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> AriZona has been committed to 99 cents since 1996, when it started printing the price directly on cans to stop retailers from raising prices on their own. At
by julianlam 5y ago
> AriZona has been committed to 99 cents since 1996, when it started printing the price directly on cans to stop retailers from raising prices on their own.
At some point between 2010 and now, shops in my area (southern Ontario, Canada) basically ditched following this.
I haven't paid $1.13 for a can of AriZona for years now...
- syshum 5y ago99Cents is US Pricing, from the story "when photos of its Canadian cans — which sell for $1.29 Canadian — make the rounds online, people tend to freak. A tweet that said, “If this world is coming, I don’t want to live in it,” with a photo of a $1.29 Canadian can, went viral in 2021. The company had to take to Twitter to reassure its customers, explaining the concept of exchange rates. “Don’t worry fam,” the iced tea company wrote. “We still got you.”"