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Post by elaine on Jul 2, 2020 2:41:43 GMT
This is just a vent. No need to try to talk me into giving up diet soda, because I don’t want to. 2 weeks ago 12 packs of cans of caffeine free Diet Coke disappeared from the grocery stores in Northern VA. So I bought the 6 packs of smaller bottles, because they had those. Not my preference for packaging, but I need my Diet Coke. Today I went to Target to pick up some bras I bought online for pickup and ran back to check for my CF Diet Coke and they are out of the bottles now too. CF Diet Coke is my drink of choice. I can make do with Sprite Zero, but I don’t want to. I was hoping that the cans would come back before the bottles ran out, but that apparently isn’t going to happen. I’m on the verge of a tantrum. Has COVID deprived you of a favorite food or beverage? Other than Costco 1/2 sheet cakes, that is, as we have recently covered that.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2020 3:03:04 GMT
I can't get Del Monte green beans and Del Monte sweet relish. It is the only gf relish that has no food dye and no HFCS or corn syrup.
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Post by katybee on Jul 2, 2020 3:03:19 GMT
I’m so sorry. Truly, I am. At least you won’t go through caffeine withdrawal! (I know that doesn’t help. I want to punch people when I’m craving a Diet Coke and can’t get one...)
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Post by paperamy on Jul 2, 2020 3:05:39 GMT
We cannot find Campbell’s Vegetarian Vegetable soup in any of our grocery stores for several weeks.
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Post by Restless Spirit on Jul 2, 2020 3:13:03 GMT
This is just a vent. No need to try to talk me into giving up diet soda, because I don’t want to. 2 weeks ago 12 packs of cans of caffeine free Diet Coke disappeared from the grocery stores in Northern VA. So I bought the 6 packs of smaller bottles, because they had those. Not my preference for packaging, but I need my Diet Coke. Today I went to Target to pick up some bras I bought online for pickup and ran back to check for my CF Diet Coke and they are out of the bottles now too. CF Diet Coke is my drink of choice. I can make do with Sprite Zero, but I don’t want to. I was hoping that the cans would come back before the bottles ran out, but that apparently isn’t going to happen. I’m on the verge of a tantrum. Has COVID deprived you of a favorite food or beverage? Other than Costco 1/2 sheet cakes, that is, as we have recently covered that. Noooooooooo!!! LOL That’s all I drink, with the occasional diet Sprite. My DD has been looking for Caffeine Free Coke (not diet) for weeks. She’s checked Kroger’s, Meijers, Target and Walmart. Absolutely none to be found. No Caffeine Free Pepsi either. If I find any Caffeine Free Diet Coke, I am going to shamelessly hoard it. Ha.
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Post by roxley on Jul 2, 2020 3:17:19 GMT
This is just a vent. No need to try to talk me into giving up diet soda, because I don’t want to. 2 weeks ago 12 packs of cans of caffeine free Diet Coke disappeared from the grocery stores in Northern VA. So I bought the 6 packs of smaller bottles, because they had those. Not my preference for packaging, but I need my Diet Coke. Today I went to Target to pick up some bras I bought online for pickup and ran back to check for my CF Diet Coke and they are out of the bottles now too. CF Diet Coke is my drink of choice. I can make do with Sprite Zero, but I don’t want to. I was hoping that the cans would come back before the bottles ran out, but that apparently isn’t going to happen. I’m on the verge of a tantrum. Has COVID deprived you of a favorite food or beverage? Other than Costco 1/2 sheet cakes, that is, as we have recently covered that. Same with cherry zero and vanilla zero. Actually, any of the Diet Coke flavors. They were my treat! My husband spoke to someone stocking them at the store and he said not to expect them any time soon.
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Post by belgravia on Jul 2, 2020 3:23:37 GMT
I saw a sign at the grocery store that there is an aluminum shortage and the soda companies are currently only making their most popular flavours. Also, apparently, there is a shortage of CO2 which obviously impacts the supply of carbonated beverages 🤷🏼♀️
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Post by worrywart on Jul 2, 2020 4:11:53 GMT
Yes! I ordered 4 two liters of Coke Zero this week and they only had one!!
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Post by elaine on Jul 2, 2020 4:13:04 GMT
This is just a vent. No need to try to talk me into giving up diet soda, because I don’t want to. 2 weeks ago 12 packs of cans of caffeine free Diet Coke disappeared from the grocery stores in Northern VA. So I bought the 6 packs of smaller bottles, because they had those. Not my preference for packaging, but I need my Diet Coke. Today I went to Target to pick up some bras I bought online for pickup and ran back to check for my CF Diet Coke and they are out of the bottles now too. CF Diet Coke is my drink of choice. I can make do with Sprite Zero, but I don’t want to. I was hoping that the cans would come back before the bottles ran out, but that apparently isn’t going to happen. I’m on the verge of a tantrum. Has COVID deprived you of a favorite food or beverage? Other than Costco 1/2 sheet cakes, that is, as we have recently covered that. Same with cherry zero and vanilla zero. Actually, any of the Diet Coke flavors. They were my treat! My husband spoke to someone stocking them at the store and he said not to expect them any time soon. There were articles in February and March about a sweetener used by Coke in its sugar-free version being made in China and predicting a possible shortage. Apparently, here it is. The odd thing is that when I google it, I on,y get the Feb/March articles and nothing discussing a current shortage. Right now we have plenty of silver Diet Coke - tons of it - just all of it with caffeine. I won’t be surprised if it too becomes rare if the sweetener shortage predictions have come to fruition. If I have more caffeine than one cup of coffee in the early morning, I can’t sleep at night. So regular Diet Coke is out for me. I’m sorry you are missing your treat too!
