Finally even canned juice from vending machines to raise prices

Various items such as cup noodles and sweets are rising, but it seems that even can juice sold at the vending machine finally may rise.

Currently, canned juice is sold at 120 yen, plastic bottled drink is sold at 150 yen, but how much will it rise on the whole?

Details are as below.
Asahi Beverage, Can Coffee "Wanda" Increase in Price Increase: Economic News: Money · Economy: YOMIURI ONLINE (Yomiuri Shimbun)

According to this article, the president of Asahi Beverage, a subsidiary of Asahi Breweries, said it is considering increasing the price of beverage products such as canned coffee "Wonda" series.

In addition to raw materials such as coffee beans and sugar, prices of materials such as PET bottles and corrugated cardboards continued to soar, the cost rose by about 2.5 billion yen in 2007 compared with the previous year, and in 2008 It is expected to increase by 2 billion yen further.

In addition, although it is considered to consider raising the selling price at the vending machine, the details such as the time to raise prices and the amount are not clear.

Incidentally, major beverage makers raised canned drinks in 1998 at the same time, but it is said that companies are likely to rise in price as a result of the Asahi drink increasing in price.