We interrupt the usual blogging to bring you this massive scandal.

For over a week now, I have been trying to purchase a bottle of Cream Soda (and the accompanying ice cream), to no avail.

Despite best efforts, at any given moment there are no bottles of the aforementioned soda in either Sainsbury’s or Co-Op. The product label is still on the shelf, which is at best bare or at worst replaced by something called “Dandelion and Burdock”. The product in question is nowhere to be found.

I might attribute it to that fact that there has been a heat-snap in the weather; however I regularly buy Cream Soda (Better than Lemonade, cheaper than Pepsi!) and usually find the shelf full. A few degrees surely can’t bring out all the closet soda drinkers, not in such a huge rush.
Has there been a crisis in the Vanilla supply? Was a shipment contaminated by juice companies?

The lack of product in both major supermarkets cannot be just a coincidence, and the way the stores are run rule out any explanations along the line of “everybody was panic buying” because just-in-time management means that if there is suddenly a jump in popularity, it’s recorded and replacements are ordered as a matter of course. A surge in demand causes a surge in supply.

If you have any explanations for the root of this scandal, write in via the comments. If you have been able to locate said beverage, send it to me via the usual address.

Now, I’m drinking Red Bull for the first time, and hopefully the last.