{"id":1524369,"date":"2022-06-20T16:19:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T20:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1524369"},"modified":"2022-06-20T16:20:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T20:20:04","slug":"fact-check-has-the-price-of-arizona-green-tea-increased-from-99-cents-to-1-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-has-the-price-of-arizona-green-tea-increased-from-99-cents-to-1-29\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Has The Price Of AriZona Green Tea Increased From 99 Cents to $1.29?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-has-the-price-of-arizona-green-tea-increased-from-99-cents-to-1-29%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1524369&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span>An image <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ExploreTalent\/posts\/pfbid02fD49yBxzVGJz6aFMT8RmWPy1WXTwXwuzU9BtpAxPmxgc4FGeaiQVhGCpnreYrcisl\"><span>shared on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span> claims the beverage company AriZona has raised the price of its green tea from 99 cents a can to $1.29.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>AriZona has not raised the price of its drinks. The company confirmed in a tweet that the $1.29 can featured in the image shows the price in Canadian dollars, not U.S. dollars.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The average price of consumer goods in the U.S. has risen by 8.6 percent this year, according to the most recent data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/opub\/ted\/2022\/consumer-prices-up-8-6-percent-over-year-ended-may-2022.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>. Wholesale prices rose 10.8 percent in the same month, also causing prices across the board to increase, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/06\/14\/wholesale-prices-rose-10point8percent-in-may-near-a-record-annual-pace.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook claims inflation has now caused the beverage company AriZona to raise the price of its beverages. The image shows two cans of AriZona green tea, one which is labeled as being 99 cents while the other is listed as $1.29. \u201cIt\u2019s officially time to start worrying,\u201d reads text included in the image.<\/p>\n<p><span>The photo is misleading. There are no announcements from the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drinkarizona\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AriZonaIcedTea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrinkAriZona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a> about a price increase for the drink. There are likewise no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=AriZona+raising+prices&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwiG_rT_5rz4AhWFIkQIHSoIDC4Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&#038;biw=1536&#038;bih=722&#038;dpr=1.25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible media reports<\/a> about the company raising its prices. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/06\/09\/fact-check-usda-eggs-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: No, The USDA Is Not Predicting A Dozen Eggs Will Cost $12 By Fall 2022)<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>AriZona addressed the rumor in January 2021 when the same image began circulating on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PSA: Our recommended selling price for AriZona in the USA is still 99c! The can on the right is from Canada, where $1.29 converts to around 99c!<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t worry fam, we still got you \ud83d\udc9a\ud83c\udf38\ud83d\ude0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lZgHEsTBly\">https:\/\/t.co\/lZgHEsTBly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AriZona Iced Tea (@DrinkAriZona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrinkAriZona\/status\/1351916465889406976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPSA: Our recommended selling price for AriZona in the USA is still 99c!\u201d reads a tweet from the company\u2019s verified Twitter account. \u201cThe can on the right is from Canada, where $1.29 converts to around 99c!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>The company reiterated this in a June 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrinkAriZona\/status\/1537521539909754883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> stating,<\/span><span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span>This goes viral A LOT! The can on the left is in US dollars, The can on the right is in Canadian dollars. Hope this clears things up.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This goes viral A LOT!<\/p>\n<p>The can on the left is in US dollars \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<br \/>The can on the right is in Canadian dollars \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\n<p>Hope this clears things up. Don\u2019t panic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/faPVemXGkj\">https:\/\/t.co\/faPVemXGkj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AriZona Iced Tea (@DrinkAriZona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrinkAriZona\/status\/1537521539909754883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is not the first time misinformation about inflation has spread online. Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/12\/29\/fact-check-jen-psaki-inflation-quote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a claim from December 2021 that alleged then-White house Press Secretary Jen Psaki said \u201cif you don\u2019t buy anything, you won\u2019t experience inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook claims the beverage company AriZona has raised the price of its green tea from 99 cents a can to $1.29.\u00a0Verdict: FalseAriZona has not raised the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1524369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1524369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1524369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1524369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1524369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}