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Sprite Lemon+ on quick sale for $0.85ea at Coles Croydon North.
[VIC] Sprite Lemon+ 1.25l Quick Sale $0.85 Each @ Coles, Croydon North
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29/1/23 from one of the bottles from the photo.
well spotted.
These contain aspartame and sucralose so I'll pass.
These go off near the best before date.
Bring back Lift
This one had added caffeine.
I’m not supporting anything from sprite anymore they damaged the brand with this rebranding garbage it all belongs in the trash just like their reputation
Nothing is "from sprite" its all from coke.
You wont buy anything from the coca cola company anymore? Good luck.Sprite is a brand of the Coca Cola company. They are saying they're not having any Sprite products, nothing about boycotting the entire company. That really shouldn't be hard to understand.
Lol yes sprite is just another drink made by coke. "I am not supporting anything FROM sprite" is as dumb as saying.
"I will not support the happy meal brand anymore or anything happy meal makes…this has nothing to do with McDonald's. But i just dont know why happy meal is doing this"
That really shouldn't be hard to understand.@ego22: Uh no, you still don't understand. Happy Meal isn't a brand, that's a product.
Using your fast food example:
Yum Foods: company.
KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut etc: brand
Zinger, Crunchwrap etc: product.Saying you're not buying a BRAND is not saying you're not buying ALL BRANDS from the company. It's okay to be wrong, but it makes you look super arrogant when you're being demeaning while failing to grasp a simple concept.
@pennypincher98: I think this company thing is all going way over your head.
Your own example proves this point lol.
KFC, pizza hut etc. Are all their OWN companies that are subsidiaries of YUM brands. They all have their own headquarters and can usually make their own decisions.
Try to stay with me here…
But SPRITE, is just a product made by coke. Sprite is not a company and it doesn't have a headquarters. Sprite was invented by the Coca cola company as a product line.
Being angry at "Sprite" for making any type of decision is hilariously dumb. (Refer to my happy meal analogy) But i think you will never understand this.Sprite is not a company
Did you even read what I said? I think it's going over your head lol.
Sprite is an American-owned brand of clear, lemon and lime-flavored soft drink created by The Coca-Cola Company.
Of course the CEO and executive board of any company has the power make changes to any of its brands or products. Coca Cola Company also has subsidiaries and you can bet there will be someone in charge of Sprite.
Now before you move your goalposts again in an attempt to not have to be wrong, let's clear this. Not buying SPRITE products means, not buying SPRITE products. It doesn't matter who sells or makes them. The OP will not buy Sprite any more.
What you've instead done is broaden this into "I will not buy anything from Coca Cola Company" and are now arguing the point you want to answer not the actual original comment.
Btw it's not even that hard to go without products from the Coca Cola company. PepsiCo has almost everything and where it doesn't, other companies do (Lipton ice tea vs Fuze, for eg). Some manufacturers of their products have entered into a "strategic partnership" or have sold a minority share. This doesn't mean they are owned by Coca Cola Company.
@pennypincher98: Lol Whos kicking
the goal posts?
The original argument was op saying "im not buying anything from sprite"
Tell me What else is made by sprite and not coca cola??…If Coke just changed sprites name to "sprote" and "sprote+" then op should be a loyal customer again Correct? Boycott over lol
Then sprite would be dead. Or would OP know what coke did and still boycott it? Because, hes actually just mad a coke and you and him cant comprehend that….
Isnt that what we are actually talking about?@ego22: For the last time, Coca Cola Company's (Europacific subsidiary or whatever) decision affected Sprite's brand. OP is thus not going to buy Sprite.
When "New Coke" was developed in 1985 it was quite possibly the biggest marketing and product failure in history, changing a formula that worked for 99 years. People boycotted "New Coke" (for competitors such as Pepsi) until they reverted the formula. In this time, people still bought Sprite and other brands owned by Coca Cola. I've summarised one section, but look it up on YouTube it's actually quite interesting and a good reminder even the biggest companies make mistakes.
Applying that to this: people not happy with Sprite+ will buy Solo instead. In a few years, Coca Cola Company may realise it was a wrong decision and revert back to Lift. In the meantime, people can still buy Coke if they like the taste.
I'm not even being an arsehole, this is a very easy concept to understand and I've tried to explain this from many angles.
@pennypincher98: I am still arguing me and ops first post. Im not moving any goal posts.
To many things you just said support exactly what im saying
"In a few years, Coca Cola Company may realise it was a wrong decision and revert back to Lift"
Yes. Cokes decision. Cokes products. cokes drinks. Cokes line. So who should we be mad at? Well the Sprite range of course lol..
They could also bring back lift and call it "old sprite". They can do ANYTHING because its the Coca-Cola company and their random products. they can name anything anything they want. Sprite "something" is just a name coke slaps on any drinks that look like a clear lemonade. If its orange/coloured it would be fanta "something".
To be mad at or boycott the sprite "brand range" itself is absolutely moronic. Because they can and do just change the names.
Sprite dosent make or release anything at all…
I know you completely understand what im saying.@ego22: You don't even realise you're moving the goalposts lol.
"Coca Cola company can do anything because it's their products"
- I said exactly this already
- No one ever said they couldn't
- This is irrelevant to the original pointBecause they can and do just change the names.
