sanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoArizona teas at $1.59… we used to be a proper country.lemmy.todayimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageArizona teas at $1.59… we used to be a proper country.lemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoArizona tea came out in 1992 and sold for 99¢ per can. Today that would be $2.32, which means these cans cost around ⅔ as much as they did when they came out.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days ago99¢ is still MSRP. Though they did change the size of the can a bit so they could use less aluminum without affecting its structural integrity.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoThey’ve probably compensated by only adding 2/3 of the flavoring.
Arizona tea came out in 1992 and sold for 99¢ per can. Today that would be $2.32, which means these cans cost around ⅔ as much as they did when they came out.
99¢ is still MSRP. Though they did change the size of the can a bit so they could use less aluminum without affecting its structural integrity.
They’ve probably compensated by only adding 2/3 of the flavoring.
They had flavor?