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Roses Lime Juice. Anyone seen it?

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  • 25-08-2017 8:35pm
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    MickH503
    Registered Users Posts: 469 ✭✭


    Folks,
    Any recent sightings of Rose's Lime in Ireland? Or good alternatives?


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    Dubl07
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    MickH503 wrote: »
    Folks,
    Any recent sightings of Rose's Lime in Ireland? Or good alternatives?

    No, but I've made this with success. It's also a nice gift.


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    MickH503
    Registered Users Posts: 469 ✭✭MickH503


    Dubl07 wrote: »
    No, but I've made this with success. It's also a nice gift.

    That's interesting ... thanks!


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    bluecherry74
    Registered Users Posts: 838 ✭✭✭bluecherry74


    I was looking for it for ages and eventually found it in M&S of all places. I got it in their Douglas store.


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    Dizzyblonde
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    bluecherry74 wrote: »
    I was looking for it for ages and eventually found it in M&S of all places. I got it in their Douglas store.

    I've seen it in the one in Liffey Valley too.


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    frisket
    Registered Users Posts: 140 ✭✭frisket


    Yes, AFAIK all M&Ss have it. No idea why other stores don't.


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    McMurphy
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    You can get it on amazon.


    Rose's Lime Juice Cordial The Original 1L https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01CSZXB3M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_8y8OzbNSX24ZQ


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    MickH503
    Registered Users Posts: 469 ✭✭MickH503


    Thanks Folks! Couldn't find it on M&S website, Sainsburys was the only big retailer site I found it on. Will make a visit to M&S in Liffey Valley soon on your advice!


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    lonestargirl
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    I got some today in SuperValu in Churchtown. I took the last bottle but it does have a stock label so I presume it's part of their regular stock


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    MickH503
    Registered Users Posts: 469 ✭✭MickH503


    lonestargirl wrote: »
    I got some today in SuperValu in Churchtown. I took the last bottle but it does have a stock label so I presume it's part of their regular stock

    Thanks, I couldn't find it in Supervalu in Lucan. What section was it in?


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    lonestargirl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭lonestargirl


    I was in the SuperValu in Churchtown again today and they still have it so it seems to be regular stock. It's with all the other cordials, MiWadi etc. SuperValus are franchised though so there's no guarantee it will be in stock in any other one.


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    L1011
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    Find an independent supermarket (bigger than convenience store size) who stocks products from the UK - always in stock in the one in Maynooth.


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    Dizzyblonde
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    JC's supermarket on the Rathbeale Road in Swords have it in again, for anyone out this way.


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    MickH503
    Registered Users Posts: 469 ✭✭MickH503


    L1011 wrote: »
    Find an independent supermarket (bigger than convenience store size) who stocks products from the UK - always in stock in the one in Maynooth.

    Is that O'Donovans?


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    L1011
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    MickH503 wrote: »
    Is that O'Donovans?

    No O'; but yes.


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    frisket
    Registered Users Posts: 140 ✭✭frisket


    MickH503 wrote: »
    Folks,
    Any recent sightings of Rose's Lime in Ireland? Or good alternatives?

    It's been back on the market for a few years now (2018) and I buy mine in Marks & Spencer.

    It's gone this week but I'm assuming that's just the good weather.

    But I do wish more stores would stock it.


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    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,319 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    I’ve seen it in a few off licences.....


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    Lobsterlady
    Registered Users Posts: 453 ✭✭Lobsterlady


    I haven't seen any in Limerick for years, superquinn use to sell it. I get it brought over twice a year from England (6 bottles at a time), love the stuff with lots of iced water..never found any lime cordial close to it.


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    frisket
    Registered Users Posts: 140 ✭✭frisket


    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    I’ve seen it in a few off licences.....

    Do you have names and addresses? That would be a great alternative supply.

    I'll be in the UK with a car in Sept, so I can stock up somewhere. Strange how Coca-Cola, who own the brand, clearly couldn't give a rambling ****e about the loss of supply or the lost sales.


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    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,319 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    frisket wrote: »
    Do you have names and addresses? That would be a great alternative supply.

    I'll be in the UK with a car in Sept, so I can stock up somewhere. Strange how Coca-Cola, who own the brand, clearly couldn't give a rambling ****e about the loss of supply or the lost sales.

    Martins Off Licence in Fairview had some last time I looked. (Use Lime juice when i’m making Snowball cocktails at Christmas)


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    Dubl07
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    Tesco have an own-brand version now. It's fine.


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    frisket
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    Hah. Scally's SuperValu in Clonakilty had it in stock today. Staff didn't know if this was from.their own stock or newly-arrived, but were unaware that there was a problem. Still no reply from.Coca-Cola.


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    frisket
    Registered Users Posts: 140 ✭✭frisket


    Dubl07 wrote: »
    Tesco have an own-brand version now. It's fine.

    I tried that, thanks. It's very good as a substitute.


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Dubl07 wrote: »
    Tesco have an own-brand version now. It's fine.

    It's just not the same. I think that's why it's gone though it's been replace with copy cat own versions.


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    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users Posts: 16,072 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Mi Wadi do a lime cordial which is nice


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    frisket
    Registered Users Posts: 140 ✭✭frisket


    This is doubleplusungood. Rose's Lime Juice has vanished off the shelves yet again. I queried it with M&S, practically the only people in Cork selling it, and Brendan from @MandSIreland replied "unfortunately, [it] looks as though it has been discontinued. I will pass on your comments and interest in this product to the team so that it can be looked into."

    No reply from @cocacolaie yet — they were good to reply previously, but they keep denying there is anything wrong. To be fair, production last time was apparently cause by the factory burning down, but unless someone has torched it a second time, it looks as if Coca Cola are simply not making it any more — or if they are, they're not supplying it to Ireland.

    The alternatives are uniformly disgusting, IMNSHO �� although the Robinsons Crushed Lime & Mint Fruit Cordial isn't too bad. And I found there are a couple of recipes for making your own, supposedly similar to Rose's.


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    tangy
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    Unless I've got the wrong stuff, Tesco UK and Sainsbury's both have it, so I doubt it's been discontinued. If you're in the UK with a car, I don't think it'll be a problem.


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    L1011
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    Coca Cola Ireland (island of) = HBC, a Greek firm
    Coca Cola GB = Coca Cola European Partners, a UK based firm
    (Coca Cola is a weird semi franchise system)

    So its fairly normal for stuff to be available in one country and not the other and to leak back via UK stocked stores like M&S or independents.


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    frisket
    Registered Users Posts: 140 ✭✭frisket


    tangy wrote: »
    Unless I've got the wrong stuff, Tesco UK and Sainsbury's both have it, so I doubt it's been discontinued. If you're in the UK with a car, I don't think it'll be a problem.

    I saw that, thanks. I should have been clearer, sorry; I meant "discontinued in Ireland". If I ever visit the UK again, RLJ will be high on the menu :-)


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    odyssey06
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    L1011 wrote: »
    So its fairly normal for stuff to be available in one country and not the other and to leak back via UK stocked stores like M&S or independents.

    Somewhere like Nolans in Clontarf might be a good place to hunt, I've seen Co-Op products on the shelves there. Think that indicates they get stocks from the UK.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    brick tamland
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    O'briens off-licience have been selling large bottles of lime juice recently, no idea if its this brand though.


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