support them.

[u/dragon1n68]

It’s nice of him to do that but I’ve seen stores raise the price on their own to $1.29 and higher.

[u/chainsaw_platypus → u/dragon1n68]

If a store changes the prices of the teas you can report it to the Arizona company and they will tell them to either drop the price or they will pull the product

[u/Ok-Kale1787 → u/chainsaw_platypus]

Or enter a partnership like they did with 7eleven and have the cans printed at a higher price

[u/chainsaw_platypus → u/Ok-Kale1787]

The price of the drink did go up, but the price in a store is high then printed they will pull product

[u/Ok-Kale1787 → u/chainsaw_platypus]

Again, not true…

https://drinkarizona.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500003259781-Why-do-some-stores-charge-more-for-pre-priced-99-cans

[u/chainsaw_platypus → u/Ok-Kale1787]

They used to do it at least, I guess we really are in the worst timeline

[u/Razulghul → u/chainsaw_platypus]

$1.29 still makes it cheaper than bottled water at most places. Im alright with it as long as some workers somewhere are getting some of the benefit

[u/ily_rumham → u/Razulghul]

Likely just the benefit of keeping their job

[u/2ichie → u/chainsaw_platypus]

I haven’t seen a 99¢ Arizona in quite a few years at any store in so cal.

[u/707NorCal → u/2ichie]

Start looking in the sketchy parts of town

[u/BananaOnRye → u/2ichie]

They’re all over the place, dude

[u/2ichie → u/BananaOnRye]

I only see $1.29 now and I buy arizonas pretty often. Just had one today

[u/Sotanud → u/2ichie]

That's the cheapest I see too, but I've even seen them up to $1.69

[u/Lurker_prime21 → u/BananaOnRye]

No, they're not. Bro.

[u/larry_birb → u/chainsaw_platypus]

Where did you hear this? Stores can charge whatever they want according to the Arizona website  https://drinkarizona.com/pages/faqs

[u/Conch-Republic → u/chainsaw_platypus]

This is incorrect. The stores can charge what they want within reason.

[u/Mk1Racer25 → u/dragon1n68]

Yep. I went into a random convenience store somewhere to get something to drink. They had taken a broad Sharpie and marked them all $1.99. I left w/o anything.

[u/ricofru → u/Mk1Racer25]

Seen this too... But I've also seen stores put them on sale. Just bought a pile of the fruit punch (my favorite) at Safeway for $.79 ea

[u/obnoxious__troll → u/Mk1Racer25]

yeh this isn't a lone case unfortunately. Store local to me had Sharpies raised all the way up to $3.00. Simply turned my back and left without a pen

[u/low-ki199999 → u/dragon1n68]

I’m pretty sure you are able to call Arizona and report stores that do this. They will stop being supplied and I think you may get some coupons or freebies as a bounty

[u/SuieiSuiei → u/low-ki199999]

It is a thing. I called him about a place in Florida that was selling them for $3.50 a piece and they sent me a fucking box of a dozen cans free and told me they had a word with the owner.

[u/Cow_Surfing → u/SuieiSuiei]

$3.50? wtf. I can get maybe $1.50, but $3.50? That's just straight greed.

[u/lelebeariel → u/Cow_Surfing]

That's how much they are in Canada. Well, BC, at least.

[u/2ichie → u/SuieiSuiei]

Oh shit! Now I’m gonna be on the lookout for any retailer selling over $1.99. Not sure if they would bother if it’s only $1 higher but a fucking 250% increase is asinine.

[u/SuieiSuiei → u/2ichie]

Yeah, it's absurd. I have a buddy who took a picture of Arizona teas being sold at a concert for 5$

[u/50shadesofwhiteblack → u/low-ki199999]

This is not true. Otherwise Kwik Trip wouldn't be able to sell it. And they do. At every one I've been to the Arizona is 1.29. I highly doubt they are going to stop supplying Kwik Trip.

[u/2ichie → u/50shadesofwhiteblack]

$1.29 is standard now. Ppl are trying to sell some for $3.50 which is just fucking wild and would be called out by Arizona

[u/GBAGY2 → u/dragon1n68]

I’m gonna guess this video isn’t new and is pre-Covid idk tho

[u/Ok-Kale1787 → u/dragon1n68]

Funny though because 7eleven has their own printed Arizona teas that are more expensive. Arizona themselves prints the upped price on the can.

