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AriZona raises bottle prices by 25% to keep iconic cans at 99 cents

AriZona raises bottle prices by 25% to keep iconic cans at 99 cents

AriZona beverage company co-founder Don Vultaggio vowed to maintain the brand’s iconic 99-cent can, but to keep that promise amid rampant inflation, something else had to give. At the beginning of the year, the New York-based company (nope, not Arizona) raised the price of its 20-ounce bottle, what it calls “Tallboys,” from $1.00 to $1.25, up 25%, in the Northeast, its largest market. “We changed the price in certain markets at the beginning of this year,” he told Yahoo Finance in a phone… Source link

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The guy who accidentally charged 69 cents for gas is trying to repay $20,000 to the station that fired him

The guy who accidentally charged 69 cents for gas is trying to repay $20,000 to the station that fired him

The manager of a Shell gas stop in California was fired this week after he accidentally trimmed more than $6 from his station’s premium fuel prices for three hours. Prices for premium gas at a Shell stop in Rancho Cordova, Calif., last Thursday were as low as 69 cents a gallon, after manager John Szczecina mistakenly adjusted the price from its original rate of $6.99. The last time gas sold for that little was in 1978. Szczecina’s story quickly went viral, as word spread and drivers… Source link

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Phoenix gas station owner sells gas 50 cents a gallon cheaper than what he buys it for to help customers

Phoenix gas station owner sells gas 50 cents a gallon cheaper than what he buys it for to help customers

A man in Phoenix is losing hundreds of dollars each day after shaving nearly 50 cents off per gallon at his gas station to help customers weather skyrocketing fuel prices. Jaswiendre Singh, who runs the business at the corner of Osborn Road and 20th Street, showed Arizona’s Family on Wednesday that he buys gas from a supplier for $5.66 per gallon but sells it for just $5.19 per gallon. Singh started offering discounts as early as March, decreasing the gas station’s purchase price by 10… Source link

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