# Is there a quiet orange Kool Aid crisis?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 15, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-quiet-orange-kool-aid-crisis/1029296 "2026-04-15T22:41:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-quiet-orange-kool-aid-crisis/1029296/1 "2026-04-15T22:41:45Z")

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I have been noticing in the last few months that local grocery stores that you can order delivery from either do not have 19/20 ounce cannisters of orange Kool Aid at all or charge a higher price for them. For instance, in one of the smaller price differences, this (non-local) store has strawberry, grape, cherry, tropical punch and raspberry lemonade for $2.79, but orange is $4.95.

> **[Food Depot](https://shop.fooddepot.com/online/fooddepot47stonemountain/search?f=false&q=Kool%20aid)**

(But then there are other stores that list it for the same price.)

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-quiet-orange-kool-aid-crisis/1029296/2 "2026-04-15T23:37:58Z")

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There is no publicized shortage that I could find, but apparently you are not alone. It is suggested…“For the best chance of finding them, check major retailers’ websites (Walmart, Amazon) or local stores for same-day pickup, as inventory changes frequently.” So keep trying every day and sooner or later they should show up again somewhere.

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-quiet-orange-kool-aid-crisis/1029296/3 "2026-04-18T21:32:47Z")

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I don’t know about Kool-Aid, but there sure seems to be an orange Crystal Light crisis. I can’t recall the last time I saw any in the store … well, in the packets that make two quarts, anyway. I have seen orange in the smaller packets. Of course, that strikes me as being weirder than if there were simply no orange at all. Why make such a weird distinction for what I am under the impression is, and has always been, a pretty popular flavor? These companies, they vex me.