Я долго искал ценник на чай и заметил, что на него действует акция.

I looked for the price tag on the tea for a long time and noticed that it was on sale.

Breakdown of Я долго искал ценник на чай и заметил, что на него действует акция.

• я: I
• и: and
• на: on
• чай: the tea

Questions & Answers about Я долго искал ценник на чай и заметил, что на него действует акция.

Why is ценник used here instead of цена?

Ценник means the physical price tag / price label you see in a store.

• цена = the price itself
• ценник = the tag/sign showing the price

So я искал ценник means I was looking for the price tag, not just thinking about the price in the abstract.

What does ценник на чай mean literally, and why is на used?

In shop language, ценник на X means the price tag for X.

So:

• ценник на чай = the price tag for tea
• ценник на хлеб = the price tag for bread
• ценник на молоко = the price tag for milk

This на is very common in Russian retail speech. It does not mean the tag is physically sitting on the tea. It means the tag belongs to / refers to that product.

Why is it чай, not чая?