A major crisis is emerging within the pandemic: a shortage of Dr. Pepper, the only soda with an advanced degree, according to Fast Company. Apparently demand for canned drinks has spiked due to the coronavirus, which has meant producers of aluminum cans are having trouble keeping up. As a result, Dr. Pepper (as well as other, lesser, soda brands) has become harder to find because the company is having trouble finding enough cans to store the stuff. Consumers have been reassured, however, that the company is working with its distributors to address the shortage as soon as it can. Until then, some fans (in the right regions) will no doubt be forced to resort to Mr. Pibb as a replacement, which is basically Dr. Pepper if it had dropped out of grad school.

The pandemic's supply chain shocks have produced a number of strange effects past the Dr. Pepper shortage. MarketWatch recently noted that, despite being near indistinguishable from each other (sorry everyone who says otherwise), Pepsi is doing much better than Coke in this time of COVID-19. Coca Cola has reported a 28 percent drop in sales, versus 3 percent on the part of Pepsi. One reason, according to MarketWatch, is that many restaurants serving Coke have now shut down. In contrast, Pepsi seems to have focused more on the retail market, and so the uptick in demand for snack foods and groceries has helped mitigate some of the damage.