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41. It all comes down to the bottom line

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:46 PM

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Making concentrate and shipping it means having the facilities to do so as well as refrigerated trucks for shipping. Sending water around the country is cheaper for the manufacturer (and do they pass the savings on to the customer? Hah!). I'm lucky enough to live in an area where many stores still have fresh squeezed orange juice. It's not cheap, and the type of oranges varies throughout the year, but it's my small luxury.

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Minute Maid's frozen juices are being discontinued [View all] Zorro Thursday OP

Minute Maid orange juice in a carton (not frozen) also disappeared from my grocery store. CousinIT Thursday #1

Better to make more plastic bottles. There's a shortage of them . nt bucolic_frolic Thursday #2

and tote bags and those freebie water containers... ret5hd Thursday #7

I haven't drunk this crap since I started growing my own citrus. PeaceWave Thursday #3

Sounds serious Torchlight Thursday #5

It' was also our childhood staple Coldwater Thursday #4

No joke. It tastes horrible. PeaceWave Thursday #6

It was tangy if you drank it PCIntern Thursday #8

Yeah, but we had 5 kids in our house for breakfast, so 5 min was about right.. Volaris Thursday #11

So, its a good thing? You'll are happy with it? Srkdqltr Thursday #9

Goes with selling you as much water as possible. Blue Full Moon Thursday #10

It all comes down to the bottom line Retrograde Thursday #41

I Really Like The Lemonade ProfessorGAC Thursday #12

I was never an astronaut but I used to drink Tang. twodogsbarking Thursday #13

Containing myself orangecrush Thursday #15

I still drink it..... lastlib Thursday #21

I didn't know it was still around. Short of money in college and bought the store brand. Good times. twodogsbarking Thursday #25

I tried to drink Tang when I was a kid synni Thursday #30

So that's what made me, well, crazy? twodogsbarking Thursday #35

Well. twodogsbarking Thursday #36

... orangecrush Thursday #14

Used to drink it a lot as a kid ITAL Thursday #16

Dang, there goes my favorite party punch. Pink Lemonade and ginger ale. Booooo mahina Thursday #17

I used the same for my punch. Bummer. debm55 Thursday #23

Too difficult to make, or did it take too much time? Totally Tunsie Thursday #18

That's it exactly. hunter Thursday #39

Thats a shame I think maxsolomon Thursday #19

So I guess it is back to bottled orange juice for my rhubarb sauce. niyad Thursday #20

OH NO! OMGWTF Thursday #22

Might also be due to the loss of Valencia oranges BarbD Thursday #24

only OK if you have good water to begin with IbogaProject Thursday #26

I was raised on powdered milk and frozen juice in Seattle. Coventina Thursday #32

MM was the only brand with lower acid content Deuxcents Thursday #27

Bing Crosby hawking MM: no_hypocrisy Thursday #28

How bad that film faded is unreal jmowreader Thursday #33

Crosby's children claim he abused them. He did. twodogsbarking Thursday #37

Gary claimed that, and by that time or shortly thereafter he was very sick with cancer. valleyrogue Thursday #42

He was a major stakeholder and investor in Minute Maid from the 1940s. valleyrogue Thursday #43

Doesn't affect me Progressive dog Thursday #29

I make my own fruit juice and lemonade from fresh fruit synni Thursday #31

We went thru a lot of MM frozen juice when I was growing up. leftyladyfrommo Thursday #34

Don't get cut on the lid, kid. twodogsbarking Thursday #38

I wonder if that was the stuff laden with corn syrup ... Raine Thursday #40

I user to make frozen margaritas with the MM Limeade. Ilsa Thursday #44