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[–] protist@mander.xyz 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Y'all, remember this is sugar water and even at $1.06 there's a significant profit margin.

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is not even sugar water, it's corn tea with artificial flavors and colors.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the country. Corn syrup in everything is a distinctly American phenomenon

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago

If you look at the picture you might be able to tell where it was taken. There are some pretty good hints.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it certainly doesn't seem like their production costs would increase much from inflation...

[–] moody@lemmings.world 11 points 7 months ago

They don't increase from inflation. The price increase is inflation and I think it's an important distinction to make.