Why America is running out of aluminum cans

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1. Same here on the Yuengling. Here's another version of that story.

If you, like me, can't find Fresca anywhere, this is why. https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/6/30/21308218/coronavirus-covid-pandemic-business-supply-cans-soft-drinks-soda-fresca-steinberg?utm_campaign=chicago.suntimes&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter via
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Virus mystery: The case of the missing Fresca
The popular diet soda vanished along with toilet paper. Unlike TP, it hasn’t come back. Why?

By Neil Steinberg Jun 30, 2020, 12:09pm CDT

It is not the most pressing question.

Let’s get that said right away.

Among the clamor of impassioned debates and thorny controversies, solving this particular puzzle is not high on anybody’s list. Not even mine, which is why through April, May and the first half of June, I stifled my curiosity, certain that even asking is the definition of privilege.

Opinion
The world in chaos — sirens screaming through the streets, a raging pandemic, flames of unrest licking the foundations of our deeply racist society, jobs shattered, the helm spinning. Envision a tumultuous landscape, smoke billowing, thick with cops in riot gear battling protesters waving signs, all noise and conflict and commotion.

I raise a finger and clear my throat, “A-hem!,” and it somehow magically falls still and silent. All heads — sweaty, masked, soot-stained — swivel in my direction, and I inquire:

“What happened to Fresca?”

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