• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    So don’t buy it. If you buy it, you’re telling the store you’re willing to pay that price. Go somewhere else or buy something else. Don’t encourage them.

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    Not to mention Lipton Ice Tea is rubbish. You can make your own for 1/10th of the price, and it’ll taste 10x better.

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      What are you making your tea out of if it costs €0.50? Gold or something?

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        My favorite part about purchasing iced tea in the store is that you will have 2 bottles sitting right next to each other. One will contain a product that costs far more and both will cost the same price. The main cost of sweet tea is sugar. No sugar in unsweet tea, just water and tea leaves…

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        Note the € sign - it’ll be nearly as expensive and you’ll only find 2-3 flavors if you’re lucky (US expat in NL)

        Op: Brew your own tea and make your own. Or reduce it by half and add it as a concentrate to fizzy water if you need the bubbles. Also, equal parts sugar and water, low heat in a saucepan until reduced by ⅓-½ and you’ve got sugar syrup. That lasts in the fridge forever, and you can make it as sweet or not as you’d like.

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    Your not paying for the contents anymore. It’s shipping, packaging, advertising and CEO’s expenses your paying for.

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    I’ve cut so many products out of my life in the past few years. They used Covid as an excuse to price gauge and they just never stopped. They’ll keep creeping the price up until sales start to decline then they’ll settle there… for awhile.

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    I’ve seen cheaper drinks at ski field cafes… It makes sense for them to be pricey there, since they have to bring it up a mountain, but what’s this places excuse…?

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    On a trip in Nola and took the kids for a treat at the Cheesecake Factory. 3 sodas and an iced tea was $21. Won’t be back for that reason alone. We are being fleeced.

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    1.25L for €4.95? Wow… $5.41 US. 42.268 fluid ounces, so $0.128 per ounce? Yeesh!

    Here you can get a 12 pack of 16 ounce bottles for just under $7. $0.033 per ounce.

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    Looks like the price says 1.25L. Even in the US, that’s more than one drink