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curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months agoWhy are they using anything imported anyways?
Could be just aluminum for the cans, doesnt have to be that they are importing anything just that suppliers are.
Guys…
The product is called Arizona Iced TEA. The main ingredient is… drumroll brewed tea.
How many tea-farms do you know of in the US? There are some small-scale ones, but only one large-scale one at 127 acres.
India has over 800 major estates and ~60,000 small tea gardens across the country
And the costs are not high for the tea itself, which is my point. Its hard to say exactly which supplier, what component of flavoring, etc would be an issue for costs that caused an increase (or if they just wanted to use it as an excuse).
Point is, it doesnt matter why. There are lots of imports for various materials for functionally any company in the US.
I’d assume that after years and years of absorbing rising prices, they just are finally at a point where they have to to stay afloat. I’m sure just the aluminum tariffs are a huge reason.
I dont know about staying afloat, its just the one kind of can thats been under $1.
That said, yeah they definitely have less wiggle than they used to. It also goes to show how much they were making on that 99 cent can back in the 90s.
I thought it might have something to do with protesting as well, a tad. I mean for sure their costs have gone up, as they have over the years. Exactly because they’ve kept the price the same on purpose and had that as a marketing point, they could now garner quite a bit of attention towards this tariff-idiocy by finally yielding and raising the price. It’s kind of a win-win for them, probably, unless the sales plummet.
Then they should have long since been growing their tea and fruit in upstate NY, as well as focusing on sourcing their water responsibly.
And when the crop doesn’t grow they’re they should just yell at the trees and kick them until they produce more.
Lol, yeah, THAT strategy would keep it at 99 cents.
I'm actually less concerned about the specific price point. They sold the cans as a volume sale rather than individual profit.
Because, decades ago, they should’ve guessed that a demented clown will take over the US…?
Seems a tad unreasonable.
No, decades ago, they should have recognized that we should always focus on domestic production and domestic labor.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 7 months ago
I don't exempt a company from doing something if their supplier does it. They're at least complicit.
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Complicit in… Importing goods that aren’t made in the US or have a substantially more limited supply?
What are you saying they are complicit in here, trade with other companies?
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 7 months ago
The practices and policies of their suppliers. If the supply is limited, let it be limited.
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
The practices of buying goods for production? That some resources (aluminum) exist in other parts of the world? That others (tea) are better produced in a different climate?
What the hell are you even talking about?