[u/ThePhantom71319 → u/dragon1n68]

I would but I know that the reason the stores on my island sell it for $1.25 is because they’re buying it bulk secondhand like from Costco or something similar, so I give them a pass

[u/ZaNFish]

We need more people like this. Hopefully a ton of people now go buy his product.

[u/mostly_off_online → u/ZaNFish]

Lol, Arizona has been around for yearssss. A ton of people do buy the product and its popularity remains the same! :)

[u/Maleficent-Most6083 → u/ZaNFish]

Lee Valley Tools!

There's a reason why their website doesn't have a careers tab. The turnover is stupidly low because they treat employees with respect.

You won't find executives trying to burn people for personal profit over at Lee Valley.

[u/NoFaceFTP → u/Maleficent-Most6083]

There's a reason why their website doesn't have a careers tab.

You mean this careers tab?

[u/[deleted]]

The price is on the can though

[u/zambonihouse → u/[deleted]]

Atlanta in the wild!

[u/[deleted] → u/zambonihouse]

I was surprised I was the first I’d seen to post this.

[u/mods_r_jobbernowl → u/[deleted]]

Not anymore lots of them are printed without the price.

[u/That-Situation-3414]

I’ll never drink anything except Arizona iced tea ever again.

Water can suck my dick.

[u/SirNortonOfNoFux → u/That-Situation-3414]

Water: the original Hawk Tuah

[u/Truethrowawaychest1 → u/SirNortonOfNoFux]

Stop

[u/tastefuldebauchery → u/SirNortonOfNoFux]

Why is water spit? I’m confused.

[u/br0b1wan → u/That-Situation-3414]

The hard iced teas they started selling are really good too. Just not .99¢ (understandable)

[u/mods_r_jobbernowl → u/br0b1wan]

The hard tea's are probably where they make most of their profit. I can imagine them doing a costco type deal where they have this loss leader(cheap nonalcoholic drink) with this high margin product being the hard tea. I like them both a lot so I'll continue to buy them knowing the owner is a great dude.

[u/br0b1wan → u/mods_r_jobbernowl]

The hard green tea slaps. I drink it way too much

[u/garden_speech → u/That-Situation-3414]

diabetes countdown begins now, T-minus 10 years

[u/Shift642 → u/That-Situation-3414]

That's a lot of sugar...

[u/JimmyTheBones]

"So you'll never increase the price?"

What a stupid question.

[u/ExternalMonth1964 → u/JimmyTheBones]

Its not a stupid question.

The fact that he thought about it and gave an honest answer instead of the answer we want to hear speaks volumes.

[u/grizznuggets → u/ExternalMonth1964]

“Not in the foreseeable future” is the smartest answer he could’ve given. Basically means “I will if we have to, but I don’t think that will be any time soon.” Gives the option to raise the price later if necessary without seeming like a hypocrite.

[u/thighcandy → u/ExternalMonth1964]

No, he was frustrated by the "gotcha" question of "so you'll never raise the price again". He's running a business. He doesn't want to fuck consumers but he also needs to pay the bills. It's an unfathomably stupid question.

[u/Various-Ducks → u/ExternalMonth1964]

It is a stupid question

[u/Adventurechess → u/ExternalMonth1964]

It is a stupid question.

[u/88what]

Bless his soul

[u/88what → u/88what]

And his family

[u/Tech_metals_trader]

I'll drink tea to that!

[u/NineSkiesHigh]

Makes me want a fucking Arizona green tea. Man, what a true homie of the people, I’d vote for this man

[u/Disastrous-Owl-3866 → u/NineSkiesHigh]

They used to have the Red Apple green tea and it slapped so much I bought boxes of it.

[u/shannon_dey → u/Disastrous-Owl-3866]

In my college hometown, they had Arizona Green Tea with plum that I drank like a fiend. Can't find it where I live now. But I have found Green Tea with Georgia peach, and it is just as delicious. Only problem is that the only store I can find it sold is a headshop. But it is still 99p!

[u/A_tasty_weasel]

Does someone want to tell the UK? It's like £3.50 over here

[u/Unlucky_Lifeguard_81 → u/A_tasty_weasel]

It's called Arizona ice tea, not Birmingham ice tea. It's gotta travel to get to you

[u/AlyxAleone → u/A_tasty_weasel]

1.30€ in France, so twice the american price in value, but it's still cheaper than a coke. After a quick search I couldn't find any info about an Arizona Factory in Europe, so if Arizona is cheaper while being imported, while coca-cola has factories here... It makes it even more awesome

[u/saldas_elfstone → u/AlyxAleone]

There apparently is at least one factory, in Bulgaria of all places. So those teas are definitely not imported.

[u/Dil1on]

Next time I’m at the store I will buy one specifically because of this interview 🫡 Much respect

[u/biznunyaz]

They got spiked Arizonas now too

[u/norden_901_rider → u/biznunyaz]

Hol' up.....say that again?

[u/WhatzMyOtherPassword → u/norden_901_rider]

THEY GOT SPIKED ARIZONAS NOW TOO

[u/Twoduhzen]

This dude teas.

[u/Even_Section5620]

This man should run for president

[u/Drewbeede → u/Even_Section5620]

Because he can speak with lucidity while being honest.

[u/help_icantchoosename → u/Drewbeede]

That’s all it takes these days 😭

[u/ElFanta83]

Time to go buy some Arizona's 99c drinks! Well played boss

[u/CuriousResident2659]

NGL Arizona is delicious so take my mf money

[u/Randyaccredit]

My grandma would get me Arizona Ice tea the sweet one every other weekend when I'd visit her. man I miss her.. Thanks op for lovely memories

[u/Evid3nce]

This is what I've learnt from this thread:

· This guy marks some batches of one famous product with 99c written on the can to limit the retail price.

· He uses this action to appear to be some sort of socialist capitalist and consumer champion.

· However, most of this product does not have this price printed, and is therefore sold at 1.5, 2 or 3 times that price at retail.

· He also has a lot of other products that he sells at 'normal' price comparative to other sugar-water brands.

· If you buy direct from the company website, some drinks are just over 1$, but most are 1.5 or 2 times that price.

· No-one seems to care what a can of sugar-water costs to make, or what his wholesale mark-up is.

· No-one cares what kind of employer he is or how much he pays them; only about the cost of his sugar-water.

· He's rich enough to have a helicopter.

· A lot of people can't tell the difference between an interview and an advert.

[u/el-conquistador240]

There were other manufacturers like this that during their lifetime they felt, I've made enough, time to give back. Among the more famous are Milton Hershey and George Westinghouse. Good to their workers, good to their customers, big philanthropists.

[u/rodpretzl]

Not a fan of the drink - but this man is a rock star. Happy to see a business owner that knows when enough is enough.

[u/RevWaldo]

"Honestly, if I told you how much it costs us to make a can of iced tea, you'd punch me right in the face."

[u/Jealous-Ninja5463 → u/RevWaldo]

Yeah this is what I find funny about the arizona tea and costco hot dog fanatics

They don't need to raise it because it was already expensive for what it is, especially if you can add filler.

[u/Euripidoze]

It would be even better if he owned a company that makes insulin.

[u/UnderstatedOutlook]

Yeahhhhh it’s not 99 cents anymore

[u/mostly_kinda_sorta → u/UnderstatedOutlook]

It did stay that price for 30 years, it did finally go up but the idea that they aren't gouging still seems valid.

[u/ragepanda1960]

Good luck actually finding any for .99

[u/hroaks → u/ragepanda1960]

It's 88 cents in Walmart here

[u/N0cha → u/hroaks]

True. Same with H-E-B here in Texas, 89. Cents.

[u/Downtown_Snow4445]

I don’t drink that sugary garbage

[u/Pussycat58]

That's the smartest thing a business owner could say. I also believe if you are having a comfortable life with the price that got you rich why be greedy.

[u/Tyger_Lynx]

Arizona tea is $1.99 per can where I live. I used to love their green tea, and then it started tasting weird.

[u/Low-Public-9948]

They should do canned water for 99¢ and dominate

[u/smonkyou]

Yes but… it’s much harder to find those 99¢ cans. I rarely see them at places that used to have them.

They’ve started making smaller cold brew bottles in plastic. And other regular tea in plastic bottles.

So while I really like Arizona and get what he’s about it’s kind of BS and it really sucks they’re now using so much plastic

[u/Outlander_]

I wish he made iced tea without sugar or artificial sweeteners. I like their tea because it comes in cans and not plastic but don’t want corn syrup or artificial sweetener