Arizona Iced Tea Forced to Show Its Papers

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http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/arizona-iced-tea-shows-its-papers/
Apparently fearing that ill-informed Americans might boycott their drinks anyway, Don Vultaggio, the founder and chairman of Arizona Beverages, posted a note on the company’s Web site on Wednesday, headlined, “Arizona’s From New York,” accompanied by an illustration stressing the company’s patriotism.

The note, on a section of the drink maker’s site called “Recent Concerns” stresses that even though customers might have a “reasonable suspicion” that the tea is an Arizona native, it actually has a New York birth certificate.

Here is Mr. Vultaggio’s attempt to put some distance between what he calls “AriZona” and Arizona:

To All Our Friends, Customers and Loyal Fans,

We have become aware of misinformation being circulated about AriZona Beverages and we would like to make sure statements about our company are correct. As many of you know, AriZona Beverages proudly traces its origins back to New York. In 1992, two hard working guys from Brooklyn with a dream created AriZona Iced Tea. Since then, and despite the wonderful success AriZona has enjoyed throughout the United States and internationally, we have remained loyal to our family run business based in New York. For the last 16 years our headquarters have remained on Long Island where we continue to sell and distribute AriZona Iced Teas and beverages.

We are very proud to be an American company with roots in New York and we look forward to continuing to provide you with the high quality and value driven products we’ve been making for the last 18 years.


ROFL!!!:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :spray: :patriot:

[mikelgb]

1. V R 9 Z GERMANS!

[virgogal]

2. I see nothing wrong with this.

[tridim]

3. I bet Nathan Arizona renames his stores "Unfinished Huffhinds"

He's gotta take the hit.

[louis-t]

4. That's gotta suck when your brand gets targeted.

Especially when it's not your fault. Remember the diet candy 'Ayds'? :hurts:

[KamaAina]

10. Indeed I do.

Their response: "We were here first. Let the disease change its name." :rofl:

[JuniperLea]

5. AriZona Tea... not Arizona TeaBaggers!

I get it!

:rofl:

[pinboy3niner]

6. Props for the headline!

:rofl:

[Ian David]

7. It's made by Adolf Coors, so boycott it anyway. n/t

[AsahinaKimi]

8. Not only that but its got lots of

High-fructose corn syrup ~YUCK.

[DevonRex]

9. I didn't know that until you told us yesterday.

Thanks for the info. :hi: