I’m not the least bit surprised that Zimbabwe is going through hard times, but I am surprised by this quasi-metric. No Coke a sign of Zimbabwe’s tough times:
It was the first Coke drought across the country for at least four decades, shop owners said. Throughout the seven-year guerrilla war that ended white rule and led to independence in 1980, Coca-Cola was available in rural stores in the heart of war zones.Traditionally, it has been the country’s best-selling soft drink, and its absence underscored the nation’s worst economic crisis since independence.