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Post by Laurie on Jul 2, 2020 4:19:39 GMT
Same with cherry zero and vanilla zero. Actually, any of the Diet Coke flavors. They were my treat! My husband spoke to someone stocking them at the store and he said not to expect them any time soon. There were articles in February and March about a sweetener used by Coke in its sugar-free version being made in China and predicting a possible shortage. Apparently, here it is. The odd thing is that when I google it, I on,y get the Feb/March articles and nothing discussing a current shortage. Right now we have plenty of silver Diet Coke - tons of it - just all of it with caffeine. I won’t be surprised if it too becomes rare if the sweetener shortage predictions have come to fruition. If I have more caffeine than one cup of coffee in the early morning, I can’t sleep at night. So regular Diet Coke is out for me. I’m sorry you are missing your treat too! I remember reading about that back in March too. Since that article I have maintained a minimum of 2 flats (36 cans) from Sams. I usually have more but when we get down to 2 I start panicking and ask dh to replenish it ASAP. Not taking any chances.
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Post by PLurker on Jul 2, 2020 5:21:04 GMT
This is just a vent. No need to try to talk me into giving up diet soda, because I don’t want to. 2 weeks ago 12 packs of cans of caffeine free Diet Coke disappeared from the grocery stores in Northern VA. So I bought the 6 packs of smaller bottles, because they had those. Not my preference for packaging, but I need my Diet Coke. Today I went to Target to pick up some bras I bought online for pickup and ran back to check for my CF Diet Coke and they are out of the bottles now too. CF Diet Coke is my drink of choice. I can make do with Sprite Zero, but I don’t want to. I was hoping that the cans would come back before the bottles ran out, but that apparently isn’t going to happen. I’m on the verge of a tantrum. Has COVID deprived you of a favorite food or beverage? Other than Costco 1/2 sheet cakes, that is, as we have recently covered that. Could have written your post except caffeine free diet Pepsi. I don't need it, but it's the one thing I just want. DS has/was starting to drink caffeine free (reg) Pepsi to to lose all that caffeine and that can't be (easily) found either. Weird. All the caffeine free stuff. I read somewhere about a carbonation/ CO2 shortage but why would that be caffeine free only?
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Post by misse336 on Jul 2, 2020 8:39:57 GMT
No Coke Zero near me either . Lots of regular and diet and Sprite. Now that you mention it I don't remember seeing CF diet either. I somehow missed the articles about an upcoming shortage or I would have kept more on hand.
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Post by Marina on Jul 2, 2020 9:01:27 GMT
That happened to me too. But we eventually found some. Mission carb balance tortillas went missing as they had a shortage of an ingredient. Now the garlic naan at Trader Joe’s went missing which we use for individual pizzas. Won’t come in until August. Barilla Protein Plus spaghetti (and rotini and penne) was missing for months, found some online and bought 8 boxes. At one point I couldn’t find dove promises and that made me upset. Now they mess with my chocolate? But my husband found some Mother’s Day weekend and came home with 3 bags saying he noticed that one seemed important. 😂
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 2, 2020 9:19:02 GMT
Orzo pasta! Seriously, why orzo? I have a pressureluckcooking recipe I really want to try but I need orzo.
I posted in my county's FB group asking about it and got several good leads, so today I'm going out to try to hunt some down. Sad when the highlight of my day is "Hunt for orzo, Target, TJ's". hahaha
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Post by J u l e e on Jul 2, 2020 10:29:22 GMT
CFDC is the only thing I ever drink outside of water. There was a shortage early on and I panicked. I remember a 2 liter was all I could find. Not the same after opening it a few times. Then it came back and I stopped stocking up. I won’t make that mistake again when I see it back on the shelves.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 2, 2020 10:38:27 GMT
My DH is a Coke distributor. They are having problems with aluminum here in Michigan because we haven't been able to recycle our cans. So they are limiting what they produce. And in addition, they keep revising routes all over the place because shutdowns affect consumption in certain places. Jeremy has had his routes reworked 3 times during covid. And right now he doesn't even have a dedicated route, he's basically doing improv going to places with shortages each day.
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Post by momto4kiddos on Jul 2, 2020 10:53:56 GMT
Makes me so glad I gave it up a couple years ago. I loved diet coke and drank probably 10 cans or so a day. One of my early thoughts was thankfully i'm not trying to keep that in the house too!
