Job growth has slowed dramatically in the city, food prices are up and businesses are passing along tariff costs. That has implications for AriZona iced tea.

Vultaggio says AriZona’s success rests on three simple rules: make it taste good, make it look good and price it right. The 99-cent tallboy, introduced in 1997, became a defining feature of the brand. By 2000, sales had jumped 30%.

For more than three decades, AriZona has maintained the price of its 22-ounce tallboy iced teas at exactly $0.99 per can. Now, the company may no longer be able to offer the beverage for less than a dollar,