Why Is AriZona Iced Tea Cheaper Than Water?

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Despite being a bladder-shattering 23.5 ounces, cans of AriZona iced tea have never wavered from the 99-cent price point introduced shortly after the drink debuted in 1992. It’s even printed on the label as a way of warding off sugar-water price gouging by retailers.

The fact that AriZona has been able to resist inflation for nearly a quarter-century is impressive. The fact that the cans usually wind up being cheaper than smaller soft drinks is also impressive, until you begin to realize how strange it is that a vat of iced tea and its accompanying ingredients somehow manages to be less expensive than plain water.

In a recent interview with Thrillist, AriZona chief marketing officer and co-owner Spencer Vultaggio shed some light on this convenience store mystery.

Unlike water titans Coke (which distributes Dasani), Evian, or Fiji, AriZona has virtually no advertising dollars invested in their teas. “We feel like it’s more important to spend money on something that our customer really cares about, instead of buying billboards or putting our cans in the hands of some celebrity for a few minutes,” Vultaggio said.

Even with a frugal approach to ads, AriZona still has to deal with rising production costs. To help resist increasing prices to compensate, the company has pursued alternative manufacturing methods, using 40 percent less aluminum in cans and having enough factories dotting the country to make transportation more efficient. Bottled water, in contrast, is sometimes sourced from abroad, making for exorbitant shipping costs.

In the end, it’s not the iced tea that’s more economical than the water; it’s that the container it comes in is simply cheaper to produce and transport. And while AriZona isn’t above charging a premium for fancier drinks—like a tea brewed with oak chips that sells for twice the price—their branding depends heavily on those familiar rows of 99-cent cans and the loyal consumers who keep reaching for them.

Interesting!

I’m glad to know there wasn’t something sinister involved, because I love this stuff and I drink it all the time.

A company that changes its conduct to roll with the times rather than compromise its product is a good company.

@flamesofatimelord

Also the company encourages consumers to report stores to them that are trying to sell it for more than 99 cents plus tax. You can call them directly and report the store and they will actually do something about it.

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Why Is AriZona Iced Tea Cheaper Than Water?

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Spotted in Connecticut. Really wish Americans would wake up and realize he’s like every other politician.

Submitted by jakegardiner.

Yes the man who will legalize weed and gave us as child tax benefit of 500 a month per child is the same as the other politicians. God good is it any wonder why so many cynical small minded people don’t vote? Anti-establishment for the sake of anti-establishment is new Emo.

He’s also doing this:

Trudeau government allowing huge deal with Saudi Arabia despite human rights abuse concerns

And this:

Trudeau Accused of Betraying First Nations After Permits Granted for Controversial Site C Dam

First Nations in northern B.C. worry Site C dam will obliterate their heritage

And this:

‘It is our Standing Rock:’ First Nations announce legal actions against feds, Kinder Morgan

And this:

Trudeau breaking UNDRIP promise brings warning of twenty Standing Rocks

And this:

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And this:

Ottawa’s methane gas delay a ‘real blow’ to Canada’s climate targets

And this:

Trudeau abandons electoral reform, breaking key campaign promise

And this:

Despite Trudeau’s Promise, Liberals Haven’t Made a Dent in the First Nations Water Crisis

And this:

Indigenous leaders give Trudeau government failing grade on delivering promises

And this:

Canada has spent $110,000 to avoid paying $6,000 for indigenous teen’s orthodontics

And this:

Federal government failing to comply with ruling on First Nations child welfare: tribunal

And this:

Feds get failing grade from environment commissioner on climate change prep

Lets cut the BS fluff and have a fair view of what the Trudeau government is. It is not all roses and lollypops (and I’m not saying he hasn’t done any good, he certainly has but he’s also done a lot of BS). There’s a lot of backtracking and breaking of key promises, and disdain for Indigenous people in general despite his promises to the opposite.

Yes. But as an American, I’d like to point out OUR president is FUCKIN’ TRUMP. Trudeau is a -dream- by comparison.

That doesn’t matter. Trudeau and his BS decisions don’t fucking get a pass because your leader is Satan incarnate.

HOLD LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE. No ifs, ands or buts. No ‘but the US is worse’, no ‘but Donald Trump’.

I’m so tired of spending all this time on this blog trying to make people give a damn about the major social issues in Canada and people throwing all that aside because ‘lol we have trump’.

I’m sure all the First Nations people dealing with lack of medical care, clean water and fighting a pipeline in court aren’t sitting around saying “at least we don’t have Trump”…:

@allthecanadianpolitics please don’t forget the absolute nightmare of a commission for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/morene-gabriel-fired-mmiwg-national-inquiry-1.4403906 A staff member was fired almost immediately for suggesting they take better steps in helping all the families who have to testify deal with the reopened trauma. Not to mention how the whole commission is constantly being delayed. How many change of staff have we had over the course of the 2 years? Amid all this, first nations are still being ignored and our recommendations overlooked.

We also have the feds siding with open-net fish farms even after the disaster down in Washington state and the fish-farm occupation and protests.

Yeah I didn’t even go into the MMIW inquiry, which unfortunately has been plagued with many issues.

And to be clear I do, and have long supported a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women inquiry, but this one has been a disaster from day one. More than 20 staff have been fired or resigned since its inception. Many families and notable indigenous people in Canada are calling for a hard reset for the inquiry to get it back on track, and I’m inclined to agree.

And, yeah open-net fish farms are definitely a concern. Accidents do happen, and its entirely possible for these fish to be released and cause great harm to the native species that fisheries and First Nations rely on.

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The youth is the truth

The statement “cops shouldn’t kick handcuffed people” is politics? How the hell is there more than one side to that?

If this cop accomplished anything, it’s getting more people to hate cops.

This just in: Kicking someone when they’re down is now a political opinion. Coming up next: Chewing with your mouth open is a religion.