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In the ヨコハマ買い出し紀行 manga (v.5 ch.32) there's a sentence

> また、南町にコーヒー豆が **入らなくなってきて** 、今日は、うちも休日。

English translation reads

> I **need** to visit the south town for coffee beans again, but today is a
> day off at home.

Do I understand it correctly that the actual translation would be closer to

> And again I'm not going _(for some time already)_ to Minamimachi for coffee
> beans, so today is a day off at home.

and that " **need** " is actually not in the sentence itself but is inferred:
"I didn't go for some time" => "I have to go"? Or does "negative verb+なってくる"
indeed has the meaning/nuance of "have to"?

**Update:** perhaps "入らなくなってきて" here actually means " _it so happened that_
I'm not going" - is it so?
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Any special meaning for "negative verb+なる (なってくる)"?
I might be wrong, but I don't think the English translation you report is
totally correct.

I see 入る here as with the meaning of "get in", as in the sense of "arrive",
"get in stock" since we're talking of coffee beans. The construction then is
simply negative + なる(--> て-form) + てーくる. I believe that in this case simply
てーくる indicates that a certain change (the beans not coming) has been taking
place up to now.

Here some explanations about this grammatical structure in general:

<http://www.coelang.tufs.ac.jp/mt/ja/gmod/contents/explanation/087.html>

and in English:

<http://maggiesensei.com/2010/03/13/requested-
lesson-%E3%80%8C%E3%80%9C%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%81%8F%EF%BC%8B%E3%80%9C%E3%81%A6%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8B%E3%80%8Dteiku-
tekuru/>

So I would translate it roughly as:

_again, coffee beans weren't coming (had not arrived/were not arriving) to the
south town, (hence) today I will also have a day off._

I also think that うち here is used as to express oneself rather than the house
as a physical object (but it might depend on the other context).

Anyway, I am not a native speaker so take it with a grain of salt, but I think
what I said above is correct.
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You've already gotten a lot of comments pointing you in the right direction,
but why not also a more idiomatic translation; mind, this is without context,
but I'm imagining some war / disaster / post apocalyptic situation.

また、南町にコーヒー豆が入{はい}らなくなってきて、今日は、うちも休日。  
With the supply of coffee beans again run dry in Minami-chou, looks like
today's gonna be a day off (for me / us / my store / our store) too.

Again no beans have come into the city area, so this person, today at least,
is also forced to not do business (perhaps he runs a cafe?) in addition to
other stores which are also closed.

The translation takes a little liberty making the original closer to
今日は、（仕方なく）うち（の店）も休日（にするしかないみたい）
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