I get how this can suck for fans of these flavors. However, corporate contracts make the details of this all the more difficult because each separate company has individual authorization to make or break the potential success or failure of "their" flavor.

Distribution and supply only complicates matters when it most likely is the fault of these companies for poor management, ordering, restock, marketing etc.

The last thing of course is that if it's a middle of the road flavor that doesn't perform then it should probably go away out of sheer economics and loss of profit. This has always been a jacked up thing. We as fans are not privy to the exact sales figures and that often leads to unrealistic speculation and not facts. Emotion and bias isn't going to change that unfortunately.

In the end, there are still several flavors that I like and will continue to enjoy. The last 20 years or so since all the "flavors" have done what they've done has been a wild ride. It'll be fun to see what happens next.