Sorry you're not finding it, hopefully it reappears on shelves soon.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 2, 2020 10:57:06 GMT
Oh and coke discontinued my favorite. The ginger lime diet coke. I got lucky and Jeremy was able to bring me 6 cases of it before it completely disappeared. So that's my first world problem. My fav will be gone forever once I drink my stash. Lol!
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Post by monklady123 on Jul 2, 2020 11:57:21 GMT
This is just a vent. No need to try to talk me into giving up diet soda, because I don’t want to. 2 weeks ago 12 packs of cans of caffeine free Diet Coke disappeared from the grocery stores in Northern VA. So I bought the 6 packs of smaller bottles, because they had those. Not my preference for packaging, but I need my Diet Coke. Today I went to Target to pick up some bras I bought online for pickup and ran back to check for my CF Diet Coke and they are out of the bottles now too. CF Diet Coke is my drink of choice. I can make do with Sprite Zero, but I don’t want to. I was hoping that the cans would come back before the bottles ran out, but that apparently isn’t going to happen. I’m on the verge of a tantrum. Has COVID deprived you of a favorite food or beverage? Other than Costco 1/2 sheet cakes, that is, as we have recently covered that. I'm *almost* sure I saw this in the small bottles at Giant just the other day. We're not that far from each other...do you want me to get some if I see it again? We could meet halfway for an exchange... (I didn't look at cans when I was there, but I could check that first...)
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 2, 2020 11:57:35 GMT
Oh and coke discontinued my favorite. The ginger lime diet coke. I got lucky and Jeremy was able to bring me 6 cases of it before it completely disappeared. So that's my first world problem. My fav will be gone forever once I drink my stash. Lol! I didn't even know that existed but it sounds amazing! I love ginger lime everything!
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Post by fuji on Jul 2, 2020 12:03:01 GMT
I can’t find Fresca either. It’s my favorite summer drink. I hope it’s temporary!
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Post by twistedscissors on Jul 2, 2020 12:07:58 GMT
I haven’t been able to get diet Dr Pepper for about a month.
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Post by mikklynn on Jul 2, 2020 12:23:42 GMT
My DH is a Coke distributor. They are having problems with aluminum here in Michigan because we haven't been able to recycle our cans. So they are limiting what they produce. And in addition, they keep revising routes all over the place because shutdowns affect consumption in certain places. Jeremy has had his routes reworked 3 times during covid. And right now he doesn't even have a dedicated route, he's basically doing improv going to places with shortages each day. Be careful - I can see the headlines now! Crazed Peas hijack Coke truck.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 2, 2020 12:25:33 GMT
My DH is a Coke distributor. They are having problems with aluminum here in Michigan because we haven't been able to recycle our cans. So they are limiting what they produce. And in addition, they keep revising routes all over the place because shutdowns affect consumption in certain places. Jeremy has had his routes reworked 3 times during covid. And right now he doesn't even have a dedicated route, he's basically doing improv going to places with shortages each day. Be careful - I can see the headlines now! Crazed Peas hijack Coke truck. Take it easy on him girls! You'll recognize him from my avatar. Haha.
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Post by Merge on Jul 2, 2020 12:32:25 GMT
Yep, Coke Zero has been in short supply and we've had to get the HEB generic version a few times. It's not terrible, but not the same.
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Post by Laurie on Jul 2, 2020 12:37:44 GMT
Well you all have me panicking so looks like I will be making a stop at Sams or Costco to pick up more Diet Coke. I can withstand anything this crazy world throws at me right now but not without my Diet Coke.
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Post by roxley on Jul 2, 2020 12:47:23 GMT
Oh and coke discontinued my favorite. The ginger lime diet coke. I got lucky and Jeremy was able to bring me 6 cases of it before it completely disappeared. So that's my first world problem. My fav will be gone forever once I drink my stash. Lol! Noooo... my favorite too. When the long cans disappeared I was sad, but then a few weeks later they showed up in the regular sized cans. I thought I was safe. I know there was still some in the stores when I left for vacation. When we get back if there are any left I am hoarding!
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Post by heather on Jul 2, 2020 12:52:23 GMT
Aluminum is in short supply. It’s going to hit beer availability hard.
Del Monte is also having a hard time with green beans. Del Monte packages green beans for other companies too, so that’s a major loss.
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Post by scrappert on Jul 2, 2020 13:01:03 GMT
Yes! Brisk Iced Tea with Lemon and Mello Yellow. Can't ever find these in the store.
Our CF diet coke was sold for a different price then the other coke products for a couple of weeks, weird. Now it's back to the same price. And we have it here!
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Post by iluvpink on Jul 2, 2020 13:01:46 GMT
Oh shit. I'm a Diet Coke addict. I guess I better get some the next time I get groceries. I actually just put in an order but didn't add Diet Coke as I have a pack or two. If they text or call me for anything, I'm going to ask them to throw some in my order (small town store, they often call about substitutions etc).
I hope you can get your fix soon! This is a serious matter (ok, I realize it's NOT but to those of us who drink the stuff, it is important in some way!).
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