Comment on Shit's getting real

• curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  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.

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  • Gerudo@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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.

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    • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      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.

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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.

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• Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Then they should have long since been growing their tea and fruit in upstate NY, as well as focusing on sourcing their water responsibly.

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  • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Because, decades ago, they should’ve guessed that a demented clown will take over the US…?

    Seems a tad unreasonable.

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    • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No, decades ago, they should have recognized that we should always focus on domestic production and domestic labor.

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      • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Good luck 1) growing tea and fruit in upstate NY and 2) finding the workforce for jobs that quite a significant portion of Americans are literally physically unable to perform.

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      • user_name@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Why do nationalists always want to keep foreigners poor? What’s wrong with trade?

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  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And when the crop doesn’t grow they’re they should just yell at the trees and kick them until they produce more.

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  • Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Lol, yeah, THAT strategy would keep it at 99 cents.

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    • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I'm actually less concerned about the specific price point. They sold the cans as a volume sale rather than individual profit.

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