War changes sales patterns
LIBYA’s bloody and protracted liberation from an oppressive regime saw bottled water and other soft drinks increase in price in some areas as supply lines were broken and production facilities faltered. Bottled water was also to the fore in humanitarian aid.
Across the border in Tunisia, the Libyan conflict had quite a different impact on soft drink sales. Street vendors in Sfax, a city of some 270,000 residents but serving a bigger population in its region, found themselves starved of the small electronic and mechanical goods that had for decades been smuggled across the border from Libya.
They turned to suppliers in Algeria, but for soft drinks and food products more so than their usual fare. These were offered at bargain prices, causing tension with existing beverage sellers, both in retail stores and marketplaces.
Balance is expected to return to the street vending sector over the next few months. Meantime, there have been reports of soft drinks being smuggled into Libya from Tunisia to meet a demand which, temporarily, could not be met fully by local production.
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