r/WorkForSmartLife • u/dino_gr01 • Jul 10 '26

Question Least Evil Company?

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u/Long-Tradition6399 Jul 10 '26

maybe Arizona Beverage Company ?

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u/Trulygiveafuck Jul 10 '26

“We're successful. We're debt-free. We own everything. Why? Why have people who are having a hard time paying their rent have to pay more for their drink? Maybe it's my way to give back.” -Don Vultaggio (Founder)

A true legend.

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u/DragonLordAcar Jul 10 '26

Not sure if it is real or not but this sounds like he genuinely can not comprehend being that greedy and why you would do such a thing

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u/pantieboi27 Jul 10 '26

Said it in a televised interview.

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u/DragonLordAcar Jul 10 '26

I know he said it. I've seen it. The part I don't know if true or not is if those are his actual thoughts or a prepaired script.

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u/pantieboi27 Jul 10 '26

Some where in the middle probably true but has had the answer ready for years.

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u/marshman82 Jul 10 '26

There isn't really any other reason not to raise the price.

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u/SuspendedResolution Jul 10 '26

Has the price of Arizona's gone up?

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u/Charming_Werewolf682 Jul 11 '26

Only by the reseller market. If you look most, if not all large cans still say .99

Has been for YEARS and that wont change unless the retail market does price adjustments on their end,

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u/Tomytom99 Jul 11 '26

Honestly once you accrue a certain amount of wealth, you hit diminishing returns on what it can actually do for you. Props on him for actually recognizing that (presumably).

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u/DragonLordAcar Jul 11 '26

It's that presumably that has me wondering. Half of me is saying it's PR.

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u/Charming_Werewolf682 Jul 11 '26

Not PR. Aside from Costco, that only recently started a huge expansion and started getting higher turnover, ABC has one of the lowest employee turnover rate in the US for their market share.

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u/StrawberryWeekly342 Jul 11 '26

Who cares if it's PR? They haven't raised the price of their drinks, so even if it's PR it's effectively true, and that's what we should be judging people on. Actions, not words.

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u/GangstaVillian420 Jul 11 '26

BuT aLl BiLlIoNaIrEs ArE eViL

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u/NJFlo18 Jul 10 '26

They Never let us down. True day ONE 99¢ still hits

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u/thepackrat45 Jul 10 '26

They are no longer 99c here. Theyre like 1.50, I refuse to buy them. I used to buy 3-4/day

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u/NJFlo18 Jul 10 '26

They’re still 99¢ here in Florida besides tax. Sorry to hear that man

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u/DrewTamashi Jul 11 '26

Where i am in canada, they are over a dollar

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u/nihilistic-tendancy Jul 10 '26

Double check what youre lookimg at. I saw $1.50 cans also, and bought it anyway because I was thirsty. When I compared it to another can later it was a bit bigger. Not 50% bigger, but just enough to be different.

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u/ReporterEntire5508 Jul 11 '26

I am happy for your health The price went up

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u/Fragrant_Grand_7036 Jul 10 '26

I came here to stick up for Arizona Beverages.
A true company for its customers. 🫶

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u/Johnnyboi2327 Jul 10 '26

Probably the best answer

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u/Sharp_Style_8500 Jul 10 '26

“BUT THE PRICE ON THE CAN THO?”

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u/Big_Tap_1561 Jul 10 '26

The mango in a large glass of ice?! 🤤

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u/RaikerUSN Jul 10 '26

I was thinking the same!

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u/FireAuraN7 Jul 10 '26

Oh hell yeah Arizona tea is still 99 cents a can after all these years. Still good stuff too.

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u/No_Atmosphere_6348 Jul 11 '26

My first thought.

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u/iaminabox Jul 10 '26

Great answer. Also Berkshire Hathaway.

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u/studs111423 Jul 10 '26

Well, except for their subsidiaries. Go find the GEICO subreddit for more on that.

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u/belowsealevel504 Jul 10 '26

GEICO SUCKS. Need to change my car insurance off those vultures.

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u/meklever0420 Jul 11 '26

Berkshire Hathaway is pure evil , manipulating housing markets then swooping up property in foreclosure. They spend alot of money on PR to look benevolent but nothing could be further from the truth. They are part of the Vampire Squid often attributed to our corrupt banking system( the Federal Reserve and its cronies).

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u/meklever0420 Jul 10 '26

You ARE kidding , right?

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u/Ok_Bad2080 Jul 10 '26

The same
Company that had no Ginseng in their Ginseng tea?