ArizonaLand Now Open In Woodbridge: Tour The Factory Where Arizona Iced Tea Is Made

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — ArizonaLand is now open in the Keasbey section of Woodbridge, and booking tours.

Arizona Iced Tea is bottled and shipped out of a factory at 1 Arizona Way in Keasbey and, last year company CEO Don Vultaggio decided to convert the front of his 70-acre warehouse into "ArizonaLand."

ArizonaLand bills itself as a one-of-a-kind destination, and a ticket includes a 45- to 60-minute tour of the factory. Guests will learn about how Vultaggio founded the company, and his journey from a Brooklyn truck driver delivering beer and soda to a CEO running a multi-million-dollar business.

Guests get a tour of their one-million square foot factory in Woodbridge, and an inside look at the making and bottling of Arizona Iced Tea. You can also get free tastings of new flavors that have not yet been released to the public. ArizonaLand also has a museum and a gift shop. Vultaggio transformed the exterior of his Keasbey warehouse into a southwest-style building in the Pueblo architecture style, symbolic of the iced tea's brand.

It was 1992 when Vultaggio was working as a truck driver when he started selling beer and soda out of the back of his van in Brooklyn. He thought he could launch his own soft drink company. Vultaggio had never even been to Arizona, nor is the iced tea made there; he chose the name Arizona because he was looking for something "warm and health-conscious” to name his drinks, he told MyCentralJersey last year.

He is still the company's CEO to this day.

Arizona iced tea became successful in part because Vultaggio originally sold his cans for 99 cents. Arizona still sells their drinks directly for 99 cents, but the convenience stores where they are sold often mark them up.

You can now book a tour here: https://drinkarizona.com/pages... They are also accepting schoolgroups and other groups.