Oh, now I see. You just have the tastebuds of a dolphin and think the only thing that changed was the name. Tastes worse and if that wasn't enough now it's caffeinated too (A 600ml bottle has 91mg of caffeine, or about 1.2x the caffeine in a standard Red Bull).
What part are you failing to understand? The fact people want soft drinks not energy drinks or the idea one can choose to buy both 7UP and Coke despite them being from two different companies.
Sorry I don't normally completely give up on people but I think there's no hope left here.
@pennypincher98: Lol You are completely lost.
I dont care about the history of coke and their other products they have released. i dont care about what coke did in 1985. i dont care about any documentaries you have watched, and are applying to this argument incorrectly."People want soft drinks not energy drinks"?
What?.. so much irrelevant crap you keep saying.
But i guess ill answer it.Ok..YES thats why COKE made another NEW drink and slapped a new name on it, sprite+. They make it Alongside some other drinks they make like fanta, Powerade, dr pepper and Sprite!
Guess who didnt make and release sprite+??…. sprite!
Guess who did… Coke!
So who should OP be mad at for making sprite+? ….the choices are sprite or coke. You got this one penny i know you do. Its like putting the triangle block in the triangle shape hole and the square in the square hole. Who should OP be mad at?…..
(Extra hint: one of them is a company that owns and releases products. the other isn't, has no control over anything at all and dosent release anything)Don't move the goal posts..
Stay with me here.@ego22: Seeing as there's no new information in your new reply you haven't already said, your last comment is things I've mentioned before and blatantly disregard any explanation I make ("I don't care there's written factual evidence of this exact thing happening"), there's no use.
If you want me to say "you won" because you're now in a position that "Coca Cola makes Sprite" which nah shit Sherlock then fine. Just know that anyone with even a room temperature IQ will know just how unbelievably asinine you have been throughout this entire time.
Holy shit does your intellect make me feel embarrassed to be an Australian. At least your username checks out, ego in spades and 22 is your IQ.
@pennypincher98: Lol you cant even argue the basics of what we are talking about without going off about random unrelated things.
Lol you had "factual evidence"??
So what does sprite make? What has sprite released? What decisions has sprite made? If the answer we both agree on is NOTHING then how/why would you be angry at a complete nonentity?
So yeah, i guess i did win quite a while ago… They were the goal postsYou go boycott the happy meal penny. New Happy meal with apple pieces instead of chips!? NEVER!
Remember..
Mcdolands makes happymeals…
Coca-Cola makes sprite..
BUT, if it was
Coca-Cola owns sprite, sprite makes sprite+
Then you might have an argument. But sadly for you thats not the case.But just for fun. i would love to know. What significant thing that John Pemberton did or said in the 1890s about the recipe for coke that you think adds to this simple argument we are having now in some way?
I’m not supporting any soft drink…. Let’s drink water…
What rebranding garbage?
Sprite Lemon+ is a different product from regular Sprite. Both are available.
Seems like the cancellation of Lift and replacing it with Sprite Lemon isn't going as planned …
Edit: Just read the discounted is related to BB expiry date. Still, Lift is/was better!
You could argue that these are probably close to date because they weren't popular and thus didn't sell. The only time I ever had it was free product from Woolies.
I couldn’t stand the stuff… tastes gross. But that’s hella cheap.
Give me a Thirst Crushing Solo while I kayak off a waterfall any day of the week.
This other Sprite lemon stuff is garbage.
Mix with goon and you're good.
This is terrible. Even just for mixing I'd take a $1 Coles brand bottle over this.
Coke Zero -> Coke No Sugar
Lift -> Sprite+ Lemon
Mtn Dew -> Mtn Dew EnergisedWhy do they continually tarnish their own products?
Coles brand is terrible. Tried their orange flavoured soft drink and hated it. The lemon wasn't great either.
This drink is awful, I wouldn't take it if it were free. I also don't understand how Sprite manages to get a 1.5 star health rating? It's sugar and water - it has zero nutritional value. It should be 0 stars. The only "plus" is that it has reduced sugar compared to some other soft drinks like Coke.
The health rating system is pretty meaningless as it's not a universal system that compares against everything you can consume. Drink star ratings are only valid against other drinks. Lollies are only valid against other lollies, etc.
All the 1.5-star rating on the Sprite means is that it's not the absolute worst drink for you to drink comparative to all the other drinks on the market.
Interesting. Another question - if the rating is voluntary, why do some companies put 0 or 0.5 stars on their products?
can someone tell me what happened to the normal green sprite that taste like proper lemonade not some weird carbonated lemonade
? Normal Sprite is still available.
You are too young to remember the og sprite.. It tasted much more sweeter and smoother
I'm 41 - I remember it's predecessor, Mello Yello. American Sprite is very good - they haven't messed with the formula over there.
@Mondorock: That's not the one.
Basically sprite has a variety that tastes a lot sweeter still lemonade.
The design was also more solid green.
The one you find every where now is this word almost sparkling lemonade type sprite and the design is not solid green.
Huge difference in taste one goes down very smooth like normal coca cola the other not as much much more sharper.
But yeah it's not mellow yellow that's something else.
If you drank a sprite in the early 00s or late 90s you would know what I mean and remember the og sprite taste.
You can still find it some places but it is very rare I have only found it once in the past decade and I can't remember where I found it every other sprite doesn't taste the same.
When is the best before date?