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Old 01-19-2001, 10:34 PM
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Simple question: I can get diet orange soda, diet cola, root beer, cream soda, lemon lime, etc...why does no one make a diet grape soda?
Also, whatever happened to Diet Hawaiian Punch? Did they take it off the market because it wasn't totally sugar-free?
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Old 01-19-2001, 11:27 PM
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Diet Rite makes a white grape they sell around Chicago.
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Old 01-20-2001, 01:58 AM
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Shasta makes a diet grape soda.
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Old 01-20-2001, 11:43 AM
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WAG here: grape isn't that popular a flavor, so diet grape is going to sell even less well.

Another WAG: what happened to Diet Hawaiian Punch is probably that it didn't sell. C'est la guerre...
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Old 01-20-2001, 01:32 PM
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Why? Because diet soda sucks! That's why!
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Old 01-20-2001, 01:55 PM
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It's hard to find diet soda in kid-friendly flavors. I've never seen diet orange soda, and most convenience stores don't even carry diet root beer (the very best flavor of diet drink, IMHO). Maybe they just assume that adults aren't going to be interested in these varieties.

I really should switch to water anyway.
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Old 01-20-2001, 02:59 PM
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Winn Dixie sells a store brand of diet grape. It also has diet in many other flavors. It doesn't taste as good as regular grape soda, though.

Check around your supermarket for the store brand. You might be able to find other flavors in diet.
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Old 01-20-2001, 07:57 PM
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Old 01-20-2001, 08:47 PM
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because Grape soda is so horrible, that if they put FAKE sugar in it, they'd lose ALL business, even die-hards
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