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Old Oct 1, 2020, 10:09 am
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gfunkdave
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Originally Posted by gaobest
Boggie dog has posted elsewhere that fresca couldn’t be produced during pandemic because certain ingredients weren’t available. So all existing inventory in stores is from pre-April productions. Eek. We got our 4 cases at Target. A very gross target in sf where social distancing needs to be the permanent rule :-)
Apparently that's incorrect. They claim they never stopped making it but it appears that there was an aluminum can shortage due to people buying beer in quarantine, and the Coca Cola Co limited production of other soft drinks to ensure that Coke was still everywhere.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columni...esca-steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columni...inks-steinberg

But I haven't seen Fresca at my local grocery store in a few weeks.
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