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- 17 de Oct, 2020
I've been looking to switch completely to cane sugar stuff but for whatever reason, finding something as simple as cola is rather difficult and I don't think it has much to do with coof supply chain issues.
I'll go to a convenience store with a good selection and they'll have the Mexicoke in glass bottles, and maybe one of the alternative flavors too (I'm Canadian and there are a couple), but Jarrito's cola will never be stocked despite being $0.10 more expensive. Same for Jones. 7-11 hasn't sold store-brand cola, corn syrup or otherwise, in decades. Just wacky fruit flavors that nobody buys.
Grocers have the same issue. You might find a cane sugar brand cola that's very marked up, but it'll be warm and in an aisle. No love for impulse shoppers or hot lunch buyers. Canada's grocery stores seem to be phasing out store-brand pop in coolers for sparkling water. Safeway's faux-pepsi, which was the only corn syrup cola I still liked to drink, is no longer sold in cans at all.
What I'm getting at is that Coke and Pepsi seem to have their cocks firmly down the throat of retailers, and I'm not happy to have zero alternatives when I can even find their product in stock.
I'll go to a convenience store with a good selection and they'll have the Mexicoke in glass bottles, and maybe one of the alternative flavors too (I'm Canadian and there are a couple), but Jarrito's cola will never be stocked despite being $0.10 more expensive. Same for Jones. 7-11 hasn't sold store-brand cola, corn syrup or otherwise, in decades. Just wacky fruit flavors that nobody buys.
Grocers have the same issue. You might find a cane sugar brand cola that's very marked up, but it'll be warm and in an aisle. No love for impulse shoppers or hot lunch buyers. Canada's grocery stores seem to be phasing out store-brand pop in coolers for sparkling water. Safeway's faux-pepsi, which was the only corn syrup cola I still liked to drink, is no longer sold in cans at all.
What I'm getting at is that Coke and Pepsi seem to have their cocks firmly down the throat of retailers, and I'm not happy to have zero alternatives when I can even find their product in stock.
