Is it just me, or is there a "diet coke shortage" recently?

Gotham

This is going to sound odd, but I've noticed recently a lot of shops have changed the 2 Litre diet coke bottles to those 1.5 Litres.

Soon after, these bottles are gone or understocked and they resorted to packs of cans.
Today at least two of the shops I go to have no cans whatsoever.

It's not all places mind you, just general shops like Londis and Centra.

Anyone know whats going on? Is it just my imagination?

kneemos

I'm not privvy to you're imagination,can't tell.

Diet coke is yucky.

Coke Zero rocks.

FatherLen

hopefully.

HondaSami

Real coke or nothing.

BunShopVoyeur.

It's for the best.

Coke Zero is the future.

readyletsgo

Coke and Diet Coke(Coke Zero) is disgusting, rotten stuff to be putting in your body, so I'm glad there is a shortage :P

Gotham

All these baseless coke bashing replies

dr.bollocko

Just put some baby laxatives in the non-diet stuff. Bulk it out a bit.

Los Lobos

Pepsi Max is where it's at op

listermint

Los Lobos wrote: »

Pepsi Max is where it's at op

Weve found the weirdo

SpaceTime

Quite possibly, there's a major Ambre Solaire shortage that's for sure!

I went into a really large Boots store in Mahon Point in Cork yesterday and they had an entire aisle of shelves completely bare! Every half-decent sun screen products was sold out.

vibe666

it's a worldwide shortage caused by all these dimwitted numpties sucked into an advertising gimmick running around trying to find a bottle with their name on it.

i wonder if it would have the same effect if i started writing fit girls names on my knob?

well, assuming they all had very short names of course.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Coke sucks, great for cleaning toilets

Tar.Aldarion

Los Lobos wrote: »

Pepsi Max is where it's at op

http://www.laughpicz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/20130419-105343.jpg

niallo27

That ****er in the cimema is swapping all the labels on diet coke and coke zero for real coke, the sneaky ****er.

Renegade Mechanic

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Coke sucks, great for cleaning toilets

And exhaust O2 sensors!

Lucena

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Coke sucks, great for cleaning toilets

That's actually true. Leave it in the bowl overnight, then flush and scrub, your jacks will be spotless.

iDave

Diet Coke is an abomination. That and vegetarian curries.

donegal_road

diet coke and other such products is full of Aspartame

have a quick read about it here

and guess who was the CEO of the company that produced it, and managed to get it passed by law to be used as a food additive?

murpho999

donegal_road wrote: »

diet coke and other such products is full of Aspartame

have a quick read about it here

and guess who was the CEO of the company that produced it, and managed to get it passed by law to be used as a food additive?

Sick of hearing about this. There is no medical evidence that Aspartame is actually harmful.

See Here

Also, Coke is not the only one to use it, all products with artifical sweeteners do.

Gotham

donegal_road wrote: »

diet coke and other such products is full of Aspartame

Aspartame is the most studied food additive, there are no conclusive negative health affects and a couple of articles you link me aren't going to change those studies.

If you want to argue about diet coke being bad, at least use a chemical like phenylalanine. It's not like I haven't read all this stuff before.

donegal_road

murpho999 wrote: »

Sick of hearing about this. There is no medical evidence that Aspartame is actually harmful.

See Here

Also, Coke is not the only one to use it, all products with artifical sweeteners do.

thats what I said... diet coke and other such products.

Anyways, you wouldn't get me drinking it.

donegal_road

Gotham wrote: »

Aspartame is the most studied food additive, there are no conclusive negative health affects and a couple of articles you link me aren't going to change those studies.

If you want to argue about diet coke being bad, at least use a chemical like phenylalanine. It's not like I haven't read all this stuff before.

the most studied? According to who please.

Gotham

donegal_road wrote: »

Anyways, you wouldn't get me drinking it.

The only way you can justify you saying that is if you live in the country and hunt your own food.

Gotham

donegal_road wrote: »

the most studied? According to who please.

Mitchell, Helen (2006). Sweeteners and sugar alternatives in food technology. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 94. ISBN 1-4051-3434-8

Here is a screenshot for those of you who cant get the book.
http://i.imgur.com/x3Nax8v.png

hal9000

If anyone is in Colombia they can get one of these!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/10174888/Coca-Cola-releases-bottle-made-of-ice.html
wonder what the quality of the water used to make the ice!

murpho999

donegal_road wrote: »

thats what I said... diet coke and other such products.

Anyways, you wouldn't get me drinking it.

Good for you.

Of course the 16 spoonfuls of real sugar in normal coke is totally harmless!

Vancouver man

It is not your imagination. First we noticed diet dr pepper in sixteen oz bottles. Then even the eight pack of smaller bottles. This morning the shortage included diet Pepsi in sixteen oz bottles. Is it a change in sweeteners?

Spunge

Am i imaginging things or did i see an advertisement for Coke Light.

Rayne Wooney

What's the difference between diet coke, coke zero and the new coke life stuff?